Reminder: Snow make-up day is Monday, Feb. 21
Don’t forget that while APS schools had today (Friday) off, the make-up day for the missed time due to the snow earlier in the month will be Monday, Feb. 21.
Don’t forget that while APS schools had today (Friday) off, the make-up day for the missed time due to the snow earlier in the month will be Monday, Feb. 21.
Sutton Middle School orchestra director Natalie Colbert has been tabbed to serve as the state president of the American String Teachers Association. She also has been elected as the Georgia Music Educators Association’s state orchestra division chairman for 2011-13. “I am honored to work with awesome colleagues in APS and throughout the state,” Ms. Colbert said. […]
[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] We had a chance to check in on the Georgia Music Educators Association District 5 Elementary and Middle School large group performance evaluation, which was held in the Douglass High auditorium. APS served as host for the event. Coordinators for this year’s event were Garnetta Penn as district chairperson and Lydia Williams […]
In honor of Black History Month, Major League Baseball‘s long-time home run king Hank Aaron was joined by former U.N. Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and Major League Baseball to talk to students about the sport’s connection to the Civil Rights Movement during an assembly at Jean Childs Young Middle School on Feb. 14. Jimmie […]
Students from Atlanta Public Schools were invited to engage with state lawmakers from around the country during the 34th Annual National Black Caucus of State Legislators Legislative Conference Youth Congress Day. Two concurrent sessions, a youth house and youth senate session allowed students to discuss, debate and pass a range of bills into law. Legislative […]