All APS after-school athletic events and practices scheduled for Wednesday afternoon are cancelled due to predicted threatening weather conditions. A line of intense storm cells that has spawned tornadoes and heavy thunderstorms to the west of Georgia is expected to arrive in the area later today. High winds, lightening and heavy rain are associated with this system. […]
The South Atlanta School of Law and Social Justice is holding its first annual job fair for parents, students and community members from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 28 at 800 Hutchens Rd., Atlanta 30354. Prior to the job fair, the school staged a series of workshops that included a work readiness assessment administered by The […]
The Carson Scholars Fund and Delta Air Lines are pleased to announce that L. O. Kimberly Elementary School will be the home of the area’s first Ben Carson Reading Room. The creation of this room will complement the school’s focus on literacy and benefit the entire school community. The Ben Carson Reading Project is one […]
GE employees have been working with Maynard H. Jackson High School for more than 22 years. The GE/Jackson High School Mentoring Program is in its fifth year. The GE mentors facilitated consulting sessions for program participants on April 19. During the consulting sessions, GE mentors covered the following topics: Importance of Financial Literacy, Professional Image and Ownership […]
Four community meetings are scheduled for the proposed APS FY12 budget. During the meetings, the proposed budget will be presented and district officials will be present to answer questions. The proposed APS FY12 budget is $578 million, which constitutes an $11 million reduction from the current year’s operating budget. Georgia school districts are required by […]
Students at Douglass High School are scheduled to participate in the annual ‘Ghost Out’ demonstration at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 21 to warn prom night participants of the dangers associated with distracted driving. The event features a graphic re-enactment of a prom night automobile accident in which students have to be cut out a vehicle following an accident […]
Parkside Elementary School teacher Bejanae Kareem will receive $500 worth of graphic novels, reading intervention and interactive writing tools as the result of a Brightpoint Literacy mini-grant she earned for motivating and engaging boys in literacy learning. Ms. Kareem’s grant proposal focused on obtaining books to increase writing proficiency and foster a love of reading. Her proposal […]
Parkside Elementary School has been selected to represent Atlanta Public Schools in NASA’s 2011 Teaching From Space Reduced Gravity Education Program. Ronnie Thomas and Bejanae Kareem, both teachers at Parkside, are scheduled to participate in this year’s NASA program. In conjunction with teachers from New Jersey and Arizona, Thomas and Kareem will conduct an experiment […]
Usher Elementary School students took to the stage recently to put on a colorful production of The Lion King. Follow the electronic link below to a short video package on the production. http://www.youtube.com/apsupdate
All APS facilities, including schools and offices, will be closed for the annual spring break period from Monday, April 4 through Friday, April 8. Classes resume for all APS students Monday, April 11. APS administrative and support facilities also reopen April 11.