A group of 8th grade girls from Kennedy Middle School were selected to participate in the 2nd Annual APS Day of Play for Girls held at Grady High School on August 16, 2013. Kennedy Middle was among the 13 schools selected to participate in the event. The girls thoroughly enjoyed the day full of play, sports, leadership and learning. The […]
Booker T. Washington High School recently hosted its annual Title I Open House. During the open house parents and students learned more about Title I programs, budgets and initiatives for the new school year. “We discussed the school data and we received input on the Title I plan and budget,” explained Dr. Charcia Nichols, Principal of […]
Several students at D.M. Therrell School of Law, Government and Public Policy had opportunities to participate in educational summer travel experiences. This summer SGA students from Therrell School of Law were invited to attend the 2nd phase of the Annual Martin Luther King celebration. Representative Tyrone Brooks, from the Southwest District of Atlanta, was the […]
The mission of the APS Safety and Security Department is to keep students, staff, and visitors safe and secure; to support APS schools to enhance teaching and learning with innovative practices, community partnerships, and next generation technologies; and to incorporate internal and external safety components through various outreach programs. Every Atlanta Public School has a […]
Campus Portal For Parents (CPP) CPP Login Page: https://ic.apsk12.org/portal Parents of students in grades K–12 have access to class schedules, attendance records and grades by Campus Portal for Parents (CPP) which is an easy-to-use, secure communications tool. Additionally, CPP enables parents to verify household information, including their email address, home address and telephone numbers. Contact your child’s […]
Sammye E. Coan Middle School earned the greatest gains in student achievement out of all 6th to 8th-grade Atlanta Public Schools traditional schools according to results of the Spring 2013 Criterion-Reference Competency Tests (CRCT). Dr. Betsy Bockman, who is beginning her second year as principal at Coan, along with her team, have been lauded for identifying […]
A free library card is your ticket to back-to-school savings (ATLANTA, GA) – September is Library Card Sign-up Month, a time when Atlanta Public Schools (APS) joins with the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System to make sure that our students have the most important school supply of all – a free library card. Resources at […]
Atlanta Public Schools’ Office of Gifted and Talented Education is conducting Parent Testing Meetings. These meetings will inform parents of the automatic, teacher, and parent referral process. The first of these meetings is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 3 at 7:00pm at Sutton MS located at 2875 Northside Dr. For more information, please […]
On August 20th, APS celebrated the Junior Achievement’s Chick-fil-A Foundation Discovery Center at their grand opening ceremony. Jacob Croskey from Coan, Angel Crawford from Coretta Scott King, and Taj West from Long Middle represented APS at this event by mingling with top executives while volunteering at the Chick-fil-A store. APS is excited to enhance financial literacy and career […]
Beginning in the 2013-2014 school year, there is a new opportunity for APS students to receive course credit by demonstrating subject area competency through the End of Course Tests (EOCT). Based on revised State Board of Education Rule 160-5-1-.15, the opportunity exists for students to “test-out” of any course for which there is an associated […]