Representatives from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office recently visited Cleveland Avenue Elementary and Dunbar Elementary schools to educate students about bicycle and pedestrian safety. The Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Education Program seeks to reduce pedestrian and bicycle injuries and deaths by teaching safety awareness to students and adults. Sheriff’s Office representatives taught Cleveland Avenue third […]
Finalists from Cleveland Avenue Elementary, KIPP WAYS Academy and North Atlanta High School will compete to become the Atlanta Public Schools(APS) 2013-2014 Teacher of the Year during an awards ceremony on October 17 at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Benjamin E. Mays High School, located at 3450 Benjamin E. Mays Drive in Atlanta. Candidates […]
Re-test registration is now open for former APS students eligible for the exam. All students who are no longer APS students and wish to take the GHSGT retest are required to register. Walk ins are no longer allowed. Who is eligible to take a re-test of the GHSGT or GHSWT? Any student currently enrolled in Atlanta […]
Congratulations to APS’ Grady High School and Maynard Jackson High School volleyball teams, as well as the Therrell High School softball team. The three teams have advanced to the state playoffs. All teams will compete on Wednesday, October 16, 2013. Good luck to our lady Knights, Jaguars and Panthers!” Grady High @ Perry 5:30 pm Therrell […]
The Maynard Jackson Cluster hosted “Math Across the Cluster,” a cluster – wide professional learning opportunity addressing math instruction in all content areas and in all grade levels. Every teacher and administrator in the Jackson Cluster, district support staff, and professional developers and consultants participated in this convention. The instructional coaches, representatives from Carnegie Learning, […]
Name: Aniceah Leaks Grade: 5th Grade School: Heritage Academy Aniceah Leaks is a talented and diligent fifth grade student at Heritage Academy, who has been in the APS Gifted and Talented Program for three years. Her favorite activities are solving math problems, learning new things, and cheerleading at school. When Aniceah grows up, she hopes […]
Students in Coan Middle School’s STEM Club enjoyed a field trip to the TOUR Championship Golf Tournament, and participated in Chevron’s STEM Zone activities. Chevron’s STEM Zone can be found at many popular golf tournaments and is full of fascinating lessons that explore the exciting world where science and sports collide. Students even had […]
National School Lunch Week aims to get kids excited about healthy food choices More than 32 million children eat school lunch across the USA every day, and Atlanta Public Schools will celebrate these healthy lunch choices from October 15-18 during National School Lunch Week. This year’s event theme is “Healthy International Meals,” so celebrity and […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDW4ftHaLv4&w=420&h=315%5D Ms. Tiauna Crooms, the new principal of Brown Middle School, recently implemented the Students With Absolute Greatness Academy. Each month teachers select students to be recognized as a member of the academy based on their academic performance, work ethic, and citizenship skills. Ms. Crooms held a luncheon for the first group of students […]
Leveling, the school system’s annual process for adjusting staffing levels and reassigning teachers and paraprofessionals after student enrollment stabilizes, is coming to a close for the 2013-14 school year. Leveling is APS’ annual process for adjusting staffing levels and reassigning teachers and paraprofessionals after student enrollment stabilizes. Every summer, APS assigns staff to schools based […]