Name: Ronald White III Grade: 5th School: Fickett Elementary School Career Goal: Engineer/Entrepreneur Ronald White, III is a proud 5th grade Trojan who has been at Fickett Elementary School since kindergarten. He is an honor student with multiple interests. Ronald plays soccer and enjoys swimming, playing video games and Monopoly, watching movies with his family, and […]
Rita Simmons, 2013-14 Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Districtwide Teacher of the Year and gifted and talented teacher of students in kindergarten through fifth grade at Cleveland Avenue Elementary School, was named one of 10 finalists for the 2015 Georgia Teacher of the Year by State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge last week. Simmons is the third […]
ATLANTA— The Atlanta Board of Education today voted unanimously to hire Meria Joel Carstarphen as Superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools. Dr. Carstarphen brings nearly 20 years of education and experience in diverse, urban public school districts including Austin, Texas, Saint Paul, Minn. and the District of Columbia. She will lead and provide oversight to a […]
Thank you for following our live blog of the September Board of Education Meeting for Atlanta Public Schools. View today’s agenda here:http://www.boarddocs.com/ga/aps/Board.nsf/Public [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKoM-DN40CM%5D REFRESH your browser often for updates. The meeting will begin soon. 11;57 am – Board meeting called to order. Esteves, Brown, Collins, English, Amos and Grant present for roll call. Legislative […]
An Overview of the Monday, April 14, 2014 Atlanta Board of Education Meeting Schedule 11:45 AM – SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE MEETING* I. 11:45 AM – The Board will enter into an executive session Discussion and Action: II. 1:30 PM – The members of the Board will vote on the hiring of the Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent. […]
The third, fourth and fifth graders at Humphries Elementary School recently raised funds to support the American Heart Association by showing off their jump roping skills. They raised a total of $100.00 which will be donated to cardiovascular research and education in an effort to help save lives in the community and across the country. This […]
Today, from 3:00pm and 4:30pm we will live blog the Board of Education Budget Commission update. This is the last scheduled budget commission meeting before the BOE is expected to vote on the FY15 budget. –REFRESH your browser every 10 minutes for updates– 3:20pm Matt Westmoreland, Commission Chair, calls meeting to order. Asks for an […]
Ms. Janice Johnson, Art Teacher at Price Middle School, provided an opportunity for students to work with visiting quilt artist, Mrs. Dawn Williams Boyd on March 17th and 18th. Mrs. Boyd taught a group of fifteen girls the concept of designing individual quilt blocks, how to put the blocks together to make a quilt and […]