By: Leslie Rivera, Communications Officer larivera@atlanta.k12.ga.us The Atlanta School Board of Education approved the closing of Sammye E. Coan Middle School during their June meeting and the vote paved the way for improved middle grades education in the Maynard H. Jackson High School cluster. Coan students will merge with Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School for […]
[gallery type=”slideshow” ids=”20431,20432,20433,20434″] North Atlanta High School’s boys and girls golf teams competed in the 2014 State Golf Championship in Augusta, GA this May. After breaking one school record earlier this year with a 311 score, North Atlanta’s boys team bolstered a new school record by scoring 303 in the State Championship. They finished 5th overall […]
This April, Booker T. Washington High School students from Ms. Carrie Dean’s Legal Environment of Business class participated in the 2nd annual Street Law Mock Trial. A partnership between the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia and Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, the event was held at the United States Federal Courthouse. The […]
Prior to departing for summer break, Atlanta Public Schools’ Office of Career, Technical and Agricultural Education hosted its annual Health and Wellness Symposium for students enrolled in healthcare science pathways. Over 150 students from five high schools attended the event: Carver School of Health Science & Research, Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy, Mays […]
Atlanta Public Schools has approved a cost of living pay increase for full-time APS employees during the FY2015 budget year which runs from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. Effective July 1, compensation for full-time APS employees will be impacted as follows: APS employees hired during FY 2014 will receive a one-time bonus of […]
By Leslie Rivera, Communications Officer larivera@atlanta.k12.ga.us There is still time, if your busy family life just happened to prevent you from registering your child for another year at Atlanta Public Schools. The APS Centralized Summer Center for Late Registration will be open Thursday, June 26 at Crim Open Campus High School at 256 Clifton […]
This spring, Media Specialists at seven Atlanta Public Schools received grants from the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries to expand, update and diversify their schools’ library book collections. APS was awarded more than any other district in Georgia. The Foundation announced last month that 219 school libraries were chosen to receive grants totaling more […]
Last week, the Atlanta Board of Education reported that to date, nearly $350,00 has been committed to the Atlanta Public Schools Improvement Fund to support the current APS leadership transition. With funds being managed by The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, corporate donors have committed $200,000 to support the Atlanta Public Schools’ incoming superintendent Dr. […]
Thank you for following our live blog of the June 19, 2014 Special Board of Education Meeting for Atlanta Public Schools. View today’s agenda here: http://www.boarddocs.com/ga/aps/Board.nsf/Public The public can now follow the Committee of the Whole and Legislative meetings via the LIVESTREAM here: http://new.livestream.com/k12aps/events/3110663 . REFRESH your browser often for updates. The meeting will begin soon. Due […]
by Britney Morgan, Communications Officer: brmorgan@atlanta.k12.ga.us Coach Valerie Missick has been selected to receive the 2014 Positive Coach Award. The award is in recognition of a coach who is a role model for his or her team and reinforced the “Seven Definitions of a Positive Athlete” as defined by Positive Athlete Georgia. Those definitions include an optimistic […]