[gallery ids=”20345,20344,20341″] Construction of the new E. Rivers Elementary School is on target for its 2015 opening. Major progress has been made since the start of construction, with the construction and design team now in the steel erection phase of the project. If you drive by the school via Peachtree Road or Peachtree Battle, you will […]
Usher-Collier Elementary hosted STEM Day program activities for the 2014 2nd annual Georgia STEM Day earlier this spring. The activities consisted of both a STEM CAREER DAY and their end of the year Engineering Design Challenge. STEM professionals from all over the Atlanta metro area visited Usher-Collier Elementary to speak to students about what […]
3 fifth graders at Sarah Smith Elementary School managed to raise enough money to feed 55 families with their Jr. Beta Club sponsored lemonade stand. William Lasco, Gus Thomas, and Aydin Bandukwala raised $247 by asking for donations rather than giving a fixed price for a cup of lemonade. The boys donated their proceeds to […]
Four APS students have been named Youth Advocates of the Year by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The teens are members of the H.E.A.R.T. Coalition of Atlanta which helps raise awareness of and take action against tobacco throughout Atlanta and in the African-American community. The young leaders joined more than 400 public health, political, civic […]
by: Chantel Mullen, Office of Student Relations cmullen@atlanta.k12.ga.us Parents did you miss the registration period during the spring semester or do you need to enroll a new student? Atlanta Public Schools will open a Centralized Summer Center for Late Registration (http://www.atlantapublicschools.us/Page/41496) on June 23-26 at Crim Open Campus High School, 256 Clifton Road, SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30317. […]
Atlanta Public Schools will accept hardship transfer applications until June 20 for the 2014-15 school year. Hardship transfers to another APS school can be requested on the basis of: Death of a parent/legal guardian Military parent deployed Services unavailable at zoned school Court order Medical reasons Curriculum continuity Other For additional information and to submit an […]