November 2014 – APS Today

Brandon Elementary School Hosts Special Screening of The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia, Nov. 19

talkupaps19 Nov 20140

Morris Brandon Elementary School is hosting a special screening and discussion of the documentary The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 19, in the school gymnasium, located at 2741 Howell Mill Rd., N.W., Atlanta, GA 30327. Dyslexia is a neurological condition that can cause difficulty in reading, writing and spelling. The one-hour documentary was written, directed […]

APS Career, Technical Agricultural Education Work-Based Learning Interns become “Smarter with MARTA”

talkupaps19 Nov 20140

Atlanta Public Schools is celebrating College and Career Motivation Week November 17 – 21, 2014. The goal is to encourage students to do well in school and to prepare today for college and careers tomorrow. A partnership with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) goes beyond one week, allowing APS students to make preparation a […]

Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School siblings’ community service recognized at GivingPoint leadership institute at Princeton University

talkupaps19 Nov 20140

Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School siblings Askari Flewellen and Uwezo Flewellen II, recently spoke with more than 90 youth ministers at Princeton University about inspiring their peers to give back to their community. The two brothers were members of GivingPoint’s leadership program, the GivingPoint Institute (GPI) held Nov. 13-15 in Princeton, NJ. During the conference, […]

Atlanta Hawks forward Mike Muscala and volunteers renovate Humphries Elementary media center

talkupaps19 Nov 20140

Atlanta Hawks forward Mike Muscala and former Atlanta Falcons running back Jamal Anderson joined 23 volunteers from Invesco and BNY Mellon at Humphries Elementary on Nov. 13, 2014 to paint the school’s library/media center. The volunteer effort is part of a larger renovation of the library funded by Invesco and BNY Mellon through the Dreambuilders […]

APS Community Comes Together to Celebrate College and Career Motivation Week

talkupaps18 Nov 20140

This week you will find community members, district employees and Board of Education members speaking to students in schools throughout the district as APS College and Career Motivation Week. The purpose of the week is to encourage all of our students, from pre-kindergarten to Grade 12, to do well in school and to prepare today […]

APS Father Makes Special Veterans Day Visit to Morris Brandon Primary

talkupaps18 Nov 20140

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjG1JY94H_Q%5D Last week was a special week in Ms. Cleary’s first grade class at Morris Brandon Primary. The school was in the middle of its annual one million minute Read-A-Thon, which means daily visits from several parent and community volunteer readers. Tuesday was also Veterans Day and for one special student, the occasions were […]

APS Parents Encouraged to Take the Georgia Parent Survey between November 2014 and February 2015

talkupaps18 Nov 20141

Atlanta Public Schools parents are encouraged to participate in the Georgia Parent Survey administered by the Georgia Department of Education. Data from the Georgia Parent Survey will be used along with the Georgia Student Health Survey and the Georgia School Personnel Survey to calculate the School Climate Star Rating within the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI). The Georgia Parent Survey is […]

talkupaps13 Nov 20140

APS psychologists committed to helping children thrive

talkupaps10 Nov 20140

By Leslie Rivera, Communications Officer School psychologists are among the army of educational professionals dedicated to ensuring a child’s complete well-being at Atlanta Public Schools, but you probably aren’t fully aware of their role in a student’s life. APS is recognizing the incredible work being done by its 22 school psychologists during National School Psychology […]

Atlanta Public Schools Examines its Readiness for Major Security Incidents

talkupaps5 Nov 20140

Leaders from Atlanta Public Schools’ security, communications and transportation groups and two APS schools participated today in a tabletop exercise designed to evaluate readiness, response and recovery plans, and procedures for managing a major security incident. Coordinated by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the training used the agency’s Exercise Information System (EXIS) to assess the […]