January 2015

(VIDEO) Learn More About the Georgia Milestones Assessment System

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgtvKTbBP8E%5D The Georgia Milestones Assessment System (Georgia Milestones) is a comprehensive summative assessment program spanning grades 3 through high school. Georgia Milestones measures how well students have learned the knowledge and skills outlined in the state-adopted content standards in language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Students in grades 3 through 8 will take […]

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APS Hosts Districtwide Spelling Bee

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APS will host a districtwide spelling bee at 5 p.m., Feb. 2 at Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School. The APS Spelling Bee helps students enhance their spelling, increase their vocabulary, and develop correct English usage, thus equipping them to be literate members of society. The system level competition is open to qualifying students in grades 4-8. […]

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Two Atlanta Public Schools students named first place winners of the WNBA Atlanta Dream’s “What’s Your Dream” Essay Contest

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Just days after the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday, two students from Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) Booker T. Washington High School and the Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy Middle School were named first place winners (high school and middle school) of the Martin Luther King Jr. “What’s Your Dream” essay contest sponsored […]

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Continental Colony Elementary School Students visit The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change

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In observance of the upcoming Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday Jan. 19, fourth and fifth-grade students and Beta Club students from Continental Colony Elementary School went on a field trip to The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change Jan. 13. The students attended the “Choose Nonviolence: NOW! No Other Way!” program […]

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