By Kimberly Willis Green Antwarn Sanders and D’Ariel Myrick, seniors from Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) historic Booker T. Washington High School, were featured in an education documentary taped March 9 with President Barack Obama. In the documentary, “A Roundtable with President Barack Obama: The Cost of Education,” the APS students join three students from Georgia […]
By Kimberly Willis Green Atlanta Public Schools is celebrating members of the Atlanta Board of Education (ABE) during School Board Appreciation Week (March 16-20), a weeklong observance that recognizes the contributions of local boards of education. The Atlanta Board of Education establishes and approves the policies that govern the Atlanta Public Schools. The Board consists […]
In February, parents of newly identified gifted students were notified that their child would be eligible to receive specialized instruction as required by the Georgia Board of Education. Atlanta Public Schools’ department of Gifted and Talented Education is on a mission to make sure parents understand what ‘gifted education’ means and how it could benefit […]
By Kimberly Willis Green Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High School’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) program earned a Silver Rating – the second highest score in the FCCLA Regional Culinary Arts Student Taking Action for Recognition (STAR) competition held March 7. The event was held at Charles Drew Charter School in […]
When Therrell High School was looking to field a wrestling team this year, Coach Brian Ashley offered to coach without hesitation. Ashley is also the current assistant football coach at Therrell. He competed in wrestling, football and track in high school and attended college on a football scholarship. With an extensive background in sports as […]
Atlanta Public Schools (APS) is accepting applications for General Administrative Transfers and Georgia Special Needs Scholarship transfers through Friday, Mar. 27. Georgia’s Public School Choice law allows residents of the city of Atlanta to attend a public school outside of their zoned APS school, if space is available. Students who live outside the district (non-residents) […]
By Leslie Rivera The school year is not over but there already has been a graduating class, of sorts, at Dunbar Elementary. A group of 11 Atlanta Public Schools students, grades three to five, became the first to complete a Toastmasters pilot program in the city of Atlanta. The Youth Leadership Program challenged students to […]
By Kimberly Willis Green The Honorable Dr. Evelyn Wynn-Dixon, mayor of the city of Riverdale, encouraged Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy (CSKYWLA) students to further their education and “take advantage of every opportunity” during her keynote address during the 8th Annual Shirley Clarke Franklin Lecture Series in Celebration of Women’s History held March […]
by: Tammy Garnes As a part of National Teen Tech Week (TTW) March 8-14, South Atlanta High students were treated to a coding workshop sponsored by Best Buy’s Geek Squad and the Library Services Association (YALSA). 30 students learned coding and other technology skills from Geek Squad Agents. “Teen Tech Week is when libraries […]