Atlanta Board of Education Members spent some quality time Thursday reading to the littlest of Atlanta Public School students, the pre-kindergarteners, during Read for the Record® 2015. #ReadfortheRecord, which celebrated its 10th anniversary on Thursday, is a worldwide campaign designed to bring awareness to the importance of high-quality early learning, by mobilizing millions of children […]
Today in all cities across the country, for the 17th year, the NFL and United Way celebrated Hometown Huddle. The Atlanta Falcons, other NFL players, coaches and executives, participated in a series of volunteer community projects in seven Atlanta Public Schools campuses – Bethune, Connally, Jones and Venetian Hills Elementary schools; Brown Middle School, KIPP […]
Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly rebuilt Ralph J. Bunche Middle School October 14, 2015 in the auditorium for students, staff, former Bunche administrators and the Bunche community. Ralph J. Bunche Middle School has educated Atlanta’s youth in the southwest community since 1979. When the original building opened, it was […]
Congratulations to our first four post-season volleyball teams of the 2015-2016 school year! The following APS schools and teams have advanced to the first round of the Georgia High School Association state playoffs. Hats off to our scholar athletes and coaches! Date Teams Start Time Location 14-Oct South Atlanta @ Oconee County 6:00PM Oconee County […]
Congratulations to the Frederick Douglass High School Astros for being one of five teams nominated for Fox 5’s High 5 Sports Team of the Week. Please cast your vote and spread the word to show our support for Douglass High School Principal DeMarco Holland, Athletic Director/Head Football Coach Rodney Cofield and our student athletes! After […]
Big Peach Running Co. donated over 300 pairs of new running shoes valued at $10,000, to Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School’s cross country and track and field program. The locally owned and operated footwear and apparel retail company donates running shoes to inner-city and underfunded track and field programs throughout metro Atlanta. This is the […]
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Falcons and Southeast Dairy Association awarded Atlanta Public Schools (APS) with a $10,000 NFL “Hometown Grant” to support healthy nutrition and physical activity programs at four elementary schools in the Booker T. Washington High School cluster. Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Meria J. Carstarphen, Atlanta Falcons player Matt Bosher and representatives from […]
Metro area school staff members and administrators, social service providers, school board members, local and state government officials, as well as law enforcement and justice officials are invited to attend the 2015 Fulton County School Justice Partnership Summit Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. The Fulton County Juvenile Court is hosting the 2015 Fulton County School Justice […]