Community Partnerships Humphries Elementary Partnerships Schools Humphries Elementary School Celebrates Students with Perfect and Near Perfect Attendance 22 Dec 2017 talkupaps (Click here to view the video.) School attendance is vital for academic success, and it is really serious business at Humphries Elementary School. On Friday, 96 students with perfect attendance,…
Community Partnerships Schools APS Partners with City of Atlanta to Offer an Enhanced Social Studies Curriculum Inspired by Atlanta City Design 22 Dec 2017 talkupaps Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Meria J. Carstarphen joined City of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed to announce a new partnership to write an interactive curriculum based on the Atlanta City…
APS Athletics Athletics College/University Department of Athletics Football high school athletics High School Football Schools Five Atlanta Public Schools Students Sign Division I Football Scholarships on NCAA’s Early Signing Day 22 Dec 2017 talkupaps (Click here to view the video.) Five Atlanta Public Schools (APS) student-athletes signed scholarship letters Wednesday, the first day of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) new early signing period.…
APS Athletics Athletics Department of Athletics Football high school athletics High School Football Partnerships Schools Atlanta Public Schools to Host First Annual Minority Coaches Association of Georgia Senior Bowl 20 Dec 2017 talkupaps (Click here to view a video about the first annual Minority Coaches Association of Georgia Senior Bowl.) A brand new high school all-star game featuring 150 of the state’s top…
Schools Two North Atlanta High School Seniors Achieve Perfect ACT Scores 18 Dec 2017 talkupaps By: Alicia Sands Lurry What do you get when you combine a dash of hard work and preparation with a sprinkling of self-confidence and extraordinary intelligence? If you ask North…
Community Partnerships Elementary Schools Partnerships Schools Another APS Partnership Provides Fickett Elementary Students with Glasses 14 Dec 2017 talkupaps A partnership between Atlanta Public Schools, the Atlanta Hawks Foundation and Vision to Learn provided prescription eye glasses for more than 60 students at Fickett Elementary School, Wednesday morning. Vision…
Community Partnerships JROTC Partnerships Schools Volunteer APS Volunteers Turn Out for Empty Stocking Fund/Santa’s Village 11 Dec 2017 talkupaps (Click here to watch a short video about Atlanta Public Schools volunteers working in Santa’s Village.) Once again, Atlanta Public Schools students and staff members stepped up to help make…
Community Partnerships Middle Schools Partnerships Schools Sylvan Sylvan Hills Middle School Teachers Teachers Honors Sylvan Hills Middle School Teacher Mahoganey Jackson Picks Up Another Honor: CFP Teacher of the Month 7 Dec 2017 talkupaps (Click here to view a short video on Mahoganey Jackson, the College Football Playoff Teacher of the Month.) The good news keeps on coming for Sylvan Hill Middle School teacher…
APS Athletics Athletics Department of Athletics Football High School Football National Football League Schools Sports Kandice Mitchell Named to USA Football Board of Directors 5 Dec 2017 talkupaps USA Football, the sport’s national governing body and a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee, announced today that Atlanta Public Schools Assistant Athletic Director Kandice Pritchett Mitchell, a member of…
IT Hour of Code Middle School Middle Schools Schools STEM Hour of Code Celebrated Throughout Atlanta Public Schools 4 Dec 2017 talkupaps (Click here to watch a short video about Hour of Coding activities at Bunche Middle School.) Former President Barack Obama once famously said, “Don’t just play on your phone, program…
