Twenty West Manor Elementary students enjoyed a fine-dining experience in the West Manor Café last week following a one-hour etiquette class on Jan. 19 sponsored by Sodexo-Jackmont. Sodexo-Jackmont’s Chef Praylani conducted the class earlier in the week in preparation for the meal. Third- and fourth-graders shared a four-course meal complete with salad, soup, entrée, and dessert, prepared […]
For Fickett Elementary, Haiti is more than an island in the Caribbean sea. With daily French classes and a teacher with Haitian roots, Fickett chose to act quickly to contribute to the country’s disaster relief efforts. On Jan. 21, more than 500 students packed Fickett’s gym for a sock hop to raise funds for Haitian […]
Last week, Miles Elementary teacher Tiffany Williams-McCloud bravely helped a student who was confronted by a stray animal near the school. It’s an important reminder to review the bus safety tips and other safety rules reinforced in the 2009-10 Guidebook. The Fall issue of The Atlanta Educator also featured handy tips. You can read that […]
This just in from Everybody Wins!: Former Atlanta Falcons defensive back “Big Play” Ray Buchanan, will challenge 250 students at Centennial Place Elementary School to improve reading skills at an event on Thursday, Jan., 28, at 1:30 p.m. The event is in conjunction January being National Mentoring Month. Buchanan and Everybody Wins! Atlanta — one of Atlanta’s most unique mentoring […]
Trees Atlanta and community volunteers joined together with students and faculty of Burgess-Peterson Academy to plant 10 fruit and nut trees at the school on Saturday, Jan. 23, in partnership with Georgia Organics and the Atlanta Public Schools‘ Office of Nutrition. The A-Town Dancers from the Atlanta Hawks were on hand to cheer on the planters. This […]
Photos (from L-R): Long Middle teacher Tiarra Moore, with Principal Elizabeth Harris and ABOE member Yolonda Johnson; Fickett Elementary Principal Anthony Dorsey with students; Captain Planet and ABOE Chair LaChandra Butler Burks with CSKYWLA Principal Melody Morgan. Twelve APS elementary, middle and high school teachers and four principals have been awarded a total of $120,000 […]
What started out as a hallway conversation among teachers at Brandon Elementary School has ballooned into a full-blown fundraising drive that has raised relief to Haiti in the range of $3,000 … and counting. (UPDATE: $3,500!) (FINAL UPDATE: $4,000!) Students have taken a cue from teachers Susan Friedrichs, Sarah Visel, Nza Willingham and Judith Maisonneuve and […]
There were 327 Georgia schools honored under Georgia’s Single Statewide Accountability System (SSAS), which awards schools based on their performance on state curriculum exams and Adequate Yearly Progress status. And APS’ SRT-4 schools were among them. The recognized schools will receive a congratulatory letter and a banner announcing the accomplishment. The schools are awarded on four […]
Photos (first row, from L-R): Dr. Hall addresses the King Center audience; CSKYWLA students take the Pledge of Allegiance; Arne Duncan addresses the audience. Photos (second row, from L-R): Special guests included State Superintendent Kathy Cox, second from left; the Rev. Al Sharpton inspires the audience; the audience listens to Rev. Sharpton. APS Superintendent Dr. […]
Students in Atlanta Public Schools are not the only ones studying the arts; their teachers are getting into the act as well. Thanks to a successful partnership with ArtsNOW, a professional development program offered by Creating Pride, Inc., more than 250 APS teachers have received training that helps them integrate the arts into their lessons […]