We continue our look at the northside schools who will represent Atlanta Public Schools in the inaugural Neighborhood Celebration, which will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at North Atlanta High School. We’re very excited to welcome APS (and “Saturday Night Live”) alum Finesse Mitchell (pictured) as our master of ceremonies. Today we check in on Garden Hills […]
We continue our look at the participating schools in APS’ inaugural Neighborhood Celebration with Bolton Academy. Principal Laura Strickling was kind enough to tell us how the school participate in the celebration, which starts at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, and the school’s “points of pride.” Principal Strickling takes it away, after the jump …
Seven students and their parents from Bethune Elementary School invited Georgia House Representative Kathy Ashe (D-Atlanta) to accompany them as they delivered blankets, diapers, feminine products and toiletries to The Gateway Center for the homeless Wednesday afternoon. “I can’t tell you how honored I am to come help you deliver these items today,” said Ashe, […]
In September we reported on how proud we were of Morningside Elementary being given a bronze National Recognition Award from the Alliance for a Healther Generation — along with fellow APS member Burgess-Peterson Academy. (Check out that announcement here.) Now we’ve got the letter from an ex-president to prove it! The staff at Morningside was […]
After more than a day of rainfall, on Nov. 12 the sun came out and three classes from Whitefoord Elementary School gathered at the Southeastern Horticultural Society’s (SEHS) Community Learning Garden at Edgewood to celebrate the installation of a rain water harvest system. Classes enjoyed garden, craft, and nutrition workshops, as well as a fresh […]
We swear that we started out this week hoping to get everyone excited about Saturday’s inaugural Neighborhood Celebration by providing little sneak peeks at each particpation school. So we were going to send out some emails asking for each school to tell us a little something special to share with the community as we lead […]
Atlanta Public Schools’ journey to excellence has been undertaken in large part by the schools themselves. With strong leadership, committed teachers, eager students, vigilant parents and enthusiastic community partners, the schools around the district have effectively carried a heavy load in making a difference in our students’ lives. That’s why APS decided to drive home […]
One of the great things about setting up a blog that affects some 50,000 kids, their teachers, principals, staff, parents, other family and friends is that, once you put the word out, it certainly comes back to you. That’s why we’re thrilled here at Talk Up APS to only be providing another way to spread […]
Students at Parks Middle School have been participating in a weekly nutrition and health program sponsored by the Atlanta Falcons with teacher Jocelyn Johnson. The students through supervision of the teacher visited the Atlanta Falcons’ Web site to develop projects that include health collage posters, physical fitness charts/graphs, and sports activities. Through delving into topics […]
Did you know that Atlanta Public Schools has a limited number of lottery funded pre-kindergarten slots available for the 2009-2010 school year? Slots are still available at Burgess-Peterson, Dunbar, Grove Park, Humphries, Hutchinson, Kennedy, Toomer, Usher and White elementary schools. In addition, a new Pre-K classroom with 20 slots has been added to Continental Colony […]