APS Staff Community partners Curriculum Elementary Schools Events Media Schools Teachers Uncategorized Media specialists get a better reading on authors and literacy at annual summit 16 Dec 2009 talkupaps Media specialists focused on how to better use authors and literacy in their work at the fifth annual Media Summit held Wednesday at IBM. The teachers learned about the nuances…
Elementary Schools Events Schools Students Carter G. Woodson Elementary celebrates the holidays with a few friends 15 Dec 2009 talkupaps Lila Womack and Friends sponsored an annual holiday program on Tuesday that benefited the 434 students of Carter G. Woodson Elementary School. The event was held at Douglass High School.…
Community partners Community Service Elementary Schools Principals Science Students Delta Sigma Theta treats Usher-Collier Heights students like royalty 15 Dec 2009 talkupaps The Ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated sponsored a trip to the premiere of the Disney feature The Princess and the Frog for 80 lucky young girls on Dec.…
Community partners Curriculum Elementary Schools Events Parents Principals Schools Students Uncategorized M. Agnes Jones Elementary, Kappa Boule, First Move host APS Chess Club tournament 15 Dec 2009 talkupaps More than 50 Atlanta Public Schools chess club members from five elementary schools competed for the “travelling trophy” during a chess tournament yesterday hosted by M. Agnes Jones Elementary on…
Community partners Community Service Dr. Hall Elementary Schools Events Schools Grade Level Reading Initiative launched at forum 15 Dec 2009 talkupaps The Annie E. Casey Foundation – Atlanta Civic Partners’ Forum on the Grade Level Reading Initiative was held Dec. 9 to launch a pilot literacy initiative. The focus of the…
Community partners Curriculum Dr. Hall Elementary Schools Events High Schools Media Middle Schools Schools Students Teachers Dr. Hall calls for teacher incentives during Secretary Duncan’s visit to Tech High 14 Dec 2009 talkupaps APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall expressed a hope to explore ways to reward quality teachers who want to stay in the classroom without having to promote them into administration…
Community partners Elementary Schools Events Performing Arts Schools Students Teachers Jazz legend Earl Klugh hits the right notes with Centennial Place Elementary music students 9 Dec 2009 talkupaps Legendary jazz guitarist Earl Klugh dropped by Kristen Faust’s music class at Centennial Place Elementary School on Dec. 3. The students were rehearsing and prepping for last Saturday evening’s performance…
Alumni APS Staff Elementary Schools Parents PTA Students Teachers Morningside Elementary students celebrate the school’s 80th anniversary 8 Dec 2009 talkupaps The more things change, the more they stay the same. Walking the halls of Morningside Elementary on Tuesday, Richard Franco felt the same excitement he had more than 50 years…
Arts & Literature Community partners Community Service Curriculum Elementary Schools Principals Student honors Students Teachers F.L. Stanton Elementary students craft their own season’s greetings 8 Dec 2009 talkupaps Kaufman Realty Group, one of the school partners of F.L. Stanton Elementary, sends out a holiday card each year and asks the school’s students to participate. F.L. Stanton art teacher…
Community partners Community Service Elementary Schools Schools Bethune Elementary learns the value of philanthropy 8 Dec 2009 talkupaps Non-profit leaders with the Atlanta Chapter of Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) visited Bethune Elementary School in November to engage students in its first-ever service learning initiative “Promoting Philanthropy in…
