Common Core Curriculum Literacy Reading Students Margaret Fain Elementary students read along with New York Times bestselling author Sharon Draper 2 Mar 2015 talkupaps by Britney Morgan 1997 National Teacher of the Year and award winning, New York Times bestselling author, Sharon Draper, led a reading session with Margaret Fain fifth-grade students on Tuesday,…
Benteen Elementary Charles Drew Charter E. Rivers Garden Hills Grady High School Kimberly Media Media Centers Middle Schools Morris Brandon Elementary North Atlanta High School Reading Schools Students Students and teachers receiving instructional tools from DonorsChoose.org Washington High School Students show-off their literacy skills at the 10th Annual APS Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl 3 Feb 2015 talkupaps by Britney Morgan Saturday, January 31, 2015 marked Atlanta Public Schools’ 10th year participating in the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl, a statewide competition with a quick-action game format that tests…
BEST Academy Boyd Elementary Crim Open Campus Harper-Archer Middle School Humphries Elementary Library Media Centers Reading Schools South Atlanta High School Thomasville Heights APS awarded $35,000 to improve library book collections 24 Jun 2014 talkupaps This spring, Media Specialists at seven Atlanta Public Schools received grants from the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries to expand, update and diversify their schools’ library book collections. APS…
Literacy Reading Schools APS celebrates Read Across America Day 31 Mar 2014 talkupaps Earlier this month, schools across the district celebrated Read Across America Day, an annual nationwide event with a mission to promote literacy, in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday. West Manor…
Literacy Reading Reading Is Fundamental Cascade Elementary’s Read-O-Thon cultivates leaders through reading 7 Feb 2014 talkupaps Cascade Elementary School hosted their first Read-O-Thon earlier this school year with community partners, parents, and APS staff. The volunteers visited various classrooms to read with the students and focused…
Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Literacy Reading Atlanta Public Schools participates in 8th annual Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl 5 Feb 2014 talkupaps Buzzers sounded quickly as 290 elementary and middle students from 29 Atlanta Public Schools competed in the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl at Drew Charter School. At the elementary school level,…
Literacy Partnerships Reading Schools Bethune students deepen literacy with successful men in the community 22 Jan 2014 talkupaps Reading is a fundamental key to success at Bethune Elementary School, and through a partnership with AM1380 WAOK Talk Radio Host Derrick Boazman, The Real (Read, Excel, Achieve, and Lead)…
Reading Author Robert Little speaks at Cleveland Avenue Elementary 4 Nov 2013 talkupaps Robert Little, author and motivational speaker, visited students at Cleveland Avenue Elementary and spoke during two assembly programs. During his popular assembly program, Dream Power, which is based on his…
Reading Schools Real Men Read at Heritage Academy 21 Oct 2013 talkupaps Heritage Academy recently hosted their annual Real Men Read Program, where local community stakeholders volunteered their time to mentor and read to the young men of Heritage Academy. Participants included…
Reading Schools South Atlanta Education Complex Celebrate the Freedom to Read 30 Sep 2013 talkupaps The South Atlanta Educational Complex, which includes the schools of Computer Animation and Design, Health and Medical Sciences, and Law and Social Justice, exercised their freedom to read during Banned…
