APS Staff Community partners Curriculum Elementary Schools Events Media Centers Reading School Honors Schools Students Teachers Schools from APS advance in the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl 1 Feb 2011 talkupaps Congratulations to Morris Brandon, Centennial Place, Garden Hills, Parkside, D.H. Stanton, Toomer, Beecher Hills, and Drew Charter elementary schools for their outstanding performance in the fourth-annual APS Helen Ruffin Reading…
Community partners Curriculum Elementary Schools Georgia Performance Standards Reading School Reform Teams Schools Students Teachers Uncategorized Isaac Farris Jr. inspires students with mother’s new book during R.E.A.L. Men Read 20 Jan 2011 talkupaps In honor of the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, APS helped make this month’s R.E.A.L. Men Read event a family affair. Isaac Farris Jr. read to students at…
Arts & Literature Community partners Elementary Schools Reading Student honors Students Teachers Gideons Elementary student spells his way to success 20 Dec 2010 talkupaps Jamonté Kearse, a fifth-grader at Gideons Elementary (pictured above, middle), placed second in the Regional Spelling Legal Bee hosted by Michael B. King law firm on Dec. 18 at the…
Arts & Literature Community partners Community Service CRCT Curriculum Elementary Schools Principals Reading Science Students Teachers Fickett Elementary is doubly gifted with holiday cheer from its partners 17 Dec 2010 talkupaps Due to a little scheduling snafu, Fickett Elementary got a double dose of holiday cheer on this, the last day of school for Atlanta Public Schools before the break —…
Community partners Curriculum Elementary Schools Principals Reading Schools AT&T donates $500 to Finch Elementary 6 Dec 2010 talkupaps Finch Elementary received $500 from participants in AT&T’s Leadership Development Program on Dec. 3 in the school’s media center. The Leadership Development Program (LDP) is AT&T’s flagship talent management program…
Arts & Literature Community partners Curriculum Media Centers Middle Schools Principals Reading Schools Student honors Students Teachers Teachers Honors Inman Middle student reads books, wins prize (as if she needed motivation) 2 Dec 2010 talkupaps Spend a few minutes speaking with Inman Middle School sixth-grader Vicky Walters, and you get the feeling she didn’t exactly have to enter a contest to read more. But that…
Arts & Literature Community partners Community Service Elementary Schools Principals Reading Students R.E.A.L. Men Read volunteers break out their first book 17 Nov 2010 talkupaps UPDATE: Check out the photo gallery here. Check out D.H. Stanton Elementary report here. More than 200 men fanned out across Atlanta this morning to participate in the inaugural reading…
APS Staff Arts & Literature Community partners Curriculum Elementary Schools Events Facilities Reading Schools Students Teachers R.E.A.L. Men Read literacy project targets APS second-graders 12 Nov 2010 talkupaps More than 180 male volunteers will fan out among Atlanta Public Schools’ 4,000 second-graders to help boost literacy through the R.E.A.L. Men Read program. Started in Chicago’s public school system…
Community partners Community Service Elementary Schools Parents Reading Students R.E.A.L Men Read program planning session scheduled for Thursday 13 Oct 2010 talkupaps The Read, Excel, Achieve, Lead (R.E.A.L.) Men Read steering committee, consisting of a virtual who’s who of Atlanta business, government and community leaders, convenes at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 14,…
APS Staff Community partners Curriculum Elementary Schools Events Facilities Middle Schools Reading Schools Students Teachers Neighborhood Celebration: Check out the Confucius Institute participating schools 1 Oct 2010 talkupaps We’re getting really excited about Saturday’s Neighborhood Celebration at Maynard H. Jackson High School (1 p.m.-4 p.m.), which will showcase the southeast Atlanta schools in APS. We’ve spent the past…
