APS Staff Events Performing Arts Students Dunbar Poetry Slam is a success 29 Jan 2010 talkupaps Finger snaps replaced hand claps during an assembly at Dunbar Elementary today. It’s all a part of the school’s monthly poetry slam, where students recited free verse and rhyming poems…
Arts & Literature Atlanta Families' Awards Community partners Curriculum Elementary Schools Teachers Teachers Honors Meet the Atlanta Families’ Awards winners: Nza Willingham (first in a series) 28 Jan 2010 talkupaps We’d like to celebrate the winners of the 2010 Atlanta Families’ Awards for Excellence in Education with a series of profiles, starting today with Nza Willingham, third-grade teacher at Brandon…
APS Staff Community partners Curriculum Events High Schools Performing Arts Students Teachers Fierce and ferocious, doggies rule the catwalk during Grady fashion show 19 Jan 2010 talkupaps Well-dressed pups and their adoring owners received plenty of applause during the third-annual “Doggies on the Catwalk” fashion show Friday at the Georgia Public Broadcasting studio. But the biggest fanfare…
Arts & Literature Community partners Curriculum Elementary Schools Schools Students Teachers Also in the Fall issue of The Atlanta Educator: ArtsNOW helps integrate arts into all subjects 13 Jan 2010 talkupaps 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…
Arts & Literature Community partners Events High Schools Media Performing Arts Schools Students Teachers Grady’s UrbanCouture students prepare for televised show 6 Jan 2010 talkupaps Fur is literally flying on the campus of Grady High School this week as UrbanCouture founder and teacher Vincent Martinez helps his senior design students prepare for the Jan. 15…
Arts & Literature Community Service Curriculum Events Middle Schools School Honors Schools Student honors Students Teachers Kennedy Middle School kicks off Ticket to Reading Rewards project 17 Dec 2009 talkupaps Kennedy Middle School welcomed Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Paul Hewitt as the special guest to help launch the school’s participation in the national Ticket to Reading Rewards project. Hewitt…
Elementary Schools Events Performing Arts Schools Students Teachers Uncategorized Cascade Elementary hosts holiday performance 17 Dec 2009 talkupaps Cascade Elementary School’s Music Department held the “It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like the Holidays” performance Thursday morning for parents, faculty, students and staff. Directed by music teacher Ann…
Arts & Literature Community partners Curriculum Middle Schools Principals Schools Students Inman Middle students get a ‘read’ on the situation 14 Dec 2009 talkupaps Congratulations to the Inman Middle School students who participated this year in the Jacket-2-Jacket reading program sponsored by Georgia Tech. Those students were the special guests at Sunday’s Georgia Tech…
APS Staff Community partners Events Middle Schools Performing Arts Schools Students Teachers Coan Middle School showcases student artists 10 Dec 2009 talkupaps The Atlanta Cluster of The Links, Inc., hosted the second annual “Showcase of Coan Middle Artists, Musicians, and Poets and Atlanta’s Top Professional Artists” at Coan Middle School on Wed.,…
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…
