Atlanta Public Schools will show its respect and appreciation for the area and the nation’s veterans and military men and women, as several schools and the district’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) will participate in events and activities for Veteran’s Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11. This week, students at Morris Brandon Elementary School will send […]
Dr. Charles Drew is remembered most for his ground-breaking work as a great physician, surgeon and researcher, whose pioneering work in the field of blood plasma preservation has helped save millions of lives over the years. But most people do not know that Dr. Drew was a phenomenal athlete in high school and in college. […]
A cardinal rule in any competitive sport is this: Protect your house! Never lose at home! Last Saturday, the Benjamin E. Mays competitive cheerleading squad did just that at the fifth annual Atlanta Public Schools Metro-Atlanta Cheerleading Competition held in the Mays High School gym. The Raiders won the Class AAAAA championship and were crowned […]
Last season, the Benjamin E. Mays football team finished 12-3 and advanced to the Georgia High Schools Association Class AAAAA state championship game in the Georgia Dome. And here’s the bad news for opponents of the Raiders: The team is even more focused this season! Mays is a perfect 9-0 thus far this season, and […]
“Is she about to do what I think she is about to do”? That was the question buzzing around the Linda Faye Stevenson Theater on North Atlanta High School campus Thursday night when APS Superintendent Dr. Meria J. Carstarphen completed her solo “jam session” with the North Atlanta High School Orchestra; and then whirled her […]
APS has spirit, yes we do! APS has spirit, how about you?! The cheers, chants and stunts are bound to be a lot more involved than that when Benjamin E. Mays High School hosts the fifth annual Atlanta Public Schools Metro-Atlanta Cheerleading Competition, Saturday (Oct. 31), beginning at 10 a.m. More than 30 competition cheer […]
Atlanta Board of Education Members spent some quality time Thursday reading to the littlest of Atlanta Public School students, the pre-kindergarteners, during Read for the Record® 2015. #ReadfortheRecord, which celebrated its 10th anniversary on Thursday, is a worldwide campaign designed to bring awareness to the importance of high-quality early learning, by mobilizing millions of children […]
Metro area school staff members and administrators, social service providers, school board members, local and state government officials, as well as law enforcement and justice officials are invited to attend the 2015 Fulton County School Justice Partnership Summit Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. The Fulton County Juvenile Court is hosting the 2015 Fulton County School Justice […]
By Leslie Rivera Curious second and third graders at Burgess-Peterson Academy got their first hands-on experience with the school’s new STE(A)M truck this week. Students were able to touch and play with items on the mobile learning facility which is dedicated to the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math experience. The truck serves as a mobile innovation lab and […]
By Leslie Rivera Hope-Hill Media Specialist Christine Tigue commutes to school most days by bicycle. When she does, she parks her bike behind the media center’s circulation desk and that caught the attention of several students. So many children showed an interest in cycling that Ms. Tigue teamed up with the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition to get […]