A group of Dunbar Elementary School students attended the Omega Manhood Leadership Institute (OMLI) and Eta Omega Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Achievement Week Awards Banquet. The Achievement Week program, first celebrated in 1921, began as a project inspired by Carter G. Woodson. Mr. Woodson advocated for the establishment of an annual Black History […]
By Erica Fatima The digital inclusion program brings high-speed Internet and technology education to low-income families throughout Metro Atlanta Click here to see the ConnectHome video On Wednesday, Jan. 27, Mayor Kasim Reed announced—to a packed house of eager APS students and their families—the launch of the Atlanta ConnectHome pilot program. ConnectHome is an initiative to […]
By Leslie Rivera The school year is not over but there already has been a graduating class, of sorts, at Dunbar Elementary. A group of 11 Atlanta Public Schools students, grades three to five, became the first to complete a Toastmasters pilot program in the city of Atlanta. The Youth Leadership Program challenged students to […]