Congratulations to Springdale Park Elementary School, APS’ 2012 Georgia Green Ribbon award winning school. Springdale Park students and staff were recently recognized at the State Capitol by the GA. Lt. Governor for their environmental innovations. Earlier this year, Springdale Park, in collaboration with the Atlanta Public Schools Facilities Department, submitted an application to the Georgia […]
Click below to view the full gallery of photos from the Mays High School ribbon cutting held Thursday, March 1, 2012.
The district recently held ribbon-cutting celebrations for D.M. Therrell Educational Complex and Continental Colony Elementary School. Both campuses, located in the Greenbriar Mall area, opened August 2011 as state-of-the-art, multimillion-dollar learning facilities. Board Chair Brenda J. Muhammad and District 6 Representative Yolanda Johnson participated in the ceremonies for both schools. In addition, board members Emmett […]
ATLANTA – The renaming ceremony for the athletic field at Grady Stadium is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Saturday, September 17, 2011 at Monroe Drive and 10thStreet, Atlanta, GA 30309. The field is being named the Eddie S. Henderson, Sr. Athletic Field at Grady Stadium. The athletic field is being renamed in honor of the […]
Superintendent Erroll Davis has appointed 21 district employees as elementary and middle school principals with Atlanta Public Schools. Filling vacancies left void by school leaders named in the recent state led CRCT report, the principals attended a leadership institute this week, and will begin serving in their respective schools immediately. The following interim principals have […]
Recently, superintendent Erroll Davis met with several groups in an effort to share the district’s preliminary CRCT response plan and to help restore the community’s confidence in APS. The Mr. Davis spent time with year-round school employees during Day One APS, touring the campuses of Centennial Place Elementary, Boyd Elementary and Hutchinson Elementary. Central office […]
Day One APS for year-round schools — Centennial Place, Hutchinson and Boyd elementary schools — began Wednesday, July 13. Students at all three schools returned to the classroom, with Hutchinson welcoming new principal S. Beadles and Boyd welcoming former Centennial assistant principal, now turned principal, K. Gibbons. All students experienced breakfast in the classroom for the first time. […]
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Board of Education approved personnel changes recommended by Interim Superintendent Erroll B. Davis Jr. in response to the state CRCT investigation report that replaced the regional leadership for APS schools, along with a principal at one of the district’s year-round schools that begins classes for the new school year Wednesday. The […]
To ensure that school construction and renovation projects are completed on time, APS employees and contractors are hard at work during the summer months. Following is a list of major capital projects and their scheduled completion dates during the upcoming school year: Continental Colony ES – July 2011 Peyton Forest ES – July 2011 Therrell […]
UPDATE: The Atlanta Wolfpack team WON its fifth state wheelchair title in six years over the weekend! Reece Johnson scored 12 points in a 35-25 win over arch-rival West Georgia in the finals held Friday at the Gwinnett Arena. Johnson is a senior at Crim Open Campus, was praised by his coach in an AJC article: […]