[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkWksVYgMbE%5D We were thrilled to welcome Promethean‘s ActivClassroom tour bus, which camped outside the Center for Learning and Leadership all day Tuesday to show our staff and teachers all of the possibilities that an interactive-technology classroom experience can give students. APS e-learning specialists Courtenay Farnum and Felicia Clark-Culbertson hosted the bus, which was directed […]
While we were incredibly moved by the experienced shared by our community and business partners who spend Principal Shadow Day learning more about the exciting things happening in our schools, we were equally moved by the speeches provided by male students from Benjamin E. Mays High‘s Eagle Leadership Academy at the concluding luncheon. The academy […]
The fall weather has arrived just in time for the Community Building Coalition of Northwest Atlanta to hold its second annual Fall Festival at Boyd Elementary School from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 9) at the school (1891 Johnson Road NW, Atlanta 30318). The festival will feature health screenings, adult stress-management tips, games, face-painting, workshops, children’s […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v5cIsfjyhY%5D Judge Glenda Hatchett had her audience alternately in the palm of her hands and reeling on their heels during her inspiration and challenging speech at the 10th Lowery Lecture Series on Monday at Douglass High School. Obviously we posted information and highlights from the day’s events in the blog post below, but we […]
UPDATE: View photo gallery here. Watch video here. The second annual Neighborhood Celebration provided Atlanta Public Schools to showcase the schools in the southeast Atlanta neighborhoods that feed into host school Maynard H. Jackson High School, on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon. The school halls were filled with representatives from the participating schools as well […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2V0D-mk3wo%5D We’ll have much more comprehensive coverage of Saturday’s Neighborhood Celebration held at Maynard H. Jackson High School. We welcomed the southeast Atlanta schools that feed into Jackson High, including the charter schools. The day was a great success, featuring performances from some of the schools, a parade of schools, and, as you can […]
[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] We had such a great time checking out the new playground build at Grove Park Elementary, thanks to a partnership with The Home Depot Foundation and of course the fine work of KaBOOM! We also were thrilled to wake up the next morning to an NPR profile of KaBOOM!, so it’s nice […]
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 couple weeks offering glimpses at what these participating schools have to offer our students, and it’s a pretty diverse array. But particularly special is the […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug3j2k4aWCo%5D UPDATE: Check out the NPR feature on KaBOOM! here. For the second time in the 2010-11 school year, an APS elementary collaborated with a community partner to bring a KaBOOM! playground. Grove Park Elementary welcomed more than 250 volunteers, who braved the threat of rain and got the job done ahead of schedule. Grove […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZESU_1QoXE%5D UPDATE: Check out the photo gallery of images from around the schools here. Watch a video of the panel discussion here, and a question-answer session with the students here. The Just the Beginning Foundation sponsored the “Robes in the Schools” event Thursday at six Atlanta Public Schools high schools to encourage students to […]