by Kimberly Green, Public Relations Manager kwgreen@atlanta.k12.ga.us Georgia first lady Sandra Deal greeted students at Atlanta Public Schools’ Dunbar Elementary as Athens-based Books for Keeps distributed 12 free books to each student April 30 to encourage summer reading at home. Dunbar Elementary was selected as the Atlanta location for Books for Keeps in partnership with APS […]
Earlier this month, schools across the district celebrated Read Across America Day, an annual nationwide event with a mission to promote literacy, in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday. West Manor Elementary School had community partners, family members, and even Emperor Searcy, a radio personality from Hot 107.9, read to the students and encourage them to continue to […]
Cascade Elementary School hosted their first Read-O-Thon earlier this school year with community partners, parents, and APS staff. The volunteers visited various classrooms to read with the students and focused on motivating and encouraging the students to read. This engaging and fun Read-O-Thon reinforces the belief in students that reading is fundamental for success in […]
Hope-Hill Elementary School received two grants through DonorsChoose.org, an online charity that makes it easy to help students in need through school donations. Paula Sanders Morris, who submitted the grants, will use the funds to purchase books for her new Chat and Chew Book Club. The first grant for $1,150 was funded in 7 days and Disney […]
Buzzers sounded quickly as 290 elementary and middle students from 29 Atlanta Public Schools competed in the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl at Drew Charter School. At the elementary school level, Morris Brandon Elementary won first place and Garden Hills Elementary won second. At the middle school level, Sutton Middle School won first place with Atlanta Neighborhood […]
Reading is a fundamental key to success at Bethune Elementary School, and through a partnership with AM1380 WAOK Talk Radio Host Derrick Boazman, The Real (Read, Excel, Achieve, and Lead) Men Read Program is now offered at Bethune. Boazman is committed to forming bonds between young male students and successful men in the community through […]
High school students at Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy (CSK) celebrated Teen Read Week by applying their writing and creativity skills in a short story competition and reading books related to this year’s theme, “Seek the Unknown @ Your Library.” Teen Read Week is a national celebration of reading for fun that underscores […]
State Representative Stacey Abrams visited Fred Armon Toomer Elementary School during Georgia Pre-K Week to promote literacy and foster a love of reading with the Pre-kindergarten children. Toomer’s Pre-K children, Pre-K staff, several Early Learning Specialist from APS Office of Early Learning/Teaching & Learning, members of Representative Stacey Abrams’ office, and representatives from Voices for […]
Atlanta Public Schools’ Charles L. Gideons Elementary unveiled its newly renovated school library and parent center, sponsored by Target Corp. and The Heart of America Foundation September 24. The renovated library features 2,000 new books, new furniture, an aquarium, and technology upgrades, including new iPads. The parent center was also updated with computers and parent […]