In the upcoming issue of The Atlanta Educator, we profile fathers who made a difference in students’ lives — starting with Quinton Gist, who has become the PTA president at M. Agnes Jones Elementary. His daughter, Dream, is a second-grader at the school. Gist started out answering the call for someone to help serve as […]
Grady High School students captured several national print and broadcast journalism awards during last weekend’s National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) annual fall conference in Washington, D.C. Grady News Network (GNN) won the 2009 NSPA Broadcast Pacemaker Award, which is considered the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize for student journalism. This is GNN’s second Pacemaker Award. GNN […]
What roles are males playing in the development of students? How are employees making a difference in students’ lives … with coats? What’s a Master Teacher? Who’s on the other end of the Homework Hotline? These and many other questions are answered in the latest edition of The Atlanta Educator, a quarterly print newsmagazine published […]
Atlanta Public Schools has won the Meritorious Budget Award from the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) for its 2009-2010 annual budget. Founded in 1910, ASBO International has nearly 6,000 school business management professionals as members. The association provides programs and services to promote the highest standards of school business management practices, professional growth, and […]
We were thrilled wake up to our morning paper and see this nice feature on the Grady High-St. Pius X matchup, which will kick off APS’ inaugural Domecoming Football Classic on Saturday at the Georgia Dome. Good read. But we believe in going right to the source for our football scoops, so we asked Jake […]
UPDATE: There are still more photos available in a special gallery set up on the district Web site, http://www.atlantapublicschools.us. Check out the photo gallery here. There were so many great images from today’s Peyton Forest Elementary playground build with KaBOOM! and The Home Depot, so we thought we’d offer this little photo gallery. We’ll see […]
This just in, from the NCAA … Approximately 200 NCAA Division I student-athletes will meet in Atlanta for leadership development and to partner with local elementary school children, teachers and parents to complete a beautification project at [Mary Lin Elementary and Burgess-Peterson Academy]. The projects and meetings will take place October 23-25. On Saturday, October […]
More than 200 volunteers from The Home Depot, Peyton Forest Elementary, Atlanta Public Schools, and organizers from the nonprofit organization KaBOOM! will join together Thursday morning to build a state-of-the-art, 2,500 square foot playground, outdoor classrooms and construct artistic murals, in one day. The playground will provide a safe, fun environment for the children in […]
Rick Martin (above), CNN USA national desk assignment editor challenged seventh-graders at B.E.S.T. Academy to “think about the end game” when it comes to their future plans. Read the press release here.
UPDATE: Check out Tom Dunn’s profile in the AJC! Inspiring doesn’t begin to describe the New York Times profile of King Middle School teacher Tom Dunn. The veteran defender of death-row inmates entered the teaching profession through Teach for America, and has been putting his unique blend of idealism and lawyer’s grit to help build […]