[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] When Judith Costello, academic relations officer for the Atlanta Canadian Consulate General, made a classroom visit recently, Parks Middle School students were. “Canada has 10 provinces and three territories!” said a sixth-grade student when prompted. That student is among a group of 15 Parks’ students that were visited by Costello; the […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–ZAIu8RER0%5D That’s how simple Mike Bigga‘s message was when he returned to Harper-Archer Middle School for Career Day. The legendary Atlanta rapper, formerly known as Killer Mike, has been an incredibly positive voice in the community and has spoken at other school-related functions, having graduated from Douglass High. He mused to Letitia Goodman‘s eighth-grade […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp-96_heM7M%5D Students streaming into the media center at Adamsville Elementary were greeted by Atlanta children’s book author Evelyn Coleman — and a big screen. Instead of reading to the children from her various works, Coleman let noted actor James Earl Jones do the talking, through the Web site Storyline Online, as he read To […]
We send out our congratulations to all the APS media specialists who sponsored projects and judged at the Georgia Student Media Festival (GSMF) held Friday (April 30) at the Clayton County Professional Learning Center. According to APS Media Coordinator Warren Goetzel, APS had a record year at the festival, with 56 entries from across the […]
By now, most everyone in the APS community is familiar with the announcement this week of the 2010 Gates Millennium Scholarships, with APS leading the nation in the number of scholarships received at 29. And as some may have noticed in this moving account inside Thursday’s article in the AJC, one student in particular stands […]
Every now and then we stumble to not just one but a whole ton of news items about the great things happening around this district. For example, earlier this week we learned that current Sutton Middle School Teacher of the Year Julie Corey, had been selected as a “Class Act” by WXIA/11Alive and would filmed this […]
We’re still making a push to encourage our APS community to set up their own Twitter accounts and follow one another on Twitter. (APS is @apsupdate). The biggest reason is you learn ALL KINDS of cool information as it’s disseminated practically in real time. Take, for instance, one of our fave APS nouveau tweeters at […]
Thanks to a dedicated media specialist and a great partnership, Adamsville Elementary enjoyed a return engagement with noted children’s book author Ashley Bryan in an appearance this week at the school. Bryan is author and illustrator of such respected works as Beautiful Blackbird, which earned the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. He read to a group of […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] UPDATE: Check out Scott King’s photo gallery here. Debate-team students representing all four of APS’ School Reform Teams squared off Wednesday at Communities in Schools Atlanta‘s First Annual Middle School Moot Court by presenting their oral arguments for a select issue that affects Georgia students. The competition featured presentations by Kennedy […]
Hopefully by now you’ve been able to pick up a copy of the latest (spring) edition of The Atlanta Educator. The occasional print publication was delivered to CLL staff and the schools over the course of this week, and features more amazing stories about APS’ transformation into a top-performing urban school district. You’ll be able […]