Congratulations go out to Boyd Elementary and Atlanta Charter Middle for each winning a $2,500 from the Kroger Earning Plus Learning Program. The grants are provided by the supermarket chain to help tie student achievement to environmental awareness, hence this year’s theme: “Active! Mind. Body. Community.” According to Boyd Elementary school counselor Mignon Hardeman, the […]
While we’ve documented a lot of Burgess-Peterson Academy‘s award-winning wellness initiatives, we thought it would be fun to have Coach Betty Jackson — the mastermind of many of these projects — to take us on a tour of what’s been going on and what students can expect for the 2010-2011 school year. It also gave […]
UPDATE: Check out the photo gallery here. It may have been increasingly hot outside, but the students and parents of the East Atlanta neighborhood were having a cool time Saturday morning inside Burgess-Peterson Academy at the school’s Open House Community Day. The event, similar to many around APS this past weekend, served as an […]
Do you remember hearing your parents and grandparents telling you the little folklore, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Well, we all know how important fresh fruits and vegetables are to our diet and also for our health. The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 authorized funds for a program that offers free fruits […]
About a month ago we noted how Parkside Elementary teacher Armelia Braddy and “two other physical educators” as three Georgia P.E. teachers were honored by HealthMPowers for promoting healthy behaviors and environments. Which is all very well and good except we didn’t add that one of the other two teachers, Julie Chartier, was also from APS! […]
Sutton Middle School and Warren T. Jackson Elementary became the third and fourth schools in APS to earn bronze medal National Recognition Awards from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. They were two of only 11 Georgia schools to be so honored. The medals are awarded to schools for their wellness efforts, from nutrition to […]
UPDATES: Watch video of a morning session here. Watch video of Young Middle orchestra teacher Robert Jeffrey and a student here. More than 120 students and nearly 30 teachers throughout Atlanta Public Schools have taken up residence, almost literally, at the Woodruff Arts Center for a month of intense study. The second-annual Middle School and […]
Hutchinson Elementary will host its annual Wellness Field Day on Friday. All of the grade levels, including pre-K, along with the educational partners, the PTA and the parent patrol will sponsor a booth with snacks for the students. The students can earn “Hutch Bucks” valued from $1 to $5 to purchase the snacks. (Learn more […]
Thanks to a partnership between Morningside Elementary and Murphy’s, the school was able to receive funds donated from dineouts held at the Virginia-Highlands restaurant between January and April. The dineouts were one Monday each month, with 10 percent of Murphy’s sales given to Seed-n-Feed — the school’s partner for its garden. In total, Morningside received […]
UPDATE: For more images, visit photo gallery here. Coan Middle School built on the momentum started last summer with an Edgewood community learning garden with the unveiling of an edible garden in the back of the school’s campus. (See photos of the Edgewood community garden here.) Thanks to a partnership with the Zeist Foundation and the […]