Community partners Events Health & Wellness Middle Schools Nutrition Schools Save the Date: ‘Making the Connection’ at B.E.S.T. Academy, May 8 15 Apr 2010 talkupaps B.E.S.T. Academy will host “Making the Connection” on May 8. This is a conference in observance of the 2010 National Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Asthma and Stroke Awareness Month to educate…
Community partners Events Health & Wellness Middle Schools Nutrition Principals Schools Students Olympic star Apolo Ohno encourages Kennedy Middle students to say yes to healthy lifestyle and no to alcohol 13 Apr 2010 talkupaps UPDATE: Visit the photo gallery here, and for a video click here. Watch Fox5’s coverage here. Apolo Ohno, the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian of all time, inspired Kennedy Middle…
APS Staff Community partners Community Service Elementary Schools Events Health & Wellness Middle Schools Nutrition Schools Students APS celebrates health and wellness efforts 31 Mar 2010 talkupaps Atlanta Public Schools’ District Wellness Council partnered with Family 2 Family, Aetna and The Center Helping Obesity In Children End Successfully (C.H.O.I.C.E.S.) Inc., to host the Children’s Wellness Expo/Student Wellness…
Community partners Elementary Schools Events Health & Wellness Nutrition Principals Schools Students West Manor Elementary students receive practical lessons in etiquette courtesy of Sodexo-Jackmont 27 Jan 2010 talkupaps Twenty West Manor Elementary students enjoyed a fine-dining experience in the West Manor Café last week following a one-hour etiquette class on Jan. 19 sponsored by Sodexo-Jackmont. Sodexo-Jackmont’s Chef Praylani…
APS Staff Nutrition Uncategorized Produce of the Month: Florida oranges 21 Dec 2009 talkupaps This month the APS nutrition department is celebrating the Florida orange. Who knew that oranges were so packed full of nutrients and could really help us fight off diseases? One…
Community partners Community Service High Schools Nutrition Schools Planting a seed: South Atlanta High hopes a community garden will lead to better food choices 4 Dec 2009 talkupaps (Editor’s note: This fascinating article about a collaborative community garden involving South Atlanta Educational Complex is reprinted with permission from the Greening Youth Foundation: School lunches — especially the bad…
APS Staff Community Service Nutrition CLL Thanksgiving Can-A-Thon collects more than 4,000 food items 24 Nov 2009 talkupaps This year’s Center for Learning and Leadership’s Holiday Can-A-Thon campaign netted more than 4,000 cans of nonperishable food items for local needy individuals and families. The food, which was donated…
APS Staff Community partners Community Service Curriculum Elementary Schools Events Health & Wellness Nutrition Schools Students Teachers Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity grantees visit Burgess-Peterson Academy 24 Nov 2009 talkupaps The Student Wellness Ambassadors (SWA) from Burgess-Peterson Academy excitedly greeted the visitors from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity on Nov. 17 as they entered the…
Community partners Elementary Schools Health & Wellness Nutrition School Honors Schools Morningside Elementary gets the Clinton touch with wellness award 18 Nov 2009 talkupaps In September we reported on how proud we were of Morningside Elementary being given a bronze National Recognition Award from the Alliance for a Healther Generation — along with fellow…
Health & Wellness Nutrition Produce of the Month: Romaine lettuce 12 Nov 2009 talkupaps This month APS’ nutrition department is celebrating Romaine lettuce from Fresh-Pick Farms in Kinston, N.C., as its produce of the month. Did you know that every day as a part…
