APS Staff Community partners Community Service Events Health & Wellness Nutrition Parents Parks Middle hosts first-annual health fair 4 Nov 2009 talkupaps Did you know that Oct. 23-31 was National Red Ribbon Week? Each year, millions of students across the country don red ribbons to promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. To underscore…
APS Staff Community partners Community Service Events Health & Wellness Nutrition Parents Schools Students Teachers Springdale Park Elementary gets down on the farm — and market 30 Oct 2009 talkupaps Springdale Park Elementary and Sodexo-Jackmont on Wednesday hosted the first-ever Farm to Market Fair in Atlanta Public Schools. The fair’s goal: connect students with the source of their food, nutrition…
APS Staff Community partners Curriculum Health & Wellness Media Nutrition Schools APS battles obesity in the schools: AJC 13 Oct 2009 talkupaps There’s a great story in the AJC today by Gracie Bonds Staples about how local school systems (including APS) are fighting obesity with innovative strategies. The story includes one of…
Community partners Health & Wellness Media Nutrition Schools Students Teachers Whitefoord Elementary students get screen time with HGTV in community garden 12 Oct 2009 talkupaps WSB-TV filmed Whitefoord Elementary students working in the Edgewood Community Learning Garden on Sept. 28. This taping, featuring Joe Washington from HGTV, will be used as a public service announcement…
Community partners Community Service Curriculum Health & Wellness Nutrition Parents Principals Schools Students Teachers Uncategorized Morningside Elementary gets into some green acres 7 Oct 2009 talkupaps This just in, courtesy Morningside Elementary Instructional Specialist Kori Sanchez, who shared with us this video on the Atlanta-based Mother Nature Network of recent garden work at the school. The…
APS Staff Health & Wellness Nutrition APS nutritionists say: “Eat your veggies!” (But sweetly) 6 Oct 2009 talkupaps Atlanta Public Schools’ nutrition department is proud to offer its featured Produce of the Month, in which they select a produce item that will be an integral side item in…
