Schools Students Grady High gets ready for a week of dinosaurs 10 Sep 2009 talkupaps This just in, from the AJC: Dinosaur feet designed by Grady High School art students will soon be available for public viewing. Modeled after the characters Buddy and Tiny in…
Media Principals Schools Students Teachers M. Agnes Jones Elementary students watch President Barack Obama’s national speech to schoolchildren 9 Sep 2009 talkupaps We were thrilled local media were interested in visiting M. Agnes Jones Elementary while its students watched President Barack Obama’s national speech encouraging students to stay in school, study and…
Media Students President Obama speaks to schoolchildren 8 Sep 2009 talkupaps Here’s a round-up of national news coverage of President Barack Obama’s speech today to schoolchildren … New York Times: Obama coaches students to ‘get serious’ and study Education Week: Obama…
Community partners Media Students Teachers Uncategorized Homework Hotline heats up for APS students 4 Sep 2009 talkupaps Atlanta Public Schools students once again will get some much-appreciated help with their school work tonight when the award-winning Homework Hotline reopens its phone lines. The Hotline phone number, 678-553-3029,…
Community partners Media Schools Students Teachers Noted author Dr. Afua Cooper to speak at Parks Middle School 4 Sep 2009 talkupaps The visit by Parks Middle School students and faculty to Canada is the gift that keeps on giving. The school will welcome author, educator and poet Dr. Afua Cooper (right),…
APS Staff Students Teachers D.H. Stanton students become media moguls 3 Sep 2009 talkupaps Here’s an amazing story, courtesy of Brenda Street, media specialist at D. H. Stanton Elementary. Street helped lead the school’s participation in the International Student Media Festival, and you’ll be…
Community partners Students Office Depot gets APS’ back with Thursday’s Back-to-School Backpack Celebration 3 Sep 2009 talkupaps Atlanta Public Schools students will get a satchel full of support with the Office Depot Foundation’s “Back to School Backpack Celebration,” which will spread 750 backpacks to students throughout the…
Students First Person: Garrison Smith 3 Sep 2009 talkupaps Not sure how or why we missed this awesome story about and from Douglass High star defensive tackle Garrison Smith, who’s one of the top-rated prep defensive linemen in the…
Students Washington HS football players covered from hand to toe 2 Sep 2009 talkupaps Many, many thanks to Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White for helping provide new cleats and gloves for the Booker T. Washington High football team. According to an item in…
Students APS students named as W.E.B. Du Bois scholars 1 Sep 2009 talkupaps Congratulations to those APS students who were recently among the 32 metro Atlanta high school students named W.E.B. Du Bois scholars for the 2009-10 school year. They are: Brooke Smith,…
