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 highlighting the work of the Southeastern Horticultural Society in the Edgewood neighborhood. The Edgewood Community Learning Garden is the Southeastern Horticultural Society’s first community garden […]
We were out at B.E.S.T. Academy hoping to interview some students and sat in on the monthly Meeting of the Minds assembly, in which students are recognized for various achievements. Members of 100 Black Men of Atlanta, a community partner, were on hand as well. The session includes the announcement of the Students of the Month, […]
Students from around Atlanta Public Schools took part in Jumpstart’s annual Read for the Record event, with Garden Hills and Towns elementary schools each hosting their own event and Finch and Venetian Hills elementary schools joining in on a larger event at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta. Mike Beatty, commissioner for the Georgia Department […]
On Thursday, Jumpstart‘s Read for the Record will be a major part of Atlanta Public Schools’ day. There’s the major event planned at the Hyatt Regency (265 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta GA, 30303), in which guests will read from Eric Carle’s classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Guests readers include David Chandley, meteorologist from WSB-TB; Mike […]
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 host is Atlanta’s own Farmer D.
Frank L. Stanton Elementary fourth-graders will receive a valuable environment lesson when they hop on Georgia State University’s BioBus on Thursday morning in the school parking lot. Students will learn about “Water in the Environment in a session that will run from 9 a.m.-11 a.m. The water module provides several visual and hands-on activities that teach […]
UPDATE: Visit new photo gallery here. The Rev. Dr. Joseph L. Lowery celebrated his 88th birthday engaged in a spirited discussion on civic engagement along with Judge Penny Brown Reynolds and the senior-high students from Atlanta Public Schools. As part of the district’s ninth annual lecture series at Therrell Educational Complex in his honor, Dr. […]
Representatives from the Atlanta Falcons were scheduled to visit eight different sites — including Brown, Long and Turner middle schools — as part of the NFL-United Way’s “Hometown Huddle” project to promote better health and fitness. The AJC has a nice little piece on the event here. From the article: The Falcons are the only […]
The 100 Black Men of Atlanta‘s annual Fitness For Life Family Fair has been rescheduled from earlier this year to Saturday, Oct. 10, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at B.E.S.T. Academy. The media is invited to attend this event and experience community outreach that combines health education with fun activities. The family health fair is part of […]
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 school meals. October’s selection: North Carolina sweet potatoes. For the uninitiated, there are approximately 400 different types of sweet potatoes. The sweet potato has yellow […]