ATLANTA – APS students improved their performance on the 2011 Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT), showing gains in 20 of the 30 grade and subject areas tested compared to the results of the 2010 CRCT exam. APS students had performance gains exceeding state improvements in 15 of the 30 grade and subject areas tested. This performance […]
APS congratulates four students for being the 2010-2011 top district performers on the 8th Grade 21st Century Skills Assessment. We are very proud of the accomplishments of Jefferson Martin, Jokull Reynisson, Lena Adams and Nicholas Caamano.
Two Grady High students will join the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra for the group’s Winter Concert on Saturday, March 12, at Symphony Hall inside the Woodruff Arts Center. Junior cellist Andrew Cleveland and senior bassist Kiah Simmons will perform with more than 100 talented youth musicians in this orchestra geared toward 13-18-year-olds. “I love […]
An event to launch the Graduation Generation project, which is designed to ensure that Coan Middle students achieve academic success through graduation, is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 2. (The AJC covers it here.) A $1 million donation from Emory University alumnus Rick Reider is being used to fund the program, which helps foster Coan […]
We couldn’t be prouder of Miles and Adamsville elementary chorus teacher Letricia Henson and Douglass High choral director Ben Polite, who currently are performing in the chorus for the Atlanta Opera‘s sold-out run of “Porgy and Bess” this week at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center. It should be noted that the opera chorus already has […]
[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] L.P. Miles Elementary celebrated Black History Month with its annual program Friday. Parents and community members were delighted by the talent of the participating classes. After a rousing welcome by student hosts Deonte Bryant and Keari Bryant of Karen Pettigrew’s fourth-grade class, the talent began. Performances were provided in by each grade level […]
APS fourth-grade students scored on a par with their counterparts in other large urban school districts across the nation in the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) science exam administered in the spring of 2009. The average science score for fourth grade students in Atlanta was 134. […]
Big thanks to Young Middle orchestra director Erik Herndon for pointing out this article in today’s AJC, in which singer-songwriter Joshua Radin of the popular Little Kids Rock organization visited the school to share his thoughts on the value of music and help donate instruments to 30 students. (OK, it probably didn’t hurt that Mr. Herndon, […]
Sydney Ragland, a fifth-grader from West Manor Elementary, fulfilled her goal by being one of the first to win both her school and district spelling bee. Ragland has participated in spelling bees since she was in the third grade, yet wasn’t able to pull out a victory — until now. (Check out the AJC article here.) All […]
Sutton Middle School orchestra director Natalie Colbert has been tabbed to serve as the state president of the American String Teachers Association. She also has been elected as the Georgia Music Educators Association’s state orchestra division chairman for 2011-13. “I am honored to work with awesome colleagues in APS and throughout the state,” Ms. Colbert said. […]