[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwqSGtVBhs%5D The annual APS Awards honored those schools that made their district targets in a ceremony held Nov. 2 at Douglass High School. APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall gave out the awards. She noted the tremendous advances made at APS thanks to its reform efforts, including increased scores on the National Assessment of […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no6_witF-Gk%5D By the time we caught up with British teachers Lynn Keast and Annemarie Kendell the bus was waiting to take them back to their hotels after spending their third and final day at M. Agnes Jones Elementary, so we only had a moment to check in on their experiences. But it was still […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDisV0ZYL2c%5D We were really excited to learn about the teachers from the United Kingdom visiting Atlanta Public Schools this week to interact with our school faculty and staff and share some of the ideas. So we decided to pop in on one of the schools, M. Agnes Jones Elementary, and listen in on what […]
We’re getting really excited about Saturday’s Neighborhood Celebration at Maynard H. Jackson High School (1 p.m.-4 p.m.), which will showcase the southeast Atlanta schools in APS. We’ve spent the past couple weeks offering glimpses at what these participating schools have to offer our students, and it’s a pretty diverse array. But particularly special is the […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZESU_1QoXE%5D UPDATE: Check out the photo gallery of images from around the schools here. Watch a video of the panel discussion here, and a question-answer session with the students here. The Just the Beginning Foundation sponsored the “Robes in the Schools” event Thursday at six Atlanta Public Schools high schools to encourage students to […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGkyLM298BM%5D King Middle School hopes to make a splash at the upcoming Neighborhood Celebration this Saturday (Oct. 2), and yes, we’d love to have them bring their newly renovated, reopened and reinvigorating pool — the only one of its kind in the district. King Middle serves a pivotal role in the south Atlanta area […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqeAUnOkhw4%5D UPDATE: Watch D.H. Stanton’s award-winning projects here, here and here! Eight of the 16 state competition-winning projects submitted by APS students (in collaboration with their media specialists) won at the International Student Media Festival earlier this month. Three of the winners came on collaborations with D.H. Stanton Elementary media specialist Brenda Street (pictured […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHinWN9iPOg%5D UPDATE: Watch this video/photo gallery which includes perspectives from participants here. Watch Camille Russell Love’s keynote address here. Atlanta Public Schools‘ performing and visual arts educators gathered for the 2010 Arts Education Conference at the High Museum on Sept. 24-25. Here APS Performing and Fine Arts Director Cynthia Terry and Education Coordinator/Visual Arts […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XFTcyoFhZg%5D We’re busy at work putting together the fall issue of The Atlanta Educator, an award-winning print newspaper that celebrates achievements around Atlanta Public Schools. From District staff and board members to school staff, faculty, students, parents and partners, The Atlanta Educator shows the wide range of people and programs that are making a […]
It’s time to take another look at Atlanta Public Schools. This year, the focus of our second-annual Neighborhood Celebration will be southeast Atlanta schools that feed into Maynard H. Jackson High, which will host festivities on Oct. 2. Part pep rally part celebration, this event allows community members to see just a few of the exciting […]