Douglass High School will stage a dramatic reenactment of a traffic accident on Wednesday morning on the school’s football field to demonstrate for junior- and senior-class students the dangers associated with drinking and texting while driving in advance of the school’s prom this weekend. A wrecked car was positioned in front of the school as […]
B.E.S.T. Academy will host “Making the Connection” on May 8. This is a conference in observance of the 2010 National Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Asthma and Stroke Awareness Month to educate and empower families and communities to utilize all resources to promote, protect and assure the health and well-being of the people of Fulton County. The conference, sponsored by […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] UPDATE: Check out the photo gallery here. Burgess-Peterson Academy served as the host school Wednesday to help launch a city-wide effort, Be Water Wise Atlanta, in a partnership with the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) and which helps celebrate National Environmental Education Week. Burgess-Peterson is one of 11 Atlanta Public Schools […]
UPDATE: Visit the photo gallery here, and for a video click here. Watch Fox5’s coverage here. Apolo Ohno, the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian of all time, inspired Kennedy Middle School sixth-graders with an appearance sponsored by The Century Council, which promotes healthy lifestyles and avoiding underage drinking. “You guys inspire me because the future […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] Atlanta Public Schools’ District Wellness Council partnered with Family 2 Family, Aetna and The Center Helping Obesity In Children End Successfully (C.H.O.I.C.E.S.) Inc., to host the Children’s Wellness Expo/Student Wellness Ambassador (SWA) Leadership Academy on March 27 at the Adamsville Recreation Center. Mayor Kasim Reed and City Councilman C.T. Martin, District 10, […]
The Program for Exceptional Children‘s Atlanta Wolfpack team won the 2010 AAASP State Wheelchair Basketball Championship at the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) State Basketball Championship on March 12 at the Gwinnett Arena. This is the third consecutive win for the Wolfpack team. The Wolfpack team is no overnight success. Team development and a winning record is the result […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] The APS Health Career Fair was held this week, co-hosted by the APS Department of Career Technology Education and Atlanta Technical College, Atlanta Metropolitan College and Fulton County Department of Health and Human Services. Presenters included representatives from the Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness, Planned Parenthood and the Diabetes Association of […]
We continue our Atlanta Families’ Awards for Excellence in Education winners with a look at Rendell Jackson, a physical-education teacher at King Middle School. Jackson is in his third year at King, after teaching in the Douglas and Fulton county school systems. A former pro football player in the Arena and Canadian football leagues, Jackson is also a published […]
Every year, the Georgia Health Occupation Student Association (HOSA) hosts a State Leadership Conference to showcase the leadership and skills training that students have acquired during the school year. This year’s competition will be held March 4-6. Carver Health Sciences & Research will compete for the second consecutive year — and the school plans to […]
Carver’s School of Health Sciences and Research (HSR) is on the path to producing future scientists, nurses and doctors. The school also engages students in various character-building programs, such as Pennies for Patients, Youth Truth forums and Teen Pregnancy Awareness. During Pregnancy Awareness Week, Carver’s Public Service Announcement Committee (PSA) reenacted life as a teenage […]