Students at Parks Middle School have been participating in a weekly nutrition and health program sponsored by the Atlanta Falcons with teacher Jocelyn Johnson. The students through supervision of the teacher visited the Atlanta Falcons’ Web site to develop projects that include health collage posters, physical fitness charts/graphs, and sports activities. Through delving into topics […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC”] It’s become a habit of Travis Payne, APS alumnus and famed former choreographer to the late Michael Jackson, to return to not only Atlanta but his educational roots. But the timing on this occasion could not have been more bittersweet. Payne took time out to visit two elementary schools today as he […]
We continue our look at the APS middle school football championship game today at 5:30 p.m. at Lakewood Stadium between Harper-Archer and Parks with a look at the Parks team, courtesy head coach Attica Landers: What has been the key to your team’s success? The key to my football team’s success are a number of […]
[gallery link=”file”] APS’ School Reform Team 4 held its inaugural Parent Center Open House and Fall Festival on Oct. 23, 2009. The event was held at the SRT-4 office at Harper-Archer Middle. SRT-4 showcased its newly renovated parent center, located at the SRT office, and exposed parents to all of the resources available for them […]
Did you know that Oct. 23-31 was National Red Ribbon Week? Each year, millions of students across the country don red ribbons to promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. To underscore that message, the counseling department at Parks Middle School joined with the Communities in Schools program and the West End Medical Center to help students […]
Springdale Park Elementary and Sodexo-Jackmont on Wednesday hosted the first-ever Farm to Market Fair in Atlanta Public Schools. The fair’s goal: connect students with the source of their food, nutrition and the environment. All SPARK students had the opportunity to visit several stations on a fall, sunny day in the courtyard. At the Whole Foods station, […]
While Atlanta Public Schools held its 10th annual Principal for a Day event on Tuesday, it was the first ever for its newest school, Springdale Park Elementary. The Druid Hills school welcomed District 6 Atlanta City Council member Anne Fauver, as well as Sue Wasserman, public relations manager for Heery International, and Hossein Akhtarkhavari, district manager for […]
Congratulations are in order for the Sutton Middle School boys soccer team, which captured the city championship last week in winning the Metro Atlanta Athletics Conference. Head coach Jacob Bland, who also is the head coach of the the North Atlanta High boys varsity team, was extremely proud of a team that finished the season with […]
We’re not exactly restaurant critics over here, but we know a great APS parent when we see one, so we couldn’t more thrilled to learn that E. Rivers Elementary parent/supporter and rock-star chef Linton Hopkins had his Restaurant Eugene named the AJC‘s 2009 Restaurant of the Year. (Guess they’d seen enough after 10 months.) Hopkins […]
Earlier in the day we heard from Grady High’s paper on what to look for in tomorrow’s inaugural Domecoming Football Classic at the Georgia Dome. And just as there’s more than one APS team in this extravaganza at the Georgia Dome, there’s also more than one school newspaper cranking out print journalism. Booker T. Washington […]