Sutton Middle School and Warren T. Jackson Elementary became the third and fourth schools in APS to earn bronze medal National Recognition Awards from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. They were two of only 11 Georgia schools to be so honored. The medals are awarded to schools for their wellness efforts, from nutrition to […]
[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] UPDATE: Watch the complete video of the experience here. Watch video of cadets in a Black Hawk helicopter here. You know APS media production team members Scott King and Armon Moore are taking their coverage of APS’ JROTC troops seriously when they report back via text that they’re sampling MRE’s (“meals ready to […]
[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] UPDATES: Watch video of a morning session here. Watch video of Young Middle orchestra teacher Robert Jeffrey and a student here. More than 120 students and nearly 30 teachers throughout Atlanta Public Schools have taken up residence, almost literally, at the Woodruff Arts Center for a month of intense study. The second-annual […]
Hutchinson Elementary will host its annual Wellness Field Day on Friday. All of the grade levels, including pre-K, along with the educational partners, the PTA and the parent patrol will sponsor a booth with snacks for the students. The students can earn “Hutch Bucks” valued from $1 to $5 to purchase the snacks. (Learn more […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HOupyITkOk%5D Update: Check out the photo gallery here. Dunbar Elementary students celebrated the end of the school year with a little face painting, potato sack racing and the electric slide during Field Day on Tuesday. More than 35 parents also lent their support, donning Dunbar T-shirts and corralling excited students between events. “I can’t […]
[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] Student representatives from eight schools in APS (and one from Fulton County) gave Atlanta City Council their preliminary findings in the Be Water Wise Atlanta project sponsored by the National Environmental Education Foundation. Students mixed videos, poems and raps in with PowerPoint presentations as some of the council members observed. It was […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svPHcjCwSSI%5D UPDATE: Check out the photo gallery here. Watch Gov. Schwarzenegger’s speech above, and a highlight film here. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger knows a star when he sees one. The Hollywood celebrity and action figure turned governor also serves as the National Honorary Chairperson for After-School All-Stars, and took some time Monday morning to […]
By now, most everyone in the APS community is familiar with the announcement this week of the 2010 Gates Millennium Scholarships, with APS leading the nation in the number of scholarships received at 29. And as some may have noticed in this moving account inside Thursday’s article in the AJC, one student in particular stands […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] UPDATE: For more images, visit photo gallery here. Coan Middle School built on the momentum started last summer with an Edgewood community learning garden with the unveiling of an edible garden in the back of the school’s campus. (See photos of the Edgewood community garden here.) Thanks to a partnership with the […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] More than 250 volunteers came together with teachers, staff and students on Wednesday to help Slater Elementary School fulfill a six-year dream by installing a playground, thanks to an ongoing partnership with KaBOOM! and Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA). But the renovations didn’t stop there. Volunteers also added an outdoor classroom, picnic tables, […]