What’s up with Atlanta Public Schools and playgrounds in October? It’s going to be an exciting month if Friday morning’s event at Bethune Elementary was any indication. The school partnered with Atlanta Taskforce on Play (ATOP) and KaBOOM! to present students with the unique Imagination Playground in a BOX — a portable playground where kids can […]
Sutton Middle School kicked off its No Place For Hate Campaign with a school-wide assembly on Friday. No Place For Hate is an initiative of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) offered free to schools and designed to rally the entire school around the goal of stopping all forms of bias and bullying. The event was hosted […]
On Thursday, Atlanta Public Schools became one of 14 metro Atlanta school districts to unite with state leaders for the Be There campaign. This national program reinforces the idea that parents can do little yet very important things to make a difference in their children’s lives every day. APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall joined […]
The Carter Center was jam-packed this morning as Realtors and other community and business partners joined APS staff and school board members listened to APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall deliver her sixth annual State of the Schools Address. You can read the entire press release on our district Web site here, but stay tuned […]
As Atlanta Public Schools continues its journey to excellence, expect a school year filled with plenty of changes, challenges and new opportunities. Here is a sneak preview of five things to expect this year …
There’s a really interesting article in today’s AJC about a volunteer program for dads at Stockbridge’s Woodland Academy. But there’s also a really nice mention about a similar but as-yet-unnamed effort at APS’ M. Agnes Jones Elementary. Weirdly, the same article appeared on their Web site a week ago, but no matter. (Also, what’s up […]
This just in, from West Manor Elementary Principal Cheryl Twyman … I just thought we had a good story about the fact that 98 percent of our students were in uniform for this week. This is the first time in 10 years that students were asked to wear uniforms at West Manor. The cooperation and […]