Communities In Schools of Atlanta is holding a huge Family Literacy Block Party in partnership with Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and Pitney Bowes at Cleveland Avenue Elementary School at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 20. Communities In Schools of Atlanta is the largest Reading Is Fundamental partner in the state of Georgia, providing more than 6,500 young […]
At first, the parents seated around the tables didn’t how to react when Dee J. Anderson, executive director/founder of Abba House Outreach Ministries, told everyone to group themselves into pairs … and arm-wrestle. Once they got over the giggling, the female-dominated room paired up, and when Anderson shouted, “Go!” they all started wrestling, with […]
Dozens of professionals came out to Career Day at West Manor Elementary School on Wednesday. The school-wide event featured Andra Grier, West Manor parent and co-owner of Grier Brothers Enterprises and Sand Gravel Suppliers. Grier brought his dump truck for students to observe and admire. Before he left the building he reminded the students, “Hit […]
UPDATE: Watch video of the First Grade Choir performance here. Visit photo gallery here. APS and other distinguished officials cut the ribbon Thursday on the Morris Brandon Elementary‘s Primary Center that opened at the start of the year and serves the growing Buckhead school’s 200-plus kindergarteners and first-graders. The ceremony capped off an unprecedented year of school […]
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 […]
Earlier we wrote about the Mother & Daughter Retreat, courtesy of the Parents as Partners Academic Center (housed at Kennedy Middle School). We also thought we’d share some images from the Father & Son Retreat, which sought to strengthen a key relationship for APS’ male students. Fathers and sons participated in a range of activities, […]
The Program of Exceptional Children (PEC) invites all Atlanta Public Schools’ PEC parents to attend a parent focus group. Parents/guardians are invited to participate by sharing their child’s experiences and their involvement in the program. The meeting will be facilitated by The Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative, a network of special and general education leaders that […]
Registration for the APS Pre-Kindergarten Lottery will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at Benjamin E. Mays High School and The New Schools at Carver. Weeknight registrations will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, and Thursday, April 22, at Inman Middle School. Another registration session will be […]
Hopefully by now you’ve been able to pick up a copy of the latest (spring) edition of The Atlanta Educator. The occasional print publication was delivered to CLL staff and the schools over the course of this week, and features more amazing stories about APS’ transformation into a top-performing urban school district. You’ll be able […]
Last month Boyd Elementary inducted seven students into the National Junior Beta Club. The induction ceremony was a huge success; the guest speaker was Ronnie DeVoe of the R&B groups New Edition and Bell, Biv, DeVoe. First Row: Jennifer Newell, co-sponsor; Lakeitha Taylor, Bianca Wilson, and J. Gaither, co-sponsors. Second Row: Students Destiny Butler, Taya […]