Inman’s GROW Club won a $1,700 grant from the Students Taking Charge Foundation. The organization supports healthy eating habits in teens and preteens. Inman students and sponsors pitched an idea called “Taste the Earth Day.” Look for an exciting Earth Day event to come in April, thanks to sixth-grade science teacher Melissa Nunnink, who leads […]
We continue our series of profiles of schools around APS with a look at Hutchinson Elementary, led by Principal Dr. Rebecca Dashiell-Mitchell. Hutchinson Elementary is one of a handful of schools in APS that operates on a year-round basis. Watch this video as we explore the highlights at Hutchinson, which include a strong appreciation of […]
SCAD-Atlanta’s Buzz Bus, filled with students, faculty and staff from “The University for Creative Careers,” made a surprise visit to B.E.S.T. Academy Middle School in December to lead students in a hands-on workshop in art and design. The event was coordinated by B.E.S.T. Academy’s guidance counselor, Joni N. Lawson. The SCAD representatives demonstrated the use […]
Erica Franklin, a second-year Teach For America corps member and fifth-grade teacher at M. Agnes Jones Elementary, is one of six corps members nationwide who was chosen to participate and represent Teach For America in a global workshop sponsored by Teach For All. The other five corps members joining Franklin hail from the following regions: Tulsa, […]
Due to a little scheduling snafu, Fickett Elementary got a double dose of holiday cheer on this, the last day of school for Atlanta Public Schools before the break — thanks to incredible support from its community and business partners. As a part of Project Angel, the Atlanta-based global delivery service UPS brought each of […]
With the temperatures dipping lower and sooner this winter, the Atlanta Chapter of Continental Societies, Inc., provided 139 warm coats to students at Carter G. Woodson Elementary. President Jean Cooper asked members to donate winter outerwear as well as help fit the children in their new coats in the school media center. Woodson Principal Dr. Viola Blackshear […]
The Peyton Forest Elementary Tigerette Dance Troop performed and led the Cascade Southwest Christmas/Kwanzaa Parade on Dec. 4. Two of the students were asked to make special presentations to Mayor Kasim Reed (presented by Icis Martin, fourth grade) and Andrea Boone, commissioner of constituent services for the mayor (presented by Harper Sims, fourth grade). The dance troop […]
UPDATE: Principal Robin Robbins explains Inclusive Schools Week activities here. For Burgess-Peterson Academy‘s Program for Exceptional Children teacher Monetia Hollie, the timing could not have been more perfect. She was thrilled to learn that Inclusive Schools Week (Dec. 6-10) would occur during the same week she had planned a field trip to celebrate the definition […]
Walter F. White Elementary learned Monday that it has been officially certified as a No Place for Hate School by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the group announced in a press release. The announcement came in a Banner Certification Program in which Hollande Levinson, ADL education director, presented a banner to White guidance counselor Dale W. Tate. Tate […]
Finch Elementary received $500 from participants in AT&T’s Leadership Development Program on Dec. 3 in the school’s media center. The Leadership Development Program (LDP) is AT&T’s flagship talent management program that focuses on building innovative leaders. AT&T provides program participants with challenging job assignments, continuing education and exposure to senior managers to hone leadership skills and […]