Athletics Community Service Events Health & Wellness Media Schools Students Falcons players swoop in on APS to promote fitness 6 Oct 2009 talkupaps Representatives from the Atlanta Falcons were scheduled to visit eight different sites — including Brown, Long and Turner middle schools — as part of the NFL-United Way’s “Hometown Huddle” project…
Community partners Community Service Events Health & Wellness Media Students B.E.S.T. Academy hosts Project Success Fitness For Life Family Fair 6 Oct 2009 talkupaps The 100 Black Men of Atlanta‘s annual Fitness For Life Family Fair has been rescheduled from earlier this year to Saturday, Oct. 10, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at B.E.S.T. Academy.…
Atlanta Board of Education Community partners Community Service Events Health & Wellness Parents Principals School Honors Schools Students Fickett Elementary builds new playground with KaBOOM!, Foresters 5 Oct 2009 talkupaps Fickett Elementary was hoping for about 250 volunteers to show up Saturday for a playground build partnership with KaBOOM! and Foresters. About 540 showed up. That’s the kind of passion…
Arts & Literature Events Schools Teachers Nominate your school’s Media Specialist for national award 2 Oct 2009 talkupaps We’ve always believed that librarians across the country, in some 123,000 libraries, have a major impact on millions of Americans. Here’s an opportunity for the Atlanta Public Schools community to…
Arts & Literature Community partners Events Schools Students Teachers Save the date: Read for the Record at Herndon Elementary, Oct. 8 2 Oct 2009 talkupaps Jumpstart’s Read for the Record is trying to engage more than 1 million children in reading Eric Carle’s classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Therefore, the kindergarten students at Alonzo F.…
APS Staff Community partners Events Schools Students Teachers Project GRAD rallies rescheduled for Oct. 15-16 2 Oct 2009 talkupaps APS, Project GRAD Atlanta and Communities In Schools had planned to jointly host rallies to motivate eighth-graders and ninth-graders about going to college, but the events were washed out by…
APS Staff Community partners Events Principals Schools Teachers Uncategorized Monday’s the deadline for Atlanta Families Awards submission! 1 Oct 2009 talkupaps Just a reminder that the deadline for the 2010 Atlanta Families Awards for Excellence in Education (AFAEE) is just around the corner! If you have any questions, please contact Michele…
APS Staff Dr. Hall Events Dr. Hall joins leaders in New York for discussion on smart cities 1 Oct 2009 talkupaps At the SmarterCities NYC forum that takes place today and tomorrow, APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall will join other education, business and political leaders for a discussion on how…
Community partners Community Service Events Parents Principals Schools Students Teachers Sutton Middle School shows Atlanta Public Schools is ‘No Place For Hate’ 30 Sep 2009 talkupaps 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…
Atlanta Partners for Education Dr. Hall Events Principals Schools Principal For A Day kickoff is a success for APS 25 Sep 2009 talkupaps Business and civic leaders joined Atlanta Public Schools principals today at the Omni Hotel during a kickoff breakfast for this year’s Principal For A Day (PFAD) event, a 10-year partnership…
