One of the great things about setting up a blog that affects some 50,000 kids, their teachers, principals, staff, parents, other family and friends is that, once you put the word out, it certainly comes back to you. That’s why we’re thrilled here at Talk Up APS to only be providing another way to spread […]
The APS middle school football season’s championship game between Harper-Archer and Parks was rained out last Saturday, and has been rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. today (Thursday) at Lakewood Stadium. The game features two undefeated teams, with both sporting 6-0 records. Both teams also sport high-scoring offenses with stifling defenses; Harper-Archer has registered three shutouts, while Parks has posted four. […]
UPDATE: Vincent Martinez has passed along the amazing news that Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) has offered to host Grady’s annual “Doggies on the Catwalk” event, in GPB’s Midtown studios, at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. On top of that, GPB plans to feature the Grady fashion program’s top designers in an hour-long documentary leading […]
Atlanta Public Schools and the Atlanta Families’ Awards for Excellence in Education are excited to announce this year’s batch of quarterfinalists for the awards, which will be announced this winter. It’s considered the “Oscars” of APS. Fifty-six APS teachers and principals were chosen as quarterfinalists out of 111 applicants. Those applicants are selected based on […]
Atlanta Public Schools has won the Meritorious Budget Award from the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) for its 2009-2010 annual budget. Founded in 1910, ASBO International has nearly 6,000 school business management professionals as members. The association provides programs and services to promote the highest standards of school business management practices, professional growth, and […]
GE employees have been working with Maynard H. Jackson High School for more than 20 years. The GE/Jackson High School Mentoring Program is in its third year of activity and the program kick-off was held last month. The GE Mentoring Program is a critical component of the positive impact GE has on the students at […]
Toomer Elementary‘s Principal for a Day featured a double-shot of community partners as Valarie Acree, Target Assets Protection Team Leader, and Anthony Jewett, Zeist Foundation Fellow, visited the school in their honarary role. The Principals for a Day began their morning with an inspirational announcement to students, parents, faculty and staff. “I am so excited to be here, […]
Two APS elementary schools welcomed a large group of Division I NCAA athletes over the past weekend, which included building teamwork skills with students and helping build gardens on school grounds. Over at Mary Lin, third-grade teacher Lindsay Wyczalkowski helped bring in the group, which divided up into teams and completed an array of projects to […]
UPDATE: Hilaire Anelone photo gallery here. Atlanta Public Schools is proud to announce its Teacher of the Year, Hilaire Anelone of Maynard H. Jackson High. (Mr. Anelone also represents Jackson as the High School Teacher of the Year). Born and raised in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Anelone came to the United States to complete an engineering […]
Congratulations are in order for the Sutton Middle School boys soccer team, which captured the city championship last week in winning the Metro Atlanta Athletics Conference. Head coach Jacob Bland, who also is the head coach of the the North Atlanta High boys varsity team, was extremely proud of a team that finished the season with […]