UPDATE: Follow @apsupdate on Twitter, and the hashtag #burgessobama for updates on today’s visit! We’ve been hoping for this for months, but it’s almost too good to be true: First Lady Michelle Obama will visit Burgess-Peterson Academy on Wednesday to talk about nutrition and gardening (a passion at the school), according to White House officials […]
UPDATE: Check out the photo gallery here. Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle visited Morningside Elementary School to launch his Healthy Kids Challenge and to applaud the school for achieving a national 2010 Bronze Award for its wellness efforts from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. The statewide effort, in collaboration with the Alliance for a Healthier […]
While we’ve documented a lot of Burgess-Peterson Academy‘s award-winning wellness initiatives, we thought it would be fun to have Coach Betty Jackson — the mastermind of many of these projects — to take us on a tour of what’s been going on and what students can expect for the 2010-2011 school year. It also gave […]
Sutton Middle School and Warren T. Jackson Elementary became the third and fourth schools in APS to earn bronze medal National Recognition Awards from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. They were two of only 11 Georgia schools to be so honored. The medals are awarded to schools for their wellness efforts, from nutrition to […]
A belated congratulations to Morningside Elementary for being honored with a Healthy Schools award from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation at the Healthy Schools Program Forum in New York last month. Morningside joined fellow APS member Burgess-Peterson Academy and 112 other schools across the country in receiving the award. (Read more about Burgess-Peterson’s award here.) There […]