Award will promote innovation in teacher development Atlanta Public Schools’ Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School (ANCS), joins fellow APS schools Drew Charter and KIPP as the latest recipient of grant monies from the Race to the Top program. The Innovation Fund Grant, approximately $1 million over the next three years, will create a new teacher training and […]
UPDATE: Check out these profiles on Coan Middle School, King Middle, Parkside Elementary, the participating Confucius Institute schools, and the charter schools. Download and share this copy of the flyer! The second annual APS Neighborhood Celebration will take place between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 2, at Maynard H. Jackson High School (801 Glenwood Ave. SE, […]
Congratulations go out to Boyd Elementary and Atlanta Charter Middle for each winning a $2,500 from the Kroger Earning Plus Learning Program. The grants are provided by the supermarket chain to help tie student achievement to environmental awareness, hence this year’s theme: “Active! Mind. Body. Community.” According to Boyd Elementary school counselor Mignon Hardeman, the […]
For Earth Day, schools joined in on Trees Atlanta’s BeltLine Arboretum Education Program to go green and make their schools greener in the process. Students in environmental clubs from Grady High, Brown Middle, Tech High, Atlanta Charter Middle and KIPP Strive Academy are exploring Atlanta’s environment through many hands-on activities such as school bird counts, live animal […]