Students from around Atlanta Public Schools took part in Jumpstart’s annual Read for the Record event, with Garden Hills and Towns elementary schools each hosting their own event and Finch and Venetian Hills elementary schools joining in on a larger event at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta. Mike Beatty, commissioner for the Georgia Department […]
On Thursday, Jumpstart‘s Read for the Record will be a major part of Atlanta Public Schools’ day. There’s the major event planned at the Hyatt Regency (265 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta GA, 30303), in which guests will read from Eric Carle’s classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Guests readers include David Chandley, meteorologist from WSB-TB; Mike […]
Atlanta Public Schools’ Special Olympics master’s level softball team brought home gold medals by winning the state championship held Oct. 2-4 in Statesboro. After a grueling three-day competition, the team ended up No. 1 in the state of Georgia. APS Special Olympics athletes also competed in the softball-skills competition, winning gold, silver, bronze and fourth-place […]
UPDATE: Visit new photo gallery here. The Rev. Dr. Joseph L. Lowery celebrated his 88th birthday engaged in a spirited discussion on civic engagement along with Judge Penny Brown Reynolds and the senior-high students from Atlanta Public Schools. As part of the district’s ninth annual lecture series at Therrell Educational Complex in his honor, Dr. […]
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. The media is invited to attend this event and experience community outreach that combines health education with fun activities. The family health fair is part of […]
We conclude our incredibly enlightening and popular “How I Spent My Summer” series that chronicles the experiences of the Fund For Teachers grant recipients through the Atlanta Education Fund. Finally: E. Rivers Elementary teacher Terri Dunson, who traveled to China for a kind of panda adventure you definitely won’t get at the Atlanta Zoo — […]
Atlanta Public Schools’ nutrition department is proud to offer its featured Produce of the Month, in which they select a produce item that will be an integral side item in school meals. October’s selection: North Carolina sweet potatoes. For the uninitiated, there are approximately 400 different types of sweet potatoes. The sweet potato has yellow […]
Atlanta Public Schools has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). The award is considered the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its […]
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 that the Ben Hill neighborhood has for the school, which welcomed a completely new playground (with a few surrounding extras) over the weekend. “It’s about […]
Two Atlanta Public Schools elementary schools were recognized by the state today for achieving Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in their students’ performance on Georgia standardized tests for eleven consecutive years. The schools are D.H. Stanton and Fain elementary schools. Eighty percent of Atlanta Public Schools made AYP last year, which is on par with the […]