The Atlanta Board of Education will hold two public hearings on March 13, 2012, and March 21, 2012, during which officials from Atlanta Public Schools will discuss the proposed closure of Alonzo F. Herndon Elementary School. No vote will be taken at these public hearings. Both hearings will start at 6:30 p.m. at Herndon Elementary, […]
ATLANTA – As part of Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School kicked off its week-long Strong4Life Challenge on September 19 with a school-wide pep rally. Sponsored by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA), the Strong4Life Challenge is a year-long program that gets kids excited about nutrition and physical activity. During the week, the […]
Recently, APS started using new software to keep track of textbook inventory in schools. This new software, Destiny Textbook Manager, is a product of Follet Software Company. This new system of taking inventory of textbooks — textbook automation — will provide the district a process to easily distribute and collect textbooks, reallocate surpluses in textbooks, […]
Bethune Elementary School presented Willy Wonka: The Holiday Story, a holiday adaptation of the original movie Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, on Dec. 16 at the Georgia World Congress Center. The school-wide production was a blend of drama and dance filled with music selected to challenge students and engage the audience. Bethune’s school partners […]
Non-profit leaders with the Atlanta Chapter of Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) visited Bethune Elementary School in November to engage students in its first-ever service learning initiative “Promoting Philanthropy in the Classrooms.” The partnership with Bethune was coordinated by School Counselor and Partnership Coordinator Tamika Witcher and Keisha Tennyson, chairperson of National Philanthropy Day. Bethune […]
Bethune Elementary School will present its annual holiday program at noon Wednesday, Dec. 16, at the Georgia World Congress Center. The program will be an intelligent mix of seasonal cheer filled with music selected to challenge students and delight the audience. All students from grades K-5 will sing a variety of holiday songs under the […]
Seven students and their parents from Bethune Elementary School invited Georgia House Representative Kathy Ashe (D-Atlanta) to accompany them as they delivered blankets, diapers, feminine products and toiletries to The Gateway Center for the homeless Wednesday afternoon. “I can’t tell you how honored I am to come help you deliver these items today,” said Ashe, […]
What’s up with Atlanta Public Schools and playgrounds in October? It’s going to be an exciting month if Friday morning’s event at Bethune Elementary was any indication. The school partnered with Atlanta Taskforce on Play (ATOP) and KaBOOM! to present students with the unique Imagination Playground in a BOX — a portable playground where kids can […]