Anytime is a good time for reading; however for Bolton Academy students, they not only get to experience the joys of adventuring through their imagination with great books, they earn a chance to buy books. The school kicked off their 2nd Annual Read-A-Thon, February 19 to promote reading among its 595 students. For 10 days, […]
Name: Lauren Wesseldyk Grade: 4th School: Bolton Academy Favorite Subjects: Reading, Math Career Goal: Architect When Bolton Academy students break-in their 2014-15 agendas, they can thank Lauren Wesseldyk for the attractive cover. As the winner of Bolton Academy’s “agenda cover design contest”, the Bolton agenda cover will feature Lauren’s fancy artwork. Her design is a […]
Parkside Elementary School won first place in the inaugural Math League Competition! The competition was held at Bolton Academy on February 13, and there were 5 elementary schools that participated. The competition included a two-part segment; the first was a paper and pencil exam and the second was a round of Jeopardy style questions. The […]
Last Wednesday student teams from Bethune, Fain, Scott and Parkside elementary schools joined Bolton Academy students for the first annual Math League Competition – an intense and suspenseful contest requiring focus, quick thinking and stellar mathematical skills. Bolton Academy hosted the event, which included about 90 contestants and a full-house of parent and teacher observers. […]
Last Wednesday student teams from Bethune, Fain, Scott and Parkside elementary schools joined Bolton Academy students for the first annual Math League Competition – an intense and suspenseful contest requiring focus, quick thinking and stellar mathematical skills. Bolton Academy hosted the event, which included about 90 contestants and a full-house of parent and teacher observers. […]
Name: Janaisha Wright Grade: 5th Grade School: L.P. Miles Elementary Janaisha Wright’s teacher, Mr. Ross, describes her as a leader, both inside and outside of the classroom. In class, Janaisha receives good grades, dedicates her time as a peer tutor, and continually serves as a positive role model for her classmates. Janaisha said her best advice for her fellow classmates is, “Never give up, […]
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We love hearing from the folks at Bolton Academy and their impressive ePals relationship with Turkey, as noted in The Atlanta Educator. Here are a few snapshots: In first photo, Cansu Samsun, Oktay Kuru and Zeynep Deniz Kavak interacted with Bolton Academy secondgraders. During the week of Sept. 6, the ePals Turkish exchange group of […]
Five Turkish schools, three APS teachers, and one week culminated in a great learning experience and international relationship for the district. Bolton Academy teachers Ingrid Arriagada and Claudine Curry recently returned from visiting five Turkish schools for a week. These two teachers first developed their relationship with Turkey through a well-known global learning community called ePals. The […]
Visiting International Faculty (VIF) Program has an International Educator of the Year recognition program for its teachers, and was thrilled to announce that Ingrid Arriagada (pictured, above right), a Spanish teacher at Bolton Academy, has been selected as one of its five International Educators of the Year. Not every one of the states in which VIF […]