Enjoy the self-advancing slideshow featuring photos from Judge Hatchett’s visit to Peyton Forest Elementary School. Photo credit: APS © During Women’s History Month at Peyton Forest Elementary School, Judge Glenda Hatchett led a classroom reading for kindergarten and first-grade girls, introducing her new book, “Goal Girls.” Judge Hatchett, who made history as Georgia’s first Black […]
Self-advancing slideshow: Dobbs Elementary School’s Reading Is Fundamental event. Photo: Allison M. Slocum APS © J.W. Dobbs Elementary School students recently celebrated National Literacy Month by picking out a new book to take home during a special event sponsored by Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and Amazon. The initiative is a part of RIF’s decades-long mission […]
Written by: Jennifer Saunders, APS Library Media Services While some may say summer is for slowing down, the Summer Story Squad was heating up! Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) Library Media Services has once again rallied young readers across the district to join the ranks of this mighty crew of book-loving adventurers. From page one to […]
It’s not every day one gets to meet a successful published author, especially if you are in the third grade; however, an exceptional group of students from Frederick Wilson Benteen Elementary School (FWBES) can now say they have not only met one but also received a free copy of an award-winning book. Their private audience […]
Pre-K students from Adamsville Primary, Bethune Elementary, and Beecher Hills Elementary participated in the annual Read for the Record event at the Imagine It Children’s Museum. Each year, millions of individuals come together to celebrate literacy and promote early childhood education as a part of Jumpstart’s premiere national campaign, Read for the Record. On October […]
State, community and business leaders visited APS schools and participated in Georgia Pre-K Week 2013, a weeklong celebration of Georgia’s Pre-K Program, during the month of October. Commemorating Georgia Pre-K Week, State Superintendent Dr. John Barge read to a group of bright-eyed 4-year-olds at Deerwood Academy. The purpose of the week, from September 30 to […]
As an introduction to the 2013-2014 school year, the Brown Middle School Media Center team conducted an orientation and book checkout drive during the first month of school. Part of the implementation of Common Core Curriculum literacy skills, as well as college and career readiness, all language arts classes participated in a media center services […]