Name: Brandon Anderson Grade: Kindergarten School: Bethune Elementary Brandon Anderson is a well-rounded student who comes to school ready to learn each and every day. He is self motivated, independent, and is always focused on the learning task, so it comes as no surprise that his teacher absolutely loves having him in class. His favorite statement is “Learning is […]
Name: Kalveion Heard Grade: 8th Grade School: Kennedy Middle School Kalveion Heard is a dynamic 8th grade student, hard worker, and an inspirational writer. Teachers, counselors, and his peers sing his praises and are certainly impressed with his prose and seamless use of words. It definitely came as no surprise when Kalveion received first place […]
The juniors of Carver Early College gathered in December for the third annual Writing Test Celebration program. The juniors of Carver Early College boast a 100% pass rate for the third consecutive year. This year, they had an 18% exceed rate which is 7 points higher than the district’s average. Keith Crawford and Chamondrea Lane […]
This week, the Georgia Department of Education announced APS schools that have received the distinction of Highest Performing and High Progress Schools. Congratulations to Inman Middle School and Carver Early College, named “Highest Performing” schools. A “Highest-Performing School” is a Title I school among the 5% of Title I schools in the State that has […]
His list of recruiting offers reads like a who’s who of college football. Stanford, University of Georgia, Auburn, Ole Miss, Perdue, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech and North Carolina are all aware of one of Georgia’s top offensive linemen, Carver Early College senior Delando Crooks. Jamaican born, Crooks is fairly new to the game of football, first playing during […]
You may recall Matt Westmoreland from our Atlanta Educator profile on the Carver Early College teacher and Grady High grad (Class of 2006). Here we get to watch him speaking to the valedictorians, salutatorians and “STAR” students during the annual breakfast honoring their work, hosted by Georgia Power and featuring APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall. […]
We had a chance to videotape some of the speeches delivered by the valedictorians, salutatorians and “STAR” students who were honored this week at the annual breakfast featuring Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall and hosted by Georgia Power. Here we get to watch in on Paul Harris, Jr. (valedictorian and “STAR” student of Carver […]
Jeffrey Brown, a rising senior at The New Schools at Carver’s Early College, won a $4,000 Wilderness Scholarship from Outward Bound Atlanta that will be put toward a 21-day hike in the North Carolina mountains in July 2010. This won’t be the first time for Brown, who’s gone on a couple hikes with the program […]
Every now and then we ask others to help give us a window into a given special event. This time around we were very fortunate to get the perspectives of Juel Pate Borders-Benson, M.D., one of the participants of the National Women’s History event held last week at The New Schools at Carver. Her insights […]
More than 500 stuents in APS’ Chinese-language program attended and performed at the annual Chinese New Year celebration, held this year at Maynard H. Jackson High School. In this “Year of the Tiger” celebration, Coan Middle students performed “The Story of Nian”; Jackson High students performed “Happy New Year”; Toomer Elementary students performed “Pulling Out […]