An event to launch the Graduation Generation project, which is designed to ensure that Coan Middle students achieve academic success through graduation, is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 2. (The AJC covers it here.) A $1 million donation from Emory University alumnus Rick Reider is being used to fund the program, which helps foster Coan […]
We’re getting really excited about Saturday’s Neighborhood Celebration at Maynard H. Jackson High School (1 p.m.-4 p.m.), which will showcase the southeast Atlanta schools in APS. We’ve spent the past couple weeks offering glimpses at what these participating schools have to offer our students, and it’s a pretty diverse array. But particularly special is the […]
It’s time to take another look at Atlanta Public Schools. This year, the focus of our second-annual Neighborhood Celebration will be southeast Atlanta schools that feed into Maynard H. Jackson High, which will host festivities on Oct. 2. Part pep rally part celebration, this event allows community members to see just a few of the exciting […]
UPDATE: Check out these profiles on Coan Middle School, King Middle, Parkside Elementary, the participating Confucius Institute schools, and the charter schools. Download and share this copy of the flyer! The second annual APS Neighborhood Celebration will take place between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 2, at Maynard H. Jackson High School (801 Glenwood Ave. SE, […]
Due to a water main break in the vicinity of Coan Middle School, students are being relocated to Crim Open Campus High School. Coan students who ride the bus will be picked up from Crim at their regular dismissal time of 3:45 p.m. and transported to their regular bus stops. Coan students who walk to school […]
UPDATE: For more images, visit photo gallery here. Coan Middle School built on the momentum started last summer with an Edgewood community learning garden with the unveiling of an edible garden in the back of the school’s campus. (See photos of the Edgewood community garden here.) Thanks to a partnership with the Zeist Foundation and the […]
Coan Middle School will converge with its partner, The Links Inc., to co-sponsor a visit from the popular Kuumba Singers of Harvard College in a concert for music students and the Project LEAD students. The concert will be held in the school gym from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., followed by lunch. Afterwards, “Chat and Chew” will […]
Atlanta Falcons players William Moore and Lawrence Sidbury joined some of the Falcons cheerleaders for Coan Middle School’s Black History Month Celebration on Wednesday (Feb. 24), and APS’ Armon Moore was there to capture the moments including a Quiz Bowl hosted by the Falcons reps.
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 […]
Coan Middle School will celebrate four distinguished editors as part of National Mentoring Month with a tree-planting ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the school (1550 Hosea Williams Drive). All four will be recognized for their work in mentorship for several years. According to a press release from the Dukes Foundation, one of the […]