At the February 20, 2014, meeting of the Georgia State Board of Education, nine APS schools were among 258 high schools awarded Advanced Placement (AP) Teacher Training Grants for the training of AP teachers at the 2014 AP Summer Institutes. The awards amounted to a total of $13,300.00 given to schools. The AP Teacher Training […]
Wednesday, August 28th marked the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. Students across the district participated in innovative classroom lessons focused on the march, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, and important aspects of the civil rights movement in America. At Mays High School, social studies classes watched documentaries highlighting the […]
Ten Atlanta Public Schools are awarded $5,000 grants from The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries. The Foundation announced that 212 school libraries are receiving $1,060,000 in grants to expand, update and diversify the schools’ library book collections. The grant application process is administered by The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region with guidance […]
Visiting the White House is a momentous occasion for any student, but for Coretta Scott King 7th grader Percie Thompson, having the President of the United States toss you the championship soccer ball – well that’s historical! (Watch beginning at the 5:30 mark of the video above). On Tuesday, March 26, 2013, America SCORES Atlanta youth […]
Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy High School (CSKYWLA) students in the Biotechnology Research and Design pathway had an amazing laboratory experience on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus. The students toured the science and engineering buildings and spoke with undergraduate and graduate students about their daily routines and college life. The CSKYWLA students […]
Superintendent Erroll B. Davis’ demographic capacity study community meetings is scheduled for mid-March in each of the four APS regional (School Reform Team or SRT) areas. The schedule is as follows: March 12 – School Reform Team 1 & 4NW Cluster (schools zoned to Douglass, Mays, Washington high schools and B.E.S.T. and Coretta Scott King […]
Representatives from the City of Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management, Office of Water Efficiency taught Ralph J. Bunche Middle School sixth-graders how to conserve water and explore careers in environmental science through the ‘Be Water Wise Atlanta’ Water Conservation Workshop on Tuesday morning. Be Water Wise is a national program that engages partners from the public, […]
Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy (CSKYWLA) High School welcomed 11 Alive’s Donna Lowry to speak to their students for Youth Motivation Day on Feb. 17. Lowry shared some experiences from her childhood that inspired her to become a journalist. As a small token of appreciation, Lowry was presented with pink and brown links to add […]
We had a chance to check in on the Georgia Music Educators Association District 5 Elementary and Middle School large group performance evaluation, which was held in the Douglass High auditorium. APS served as host for the event. Coordinators for this year’s event were Garnetta Penn as district chairperson and Lydia Williams as host. Participating […]
We recently learned that Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy (CSKYWLA) will receive an honorable mention at the 2011 High Flying Schools Award ceremony at the National Youth-At-Risk Conference, March 6-9, 2011, in Savannah. CSKYWLA was one of only 10 schools out of the 40 placed in nomination to receive this distinction. Each school that […]