School-Based Teams to Create Individual Plans for Student Remediation Atlanta Public Schools (APS) will provide ongoing remediation for students impacted by cheating on the 2009 Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT). In a presentation to the Atlanta Board of Education on June 1, 2015, the District’s Chief Accountability and Information Officer, Bill Caritj, shared that an […]
The APS Summer Academy is designed to provide rising students with a preview to the Common Core State Standards in reading and math and prepare students for a successful start in their next grade level. Summer Academy will take place June 4 – June 27. All rising 3rd through rising 8th graders who attend a Title […]
Growing up, playing in the NFL was not the only career Sean Weatherspoon envisioned for himself: if his dreams of competing on the gridiron did not pan out, today, Weatherspoon would be teaching high school history and coaching high school football, he told a group of Fain Elementary students last week during a pre-CRCT rally at […]
ATLANTA – Seven Atlanta Public Schools (APS) were named “Reward Schools” by the Georgia Department of Education this week under the state’s new accountability system for having the highest academic performance and progress. The following APS schools made the Rewards Schools list: Highest Progress & Highest Performance Carver Early College Charles Drew Charter School Highest […]
Burgess-Peterson Academy achieved the highest value-added academic growth of any public or charter elementary school in Atlanta Public School (APS) for the 2012-2013 school year. Additionally, of all APS elementary schools, Burgess-Peterson achieved the highest average months of learning, averaging approximately 13 months of learning during the nine month academic year. Burgess-Peterson is the highest […]
Name: Terrisianna & Terrianna Taylor Grade: 8th Grade School: Crawford W. Long Middle Terrisianna Taylor and Terrianna Taylor are twins who have a variety of interests, but are both very ambitious with their education and careers. They have a younger brother who they love very dearly, and enjoy attending school at Crawford Long Middle School. […]
Name: Najla Clark Grade: 5th Grade School: Kimberly Elementary School Najla Clark, a 5th grade student at Kimberly Elementary School, is hardworking, successful and determined to reach for the stars. According to Najla’s 4th grade teacher, Mr. Arnold, she possesses all of the positive character traits you could ask for in a student, including honesty and integrity. “If […]
Sammye E. Coan Middle School earned the greatest gains in student achievement out of all 6th to 8th-grade Atlanta Public Schools traditional schools according to results of the Spring 2013 Criterion-Reference Competency Tests (CRCT). Dr. Betsy Bockman, who is beginning her second year as principal at Coan, along with her team, have been lauded for identifying […]
April 15-19 Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) Assessment (HS) April 23 – May 3 Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) in reading, English/language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. For the main administration, Tuesday–reading, Wednesday–English/language arts, Thursday–mathematics, Friday–science, and Monday–social Studies (Grades 3-8). (ES / MS) Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test-Modified (CRCT-M) in reading, […]
Do you enjoy going to a fair? Traveling from booth to booth playing games? So did the students at Price Middle School! The media center staff hosted it’s annual Price Library Days celebration on August 27 – 29th. This activity was a collaborative effort between the Price Middle School media center staff, the Carver Homes Public Library […]