By: Sue G. Collins – Reprinted with permission by INTown Paper Budding gardeners in 50 Atlanta Public Schools are growing food to help feed the district’s 45,000 students thanks to grants, community volunteers and the support of the APS nutrition department. Last month, students in the Maynard H. Jackson High School (MJHS) garden club planted carrots, spinach and […]
One look at Ms. Ward’s twitter account is all the proof you need that instruction in her classroom involves much more than pencil and paper. You’ll find images of students creating geometric shapes with straws, using manipulatives for math and answering “what is thermal energy?” by drawing bubble maps with markers and poster board. Ms. […]
The Maynard Jackson Cluster hosted “Math Across the Cluster,” a cluster – wide professional learning opportunity addressing math instruction in all content areas and in all grade levels. Every teacher and administrator in the Jackson Cluster, district support staff, and professional developers and consultants participated in this convention. The instructional coaches, representatives from Carnegie Learning, […]
The kindergarten students enrolled in the new Dual Immersion Program at D.H. Stanton Elementary School are learning core curriculum for the first time in a new language, as half of their day is spent in an English-speaking class and the other half in a Spanish-speaking class. “The students are taking core content in a new […]
Name: Devontae Carter Grade: 7th Grade School: Sylvan Hills Middle School Devontae Carter is our Spotlight Student from Sylvan Hills Middle School. Devontae is a 7th grade student returning for his second year as a Golden Bear. His team of teachers from last year and this year strongly recommended that we recognize him due to […]