UPDATE: Check out the photo gallery here. Watch Gov. Schwarzenegger’s speech above, and a highlight film here. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger knows a star when he sees one. The Hollywood celebrity and action figure turned governor also serves as the National Honorary Chairperson for After-School All-Stars, and took some time Monday morning to praise the […]
UPDATE: Watch video of the First Grade Choir performance here. Visit photo gallery here. APS and other distinguished officials cut the ribbon Thursday on the Morris Brandon Elementary‘s Primary Center that opened at the start of the year and serves the growing Buckhead school’s 200-plus kindergarteners and first-graders. The ceremony capped off an unprecedented year of school […]
APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly Hall was recently recognized for her outstanding efforts to change the face of urban school communities. (Check out the Associated Press article here, as published in the AJC). Dr. Hall became the first K-12 school administrator to be awarded nationally by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). On May 2, she will receive […]
APS students improved their performance by five percentage points and closed the achievement gap between the district and students around the state on the 2010 Georgia Grade 8 Writing Assessment. Seventy-nine percent of APS students scored at “meets” or “exceeds” standards levels. The results indicate that the previous performance gap on the state writing assessment […]
UPDATE: Read more about South Atlanta High scholarship winner Alyssia Clore here. Twenty-nine Atlanta Public Schools students have been awarded 2010 Gates Millennium Scholarships – more than any other school district in the nation. A total of 1,000 students across the country were awarded these prestigious college scholarships, which can be used to pursue degrees […]
UPDATE: For more photos from this morning’s visit, click here. Members of the Young family joined members of the Young community in helping to solidify the legacy of Jean Childs Young with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the middle school’s massive renovation. Ambassador Andrew Young joined his daughter, Andrea Young, and several other family members to […]
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 […]
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Jean Childs Young Middle School is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, April 2. Ambassador Andrew Young, founding principal and co-chairman of Goodworks International, LLC; Kasim Reed, mayor of Atlanta; and Andrea Young, executive director, Andrew Young Foundation, are scheduled to participate. APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall and Atlanta […]
APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall was elected chair-elect of the board of the Washington, D.C.-based Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) during the group’s meeting on March 21. The national policy and research organization is a coalition of 66 of the nation’s largest urban public school systems. The 132-member board is composed of […]
(UPDATE: For more photos, visit Scott King’s gallery here in the Media Gallery.) Attendees at the third-annual Shirley Clarke Franklin Lecture Series, held Friday morning at the Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy, were treated to a doubleheader of women’s history. Not only did students, faculty, staff and other guests enjoy an inspiring lecture […]