by Kimberly Green, Public Relations Manager kwgreen@atlanta.k12.ga.us Georgia first lady Sandra Deal greeted students at Atlanta Public Schools’ Dunbar Elementary as Athens-based Books for Keeps distributed 12 free books to each student April 30 to encourage summer reading at home. Dunbar Elementary was selected as the Atlanta location for Books for Keeps in partnership with APS […]
The KIPP WAYS school band and scores of excited students were on hand when representatives from the Atlanta Families Awards for Exellence in Education (AFAEE) surprised KIPP WAYS principal Dwight Ho-Sang and presented him with an oversized check for $7,500 to celebrate his commitment to excellence and to Atlanta Public Schools (APS) students. Similar scenarios played out at nine […]
Name: Liza Wemakor Grade: 11th Grade School: Washington High School- Early College Liza Wemakor is a Junior at Booker T. Washington High School-Early College. She also participates in the dual-enrollment program at Georgia State University. Liza has held the highest rank at her high school for three consecutive years, and her classmates and teachers commend her for her eloquence and academic prowess. But, Ms. Wemakor’s worth […]
The REAL (Read, Excel, Achieve, and Lead) Men Read program is an exciting reading initiative that is designed to deepen literacy and instill a love for reading in students through mentors who are willing to share a grade appropriate book with a group of students. The program encourages and improves student literacy skills, provides mentoring […]
At Dunbar Elementary School, we make an effort to show our appreciation to parents once a month. Everyday, we are reminded of how we are not alone in this adventure of teaching, and how our decisions and ideas only reach so far without the support of our parents. Mrs. Karen Brown-Collier, our Principal, and the Dunbar […]
Ms. Allaisia Cotton, 2nd grade teacher from Dunbar Elementary School, requested classroom materials through DonorsChoose.org and received her request with a visitation by Donna Lowry from 11 Alive News. The website, DonorsChoose.org, allows donors to browse and make donations anonymously to the classroom-based projects of their choice. Donna Lowry surprised the students and delivered the […]
Name: Alexia Matthews Grade: 3rd Grade School: Dunbar Elementary Model student, creative thinker, best all around student, and structured for perfection are some of the descriptions a teacher uses to describe Alexia Matthews. “I wish I had a classroom full of her,” the teacher says. Alexia is a bright, talkative, outgoing student who is in love […]
Do you know what happens during and after a rainstorm? All of the water that rushes off of the buildings and pavements go back into the local waterways, bringing a lot of pollution with it. By capturing rainwater with rain barrels and water gardens, we can use it to water plants, flush toilets, and much […]
Students in kindergarten and 1st Grade at Dunbar Elementary School join Sheltering Arms in their Operation Storybook event this year. On September 13th & 14th, volunteers took shifts in the morning to visit the classrooms and read stories to the children. Operation StoryBook is Sheltering Arms’ year-round literacy initiative with a yearly kick-off in all […]
For the second time in two weeks, the Strong4Life movement made a huge splash at an Atlanta Public school when team members delivered music, prizes, games—and most importantly, the message of ending childhood obesity in Georgia —to students at Dunbar Elementary School last week. With over 1 million of the state’s children categorized as overweight […]