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Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy Partners with Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences

talkupaps1 Aug 20120

Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy now has a partnership with the Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences. Teachers from CSKYWLA will conduct biomedical research at Georgia Institute of Technology, alongside graduate students and leading scientific researchers. A fascinating component of the partnership is the development of the Cell Biology Boot Camp […]

Centennial Place Elementary among fourteen APS schools to earn state Title 1 recognition

talkupaps18 Jan 20120

Centennial Place Elementary School, an APS year round school, is among fourteen district schools to earn the state Title 1 Distinguished School recognition this year. Centennial Place has earned this recognition for nine consecutive years and has made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for eleven consecutive years. AYP is a federal measure of academic achievement covering […]

Inman Middle student reads books, wins prize (as if she needed motivation)

talkupaps2 Dec 20101

Spend a few minutes speaking with Inman Middle School sixth-grader Vicky Walters, and you get the feeling she didn’t exactly have to enter a contest to read more. But that didn’t stop her from blazing through 19 books spanning 5,388 pages to finish among the top 10 in Georgia Tech’s fourth-annual Jacket2Jacket area reading contest. […]

Centennial Place Elementary gets a good read on star NFL wide receiver Calvin Johnson

talkupaps16 Mar 20100

Star Detroit Lions wide receiver (and Georgia Tech alum) Calvin Johnson, Jr. took time out of his busy day to participate in the “Men Do Read” program at Centennial Place Elementary. He read Crash, a novel by Iain Sinclair, to Dr. Alfreda Stinson’s third-grade students. Centennial Place is located across the street from Johnson’s alma mater, where he excelled academically in addition to […]

Kudos to South Atlanta grad Derrick Favors, the ACC Rookie of the Year

talkupaps9 Mar 20107

Yes, it’s official: Georgia Tech freshman and South Atlanta High grad Derrick Favors — a projected Top 5 pick in the NBA Draft — has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year! Favors, you may recall, was the AJC prep player of the year last year when he led South Atlanta to […]

Carver Health Sciences & Research students will visit Georgia Tech

talkupaps18 Feb 20100

Feb. 19, juniors and seniors from Carver Health Sciences & Research will spend the day touring the Georgia Institute of Technology. During the tour, students will get to explore the campus programs and hopefully leave a lasting impression of the college experience as well as contacts for scholarships, fee waivers, and other resources. Check Talk […]

Jackson High’s Information Technology Academy and Georgia Tech launch Operation Reboot

talkupaps13 Jan 20100

Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School’s Information Technology Academy will be the only site in Atlanta Public Schools to participate in Operation Reboot, a program designed to transform IT workers into teachers. Thanks to Barbara Ericson, director of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, and Dr. Shirlene Carter, Jackson principal, and Dr. Phyllis Earls, Academy […]

Kennedy Middle School kicks off Ticket to Reading Rewards project

talkupaps17 Dec 20090

Kennedy Middle School welcomed Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Paul Hewitt as the special guest to help launch the school’s participation in the national Ticket to Reading Rewards project. Hewitt stressed the value of reading as the foundation for any education track students may choose, and reflected on his growing appreciation for reading as a […]

Frederick Douglass High student named to state council

talkupaps3 Nov 20090

LaToria Dixon, a senior at APS’ Frederick Douglass High School, has been selected to serve on State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox’s 2009-2010 Student Advisory Council. The council meets three times throughout the school year to advise Superintendent Cox on how state policies impact the classroom. Council members also meet to discuss education-related issues and […]