J. Scott Allen, Latin teacher from Henry W. Grady High School, was named Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) 2015-2016 Districtwide Teacher of the Year during the APS Employee Recognition Celebration awards ceremony October 29 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center. It took a little time for the teaching bug to bite J. Scott Allen. But […]
Members of the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) leadership team recently surprised several employees with news that they will be honored for their contributions to helping APS achieve its mission and vision. The honors include Principal of the Year, Assistant Principal of the Year, Schools First Award, Students First Award, Districtwide Partner of the Year Award […]
Hundreds joined Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll Davis and North Atlanta High School Principal Dr. Howard Taylor at a Tuesday morning ribbon cutting to celebrate the official opening of the new North Atlanta High School. Although students have been attending classes in the new NAHS academic building since August, construction on the adjacent building – […]
The IBM Corporation and Price Middle School have cultivated a rewarding partnership over the past six years. Through the partnership, IBM employees offer various opportunities for Price students to explore science and technology. IBM employees recently held an IGNITE (Igniting Interest in Technology and Engineering) technology academy for seventh and eighth grade boys at Price. This […]
Approximately 150 Atlanta business and civic leaders fanned out to public schools across the city recently to participate in our first-ever Project for a Day (formerly Principal for a Day) event. Professionals from Coca-Cola, the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, Georgia-Pacific, IBM, Junior Achievement, Project GRAD Atlanta, Target, Tyler Perry Studios, UPS and other organizations […]
For the third consecutive year, eighth-graders at Price Middle School participated in IBM E-Week (Engineers Week) activities (Feb. 14-20). E-Week was created to increase students’ awareness of engineering, math and science and how they influence their lives. IBM provided 10 volunteers to work with 42 students to create Puffmobiles. Each group was given three straws, […]
Media specialists focused on how to better use authors and literacy in their work at the fifth annual Media Summit held Wednesday at IBM. The teachers learned about the nuances of digital copyrighting from Barry Britt, director of copyright compliance for Soundzabound; held a grant-writing session for the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries; watched […]