Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School continues its commitment to improving teaching and learning. Just recently, State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox announced the winners of the second annual Superintendent’s Distinguished Achievement Awards. These awards honor schools for high achievement and the greatest improvement on state curriculum tests. “We are honoring schools that showed the greatest improvement […]
West Manor Elementary School is among the top 10 percent of schools in the state, earning the 2009 Georgia Schools of Excellence in Student Achievement designation. “I want to personally congratulate the students, teachers and staff at West Manor Elementary for their outstanding achievement,” said APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall. “Your performance is reflective […]
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 […]
Georgia is one of just 15 states to show significant improvement in eighth-grade mathematics, according to national test results released today. The information came in a press release from the Georgia Department of Education. Here’s the most impressive part … Georgia is one of 15 states that shows statistically-significant improvement on the Mathematics NAEP when […]
Two teachers in the Atlanta Public Schools system got the most pleasant surprise of the new school year on Tuesday when OfficeMax provided each with $1,000 worth of supplies for the classrooms. White Elementary‘s Benita Edwards and Parkside Elementary‘s Ronnie Thomas had been nominated by their principals in the annual “A Day Made Better” sponsored […]
Inman Middle School seventh-grade teacher Pam Andrews has been selected to serve on the 2009-10 Superintendent’s Teacher Advisory Council. In a letter to Ms. Andrews announcing the selection, Georgia Department of Education Superintendent Kathy Cox cited the teacher’s expertise and commitment to help students achieve academically. “I greatly value the ideas and opinions of classroom […]