For the sixth consecutive year, BLACT ATL INC., in partnership with Aurora Theatre, hosted its annual toy giveaway at L. O. Kimberly Elementary School, delivering toys collected during the organization’s Festival of Trees southwest event. The festival featured 30 decorated Christmas trees, encouraging thousands of people to donate toys. Those contributions, ranging from books and […]
Kimberly Elementary School’s 5th annual Toy Drive. Photo credit: Allison M. Slocum, APS © Kimberly Elementary School, in partnership with BLACT ATL, Inc., hosted its 5th annual Toy Drive on December 19. Over 300 students selected two gifts, including toys, books, instruments, and STEM-focused items, and participated in ornament-making, games, and coloring. A reindeer scratch-off […]
Taylor Richardson, a 5th grade teacher at Burgess-Peterson Elementary School, was named the Atlanta Public Schools 2023-2024 APyeS! Awards Teacher of the Year. Photo: Atlanta Public Schools © On a cool and somewhat rainy evening in November, over 800 Atlanta Public Schools (APS) educators and support staff gathered in their formal best, along with family […]