“Has it been a good day, or a crazy day?” we asked one of our principals as he shepherded students onto buses at the end of the first day of school Monday. “It’s been a good day! OK, a crazy day, too, but a good day!” he responded, as Atlanta Public Schools’ nearly 48,000 students […]
Five Turkish schools, three APS teachers, and one week culminated in a great learning experience and international relationship for the district. Bolton Academy teachers Ingrid Arriagada and Claudine Curry recently returned from visiting five Turkish schools for a week. These two teachers first developed their relationship with Turkey through a well-known global learning community called ePals. The […]
We’re at the midway point of Atlanta Public Schools’ high school graduation week, and our media production staff is hard at work bringing back the most memorable images from the ceremonies being held at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. While you have before you a sampling of some of these images, we invite you […]
Not to get all nostalgic or anything, but when we started Talk Up APS toward the end of last summer, one of the first things we did was serve up a series of essays from the Atlanta Fund for Teachers (through the Atlanta Education Fund) winners who wrote about their summer experiences. The essays were […]
UPDATE: Watch the video here. This year’s Special Olympics event was spectacular! With DJ Mixx Master Mitch of Kiss 104.1 — himself a proud Mays High graduate — on the microphone, the athletes, volunteers and staff were especially motivated to do their best and have fun. The North Atlanta High School Band led the parade of athletes around […]
The Nu Lambda Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority has recently selected six out of eight honorees from Atlanta Public Schools at its 23rd Annual Pink Pearl Mother-Daughter Luncheon held April 17 at the Hyatt Regency. North Atlanta High student Sharlee Taylor was awarded $5,000 (the highest amount possible), while two of her North Atlanta classmates, […]
Sultana Begum, a sophomore at North Atlanta High School, is the winner of the Atlanta Princeton Prize in Race Relations for 2010. This is the first time in the six-year history of the contest that an Atlanta Public Schools student has been awarded the top prize. Begum won based on her continuing work to increase racial […]
Forty-five APS students in grades 5-12 will be awarded gold, silver or bronze medals on March 11 for their performance in the APS One Academic Fair. Their math and science projects were culled from 200 entries submitted during an earlier event at North Atlanta High School. The One Academic Fair showcases quality instruction as part […]
More than 500 stuents in APS’ Chinese-language program attended and performed at the annual Chinese New Year celebration, held this year at Maynard H. Jackson High School. In this “Year of the Tiger” celebration, Coan Middle students performed “The Story of Nian”; Jackson High students performed “Happy New Year”; Toomer Elementary students performed “Pulling Out […]
North Atlanta High School guidance counselor Terina Isaac (pictured above, at left, with a student) has been named the College Board‘s Counselor of the Year for the Southeast Region. Isaac learned of the honor in January, and will be honored at a breakfast on Friday (Feb. 19) morning, held as part of the 2010 Regional […]