As Atlanta Public Schools prepares to welcome students back for the start of the 2013-2014 school year, please be mindful that students attending the following schools will relocate during the 2013-14 school year as a result of new construction, renovations, and school closures. Bunche Middle School Will temporarily relocate to the former Archer High School facility […]
U.S. Rep. John Lewis met with students from Parks Middle School to discuss the civil rights movement, politics and the importance of technology education. Teacher Jocelyn Johnson invited the congressman to speak to her students because of the year-long relationship between Lewis and the students. The students and Johnson were overjoyed to have a visit […]
UPDATE: Check out Scott King’s photo gallery here. Debate-team students representing all four of APS’ School Reform Teams squared off Wednesday at Communities in Schools Atlanta‘s First Annual Middle School Moot Court by presenting their oral arguments for a select issue that affects Georgia students. The competition featured presentations by Kennedy (SRT-1) vs. Parks (SRT-2) […]
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” Poet and spoken word artist Reed Dorty prepares to recite the poetry of Langston Hughes to W.L. Parks Middle School on a scheduled visit Friday, March 26. The Parks’ students have been preparing for Dorty’s visit by researching and studying […]
Brown Middle School really has something to cheer about after its cheerleading squad came out of virtually nowhere to win Atlanta Public Schools’ annual middle school competition held Saturday at Douglass High School. Not only was this year’s squad of 16 girls filled with inexperienced competitors — only six squad members had previous experience — but […]
Walter Leonard Parks Middle School students participated in a program Friday sponsored by the Haitian-American Women-Children Health and Educational Services, Inc. (HAWCHES, INC.). Foundation Director Gabriel Benoit held an open-forum during a school-wide program in which he detailed the devastation of the earthquake and how it has impacted the life of Haitian people. Benoit discussed his […]
Students at Parks Middle School have been participating in a weekly nutrition and health program sponsored by the Atlanta Falcons with teacher Jocelyn Johnson. The students through supervision of the teacher visited the Atlanta Falcons’ Web site to develop projects that include health collage posters, physical fitness charts/graphs, and sports activities. Through delving into topics […]
Harper-Archer defeated Parks in the APS middle school football championship held Thursday evening at Lakewood Stadium. The game had been rained out on Saturday and was rescheduled. Our own Scott C. King was out there to capture the excitement, and interviewed Harper-Archer head coach Jerry Willard here. (Willard is pictured above, middle.) Willard expanded on […]
We continue our look at the APS middle school football championship game today at 5:30 p.m. at Lakewood Stadium between Harper-Archer and Parks with a look at the Parks team, courtesy head coach Attica Landers: What has been the key to your team’s success? The key to my football team’s success are a number of […]
The APS middle school football season’s championship game between Harper-Archer and Parks was rained out last Saturday, and has been rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. today (Thursday) at Lakewood Stadium. The game features two undefeated teams, with both sporting 6-0 records. Both teams also sport high-scoring offenses with stifling defenses; Harper-Archer has registered three shutouts, while Parks has posted four. […]