Parkside Elementary School of Atlanta Public Schools held a publishing party for the new, student-authored children’s book about spreading kindness. The students proudly presented their new book at their publishing party and answered questions from parents and teachers about their experience.
Operation Hope held the first Bank Day at Parkside Elementary School where students could make deposits into their accounts and build their own savings.
As Atlanta Public Schools is celebrating Random Acts of Kindness Week across the district, Parkside Elementary School held a publishing party for the new, student-authored children’s book about spreading kindness. Seven students at Parkside Elementary School worked together to research, write, and illustrate Parker Panda’s Adventure of Kindness. The book shares the story of Parker […]
This slideshow provides just a glimpse at some of the amazing things that happened at Atlanta Public Schools in November. Click through to see the highlights from your school. A new slideshow will be posted at the end of each month, so be sure to subscribe to APS Today and look for your scholar or […]
Operation Hope, in partnership with APS and the City of Atlanta, gave the first and second graders at Parkside Elementary an opportunity to start building their financial futures with the first Bank Deposit Day. Operation Hope’s Child Savings Account (CSA) program allowed kindergarten students to receive $50 to start a savings account. Bank Day represents […]
This slideshow provides just a glimpse at some of the amazing things that happened at Atlanta Public Schools in September. Click through to see the highlights from your school. A new slideshow will be posted at the end of each month, so be sure to subscribe to APS Today and look for your scholar or […]
As Atlanta Public Schools concluded the 2015-2016 school year, the APS Nutrition Department announced its annual “Outstanding Student Wellness Ambassador” (SWA) School winners. Warren T. Jackson, L.O. Kimberly and Parkside elementary schools received “outstanding” honors after illustrating their schools’ efforts to promote health and wellness in the annual SWA video contest. While Kimberly SWAs stayed […]
In front of an audience of over 50,000 fans, on January 25th, the Parkside Elementary School chorus performed at the Georgia Dome with South Carolina State University‘s ‘Marching 101’ during Honda Battle of the Bands. The performance was a tribute to Nelson Mandela as they sang “Dry Your Tears, Africa” by John Williams, in an African […]
Parkside Elementary School was recently selected as the Rise Up Friday School of the Week for showcasing Falcons spirit. Freddie Falcon and the Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders used wellness promoting activities to reward students who have arrived to school on time everyday this year. The school was selected for Falcons School of the Week by submitting […]
The Maynard Jackson Cluster hosted “Math Across the Cluster,” a cluster – wide professional learning opportunity addressing math instruction in all content areas and in all grade levels. Every teacher and administrator in the Jackson Cluster, district support staff, and professional developers and consultants participated in this convention. The instructional coaches, representatives from Carnegie Learning, […]