Atlanta Public Schools is hosting a Parent Enrichment Workshop for middle and high school parents and guardians of students who are in the district’s Program for Exceptional Children on Saturday, Jan. 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The workshop will be held at the APS Center for Learning and Leadership located at 130 Trinity Ave. Topics include: physical education and nutrition, the individualized education program, graduation requirements, and a resource fair. Light refreshments and lunch will be available and free parking is accessible in the CLL building garage on Garnett Street. Please make arrangements for your children because on-site childcare will not be available. Join us on Saturday to learn how APS is partnering to educate our kids. To register, call Keisa Ma in the Program for Exceptional Children at 404-802-1695.
APS’ Atlanta Wolfpack team took first place at the American Association of Adapted Sports Programs (AAASP) Wheelchair Handball State Tournament hosted by Henry County Schools in partnership with the Henry County Parks and Recreation Department. The tournament took place on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the J.P. Mosley Center in Stockbridge. Four junior varsity teams and four varsity teams competed for the wheelchair handball state championship.
Led by coaches Andrea Arnold (of Continential Colony Elementary) and and Jimmy Roberts (of Perkerson Elementary), the Atlanta Wolfpack won a thrilling, nail-biting semifinal game against the West Georgia Wolverines. The game went to sudden-death overtime, and the Wolfpack prevailed 9-8. Game highlights: Both teams remained scoreless at the end of the first period due to strong defense. In the second period, Reece Johnson of Atlanta scored two goals while Doug Johnston of West Georgia scored one goal. Halfway through the third period, Johnston scored to tie the game. Just before the end of the third period, Atlanta’s Terry Chambers scored to give the Wolfpack a 3-2 halftime lead.
Pat Willis visits a sixth-grade English/language arts class.
Pat Willis, executive director, Voices for Georgia’s Children, and Courtney Gay, community affairs manager for the Atlanta Braves, were Principals for a Day at Sylvan Hills Middle School where Gwen Atkinson is the principal.
Their day started with orientation, followed by a tour of the school’s single-gender structure for its 442 students. Atkinson took Willis and Gay to visit Program for Exceptional Children self-contained classrooms and inclusion classrooms, as well as each wing of the school where sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade girls and boys are separated.
Courtney Gay visits a sixth-grade social studies class.
Following classroom visits, the principals had a meeting with Sylvan Hills’ instructional team to explain the various programs offered by the school, including the Success For All (SFA) reading program. Sylvan Hills’ SFA students are divided up by teams and the students name their teams after colleges. After the meeting, Willis and Gay had an opportunity to co-teach with teachers Johanna Melton, Cedric Peeples, Latanya Bailey and LaShawn Thompson.
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