Self-advancing slideshow: Dobbs Elementary School’s Reading Is Fundamental event. Photo: Allison M. Slocum APS © J.W. Dobbs Elementary School students recently celebrated National Literacy Month by picking out a new book to take home during a special event sponsored by Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and Amazon. The initiative is a part of RIF’s decades-long mission […]
Written by: Jennifer Saunders, APS Library Media Services While some may say summer is for slowing down, the Summer Story Squad was heating up! Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) Library Media Services has once again rallied young readers across the district to join the ranks of this mighty crew of book-loving adventurers. From page one to […]
Interim Superintendent Dr. Danielle S. Battle visits Cascade Elementary School and reads to students.
Reading just became a lot more fun at Humphries Elementary School. Everybody Wins! Atlanta and Amazon partnered with the school to unveil a new book vending machine near the entrance of the school. “The students do seem excited about getting a book,” Humphries Elementary School library media specialist Oreta Campbell said. “We’re going to be […]
Agnes Jones Elementary School was “lit” on Friday afternoon … literally! Thanks to community partner Georgia-Pacific, all 547 students at the school received a personalized “lit kit” during its monthly honors assembly, held on the last Friday of each month. Each kit includes several books, based on the student’s interests, flash cards and various school […]
Former University of Georgia football star and current New England Patriots player Malcolm Mitchell spoke about the importance of reading to students at F.L. Stanton Elementary School on Tuesday, as a part of his Read With Malcolm campaign. Mitchell, who played for the New England Patriots, winners of this year’s Super Bowl, has teamed up […]
Happy Birthday, Dr. Theodore Seuss Geisel! Atlanta Public Schools (APS) on Thursday celebrated Read Across America Day, which honors the birthday of one of the world’s most beloved authors of children’s books, Dr. Seuss (1904-1991). This year marked the 20th anniversary of Read Across America Day, an initiative launched by the National Education Association as […]
Educational Learning Systems, Inc. (ELS, Inc.) has announced that Jean Childs Young Middle School is the winner of its Reading Plus Achievement Award for the months of August and September. For their efforts, the students and teachers at Young Middle will receive a championship banner and $200 for the school. ELS, Inc., is a provider […]
As you celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, Jan. 16, and throughout Black History Month in February, please take a look at some of the great eBooks on the Atlanta Public Schools eBook Shelf focusing on his amazing life and work: https://goo.gl/aw2pt4. If you have trouble accessing the site or […]
APS students receive four free books to read over the summer break By Mariama Tyler Jenkins School may be out for APS students, but we want students to know that Reading is in. This year, Atlanta Public Schools (APS) launched “School’s Out! Reading is In!”, a summer reading initiative for all APS students in grades […]