This just in, from Parkside Elementary science teacher Ronnie Thomas: Who said elementary students can’t build robots? It wasn’t principal, Dr. Phillip Luck and the Robotics club sponsors at Parkside Elementary. The RoboPandas Robotics team was formed during the 2009-2010 academic school year to challenge students to think about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering […]
Nestled in the Grant Park neighborhood, Parkside Elementary is just a stone’s throw from the Oct. 2 Neighborhood Celebration‘s host school, Maynard H. Jackson High. We love Parkside for its diverse student population and its excellent principal, Dr. Phillip Luck. And we also love the fact that last summer Parkside served as the host site […]
Congratulations to Parkside Elementary’s Teacher of the Year, Ronnie Thomas, who recently earned a scholarship to attend the 2010 Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy (HE@SA) program this June. Here’s his own take on this experience … “I was reminded while attending the High Museum Leonardo Da Vinci Math and Science Professional Development that minorities and […]
Two teachers in the Atlanta Public Schools system got the most pleasant surprise of the new school year on Tuesday when OfficeMax provided each with $1,000 worth of supplies for the classrooms. White Elementary‘s Benita Edwards and Parkside Elementary‘s Ronnie Thomas had been nominated by their principals in the annual “A Day Made Better” sponsored […]