UPDATE: Come see the students perform at the residency-ending recital on Friday night at 6 p.m. at Sutton Middle School. About 40 APS students have been joined by a handful of others at this week’s Juilliard Summer Jazz Residency, which launched its third year in its third home Monday, at Sutton Middle School. The program, a partnership […]
UPDATE: Watch bassist/instructor Ben Wolfe teach his Big Band class. This is the third year around for Young Middle School student James Robertson at the Juilliard Summer Jazz Residency, which means he’s been involved with it as long as anyone. The rising seventh-grader has gotten a lot out of the program, which keeps growing […]
So what did you do on your Memorial Day Weekend? Did you compete against 18,000 middle school girls from seven countries around the world? Sutton Middle School did, and returned with something to brag about. Girls from Sutton finished fifth out of 62 teams in the international Odyssey of the Mind competition held last weekend […]
The Ritz-Carlton of Buckhead launched a partnership with Sutton Middle School as a part of America’s Promise Alliance with former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Many of us know the Ritz-Carlton-Buckhead as a luxury hotel where all guests are treated to first class service. Our students had the opportunity to visit the Ritz-Carlton of Buckhead […]
Every now and then we stumble to not just one but a whole ton of news items about the great things happening around this district. For example, earlier this week we learned that current Sutton Middle School Teacher of the Year Julie Corey, had been selected as a “Class Act” by WXIA/11Alive and would filmed this […]
There were 327 Georgia schools honored under Georgia’s Single Statewide Accountability System (SSAS), which awards schools based on their performance on state curriculum exams and Adequate Yearly Progress status. And APS’ SRT-4 schools were among them. The recognized schools will receive a congratulatory letter and a banner announcing the accomplishment. The schools are awarded on four […]
UPDATE: Check out Media Production Manager Scott King’s photo gallery here. More than 800 APS students, parents, faculty members and staff welcomed prospective students, parents, and members of the community during the inaugural neighborhood education celebration on Saturday at North Atlanta High School. The two-hour event included a pep rally, open house, live performances, a […]
In the upcoming issue of The Atlanta Educator, we profile fathers who made a difference in students’ lives — starting with Quinton Gist, who has become the PTA president at M. Agnes Jones Elementary. His daughter, Dream, is a second-grader at the school. Gist started out answering the call for someone to help serve as […]
We swear that we started out this week hoping to get everyone excited about Saturday’s inaugural Neighborhood Celebration by providing little sneak peeks at each particpation school. So we were going to send out some emails asking for each school to tell us a little something special to share with the community as we lead […]
Congratulations are in order for the Sutton Middle School boys soccer team, which captured the city championship last week in winning the Metro Atlanta Athletics Conference. Head coach Jacob Bland, who also is the head coach of the the North Atlanta High boys varsity team, was extremely proud of a team that finished the season with […]