Atlanta Public Schools hosted the 2023 ApyeS Awards Gala at the Atlanta Marriot Marquis’ Atrium Ballroom. The district’s staff and their families gathered to honor 20 award recipients. Among them were the 2023-2024 District Excellence in Teaching award winner, 2023-2024 Principal of the Year award winner, and the 2023-2024 Assistant Principal of the Year award […]
I am APS is a special series highlighting students, faculty, alumni, and others in celebration of the rich and diverse experiences, backgrounds and contributions within the Atlanta Public Schools family. Together, we stand in solidarity of our shared admiration of APS and the mission which guides us. #IamAPS — Scroll down for the Spanish translation. […]
Taylor Richardson, a 5th grade teacher at Burgess-Peterson Elementary School, was named the Atlanta Public Schools 2023-2024 APyeS! Awards Teacher of the Year. Photo: Atlanta Public Schools © On a cool and somewhat rainy evening in November, over 800 Atlanta Public Schools (APS) educators and support staff gathered in their formal best, along with family […]
APS Family, please join me in congratulating the 2022 – 2023 winners in our annual APyeS! Awards. From the Booker T. Washington High School, our deserving district-wide Teacher of the Year is Candace R. Henry, a veteran science educator, who leads with vibrance and with compassion. And, the award for Principal of the Year went […]
Honoring excellence in our classrooms, schools and beyond! Atlanta Public Schools announced Jayla Bailey, a math teacher at Sylvan Hills Middle School, as the 2021-2022 District Excellence in Teaching Award Winner (also known as Teacher of the Year) at the annual APyeS! Awards Gala, held Nov. 12 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Atlanta. As the […]
Rita Simmons, 2013-14 Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Districtwide Teacher of the Year and gifted and talented teacher of students in kindergarten through fifth grade at Cleveland Avenue Elementary School, was named one of 10 finalists for the 2015 Georgia Teacher of the Year by State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge last week. Simmons is the third […]
For the second consecutive year, an Atlanta Public Schools Teacher of the Year was selected as a finalist for Georgia Teacher of the Year. Tamika Nicole Ball, 2012-2013 D. M. Therrell High School of Health, Sciences and Research’s Teacher of the Year and 2012-2013 Atlanta Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year, was named one of […]