Therrell School of Law participated in the 2010 Georgia Career Student Association (GCSA) Regional Competition in Douglass County. Therrell took 18 participants and everyone placed in their event. The students who placed first place in their events are: Genero Carter placed first in Entrepreneurship, Marlanna Blake place first in Cosmetology/Hair Design, Antonia Davis placed first in Fashion Design and Zainabu Temple placed first in Extempporaneous Speaking. If you get lucky enough to run by any of Therrell’s law students, be sure to commend them on their outstanding efforts.
Kimberly Elementary School has been a partner with Georgia State University for more than eight years. Five years ago, GSU received a $6 million dollar grant and became a Professional Development School. Kimberly, Bunche Middle and the Therrell Educational Complex enjoyed the privilege of becoming Professional Development Schools.
Over the past five years, Kimberly has received numerous interns, student teachers helping to decrease the student-teacher ratio. GSU faculty provided staff development and math endorsements. “The school has received incredible support for its instructional program,” said Karen Ross, the instructional liaison specialist at Kimberly, adding that teachers from all three schools participated and received funds to receive master’s degrees in education. The school’s teachers have served as visiting instructors at GSU. As a result of our interaction with GSU, Kimberly has presented nationally five times at the National Professional Development Schools Conference.
Georgia State's Dr. Gwen Benson and Dunbar Principal Betty Greene review performance standards.
Sometimes you really can go home again. As Dr. Gwen Benson of Georgia State University walked the halls of Dunbar Elementary, the former Atlanta Public Schools employee couldn’t help but note how far the district has come.
“It’s more inclusive of students with disabilities, and there’s more support for students and principals,” said Benson, who served as Principal for a Day. The associate dean of the GSU School of Community Partnerships also noted that, “professional development for principals is at a higher standard.”
Benson walked the halls with Betty Greene, Dunbar’s actual principal, and noticed walls covered with student projects that fulfilled academic standards in topics ranging from science to social studies.
“We don’t have blank walls,” Greene said. “[Students] are excited when they see their work up, and images of themselves on the walls.”
Earlier this month, more than 150 enthusiastic APS students attended the 2009 Engineering, Architecture, and Construction Career Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center. Sponsored by the Career and Technical Education (CTE) department of the Office of High Schools, the primary purpose of the conference was to motivate students to achieve at higher levels while still in high school.
The conference also was designed to expand the students’ understanding of various careers and post-secondary options available to them through engineering, architecture and construction. Students listened intently as industry professionals shared their educational background and career experiences. Attendees also had the opportunity to put theory to practice by participating in hands-on building activities.
Participating schools included Frederick Douglass High School, Maynard H. Jackson Academy of Engineering/Early College, South Atlanta School of Computer Animation and Design (CAD), Therrell School of Technology, Engineering, Math and Science (STEMS), Benjamin E. Mays High and Crim Open Campus.
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The Atlanta Public Schools celebrated elementary, middle and high schools that achieved at least 70 percent of their performance targets today during the APS Convocation 2009 at the Georgia International Convention Center. A total of 26 APS schools were recognized during today’s event.
Specific performance targets for each APS school are set at the beginning of each school year. The targets involve quantifiable measures, including attendance, test scores, enrollment in rigorous academic courses and participation in extracurricular activities during the 2008-09 school year.
Schools achieving 90 to 99 percent of their targets include: Peyton Forest and West Manor elementary schools; Inman Middle School; Carver School of the Arts and Carver Early College High School. Those schools achieving 80 to 89 percent of their targets include: Benteen, Blalock, Garden Hills, Jackson, Morningside and F.L. Stanton elementary schools; Turner Middle School; and South Atlanta High School of Leadership and Economic Empowerment. Schools achieving 70 to 79 percent of their targets include: Capitol View, Cascade, Deerwood, Hope, Humphries, Mary Lin, Perkerson, Rivers, Venetian Hills and White elementary schools; Bunche and Sutton middle schools; and Therrell School of Business & Entrepreneurship High School.
“Congratulations to the 26 schools that made at least 70 percent of their targets for 2008-2009!” said APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall. “As we celebrate our growing achievements today, I ask that you also stay focused on the future. Every day, more school districts are looking to APS as a model. People around the country know that something significant is happening here in Atlanta.”
Principals and staff assigned to schools that meet at least 70 percent of their performance targets receive financial incentives.
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The Rev. Dr. Joseph L. Lowery celebrated his 88th birthday engaged in a spirited discussion on civic engagement along with Judge Penny Brown Reynolds and the senior-high students from Atlanta Public Schools. As part of the district’s ninth annual lecture series at Therrell Educational Complex in his honor, Dr. Lowery urged students to embrace every opportunity to make a difference through civic engagement.
“You are not responsible for the world you found, but you are responsible for how you leave it,” said the iconic civil rights leader, who proudly wore the Presidential Medal of Freedom he received in August from President Barack Obama. During the event, Lowery shared his feelings about the nation’s first African-American president, who had invited him to deliver the inaugural benediction earlier this year.
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