Sammye E. Coan Middle School earned the greatest gains in student achievement out of all 6th to 8th-grade Atlanta Public Schools traditional schools according to results of the Spring 2013 Criterion-Reference Competency Tests (CRCT). Dr. Betsy Bockman, who is beginning her second year as principal at Coan, along with her team, have been lauded for identifying […]
The Pre-Kindergarten classes at Toomer Elementary are exploring ways in which different cultures and communities live around the world. As a part of the Daily Life In Many Lands unit, the families in Ms. Max and Ms. Hawkin’s Pre-K class requested family and friends to send postcards to the school that include interesting facts about the places […]
Transition and bonding events are taking place throughout APS to welcome new families redistricted recently following the 2011-2012 Demographic and Capacity Study. Particular attention was given recently by the parents and staff at Fred Armon Toomer Elementary to new students from East Lake and Whitefoord Elementary. Ebony Henry, mother of Braelen Dory, rising 2nd grader from East Lake said, “Happiness is […]