White Elementary

Walter F. White Elementary certified as a No Place for Hate school

Walter F. White Elementary learned Monday that it has been officially certified as a No Place for Hate School by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the group announced in a press release. The announcement came in a Banner Certification Program in which Hollande Levinson, ADL education director, presented a banner to White guidance counselor Dale W. Tate. Tate […]

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There’s not one but two HealthMPowers honorees at APS!

About a month ago we noted how Parkside Elementary teacher Armelia Braddy and “two other physical educators” as three Georgia P.E. teachers were honored by HealthMPowers for promoting healthy behaviors and environments. Which is all very well and good except we didn’t add that one of the other two teachers, Julie Chartier, was also from APS! […]

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Fund for Teachers: What they’re doing this summer

Not to get all nostalgic or anything, but when we started Talk Up APS toward the end of last summer, one of the first things we did was serve up a series of essays from the Atlanta Fund for Teachers  (through the Atlanta Education Fund) winners who wrote about their summer experiences. The essays were […]

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APS salutes school achievements with Convocation 2009

UPDATE: Check out photo gallery here. 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 […]

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Two APS teachers get surprise visits from OfficeMax

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 […]

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