UPDATE: The Atlanta Wolfpack team WON its fifth state wheelchair title in six years over the weekend! Reece Johnson scored 12 points in a 35-25 win over arch-rival West Georgia in the finals held Friday at the Gwinnett Arena. Johnson is a senior at Crim Open Campus, was praised by his coach in an AJC article:... Continue Reading →
What better way to show how creative and artistically inclined our Atlanta Public Schools students can be than by showing their work? Well, in the latest issue of The Atlanta Educator, we did just that. If you haven't picked up your copy before the break, you can view and print individual articles here, or you... Continue Reading →
Have you checked out the latest issue of The Atlanta Educator? It's chock full of amazing features about the teachers, administrators, staffers, students, parents and community supporters who continue to enforce Atlanta Public Schools' journey to excellence. You can read them one article at a time online here, or by clicking on http://www.issuu.com/atlantaeducator. We wanted... Continue Reading →
The Winter 2010 issue of the award-winning Atlanta Educator, a product of the Atlanta Public Schools’ Office of Communications, hits the streets this week to celebrate the many business and community partnerships that help our students in their journey to excellence. In this issue, read all about the collaboration with KaBOOM!, which helps schools and... Continue Reading →
They marched in white, clasping a yellow rose, and are hoping to become butterflies. These were the metaphors that Mays High staff hope will lead to a metamorphosis, as 48 freshman girls were inducted Tuesday morning into the inaugural class of the Dorothy Height Academy of Leadership. This first group is a part of Atlanta... Continue Reading →
While we were incredibly moved by the experienced shared by our community and business partners who spend Principal Shadow Day learning more about the exciting things happening in our schools, we were equally moved by the speeches provided by male students from Benjamin E. Mays High's Eagle Leadership Academy at the concluding luncheon. The academy... Continue Reading →
We love hearing from the folks at Bolton Academy and their impressive ePals relationship with Turkey, as noted in The Atlanta Educator. Here are a few snapshots: In first photo, Cansu Samsun, Oktay Kuru and Zeynep Deniz Kavak interacted with Bolton Academy secondgraders. During the week of Sept. 6, the ePals Turkish exchange group of... Continue Reading →
We're busy at work putting together the fall issue of The Atlanta Educator, an award-winning print newspaper that celebrates achievements around Atlanta Public Schools. From District staff and board members to school staff, faculty, students, parents and partners, The Atlanta Educator shows the wide range of people and programs that are making a difference in... Continue Reading →
As we reported in a recent post, Grady High senior Michael Barlow did very well over this past summer at the National Association of Urban Debate League's National Debate Tournament. As a part of the experience, Barlow toured Congress and the White House -- including a meeting with President Barack Obama on July 22. As Grady debate co-coach put... Continue Reading →
UPDATE: Check out the photo gallery here. It may have been increasingly hot outside, but the students and parents of the East Atlanta neighborhood were having a cool time Saturday morning inside Burgess-Peterson Academy at the school's Open House Community Day. The event, similar to many around APS this past weekend, served as an... Continue Reading →
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