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Atlanta Public Schools is proud to announce 17 students from the class of 2015 have been named Gates Millennium Scholars! Gates Scholars receive full financial support for the cost of their college education as well as graduate school funding in the areas of mathematics, public health, science, library science, and engineering and computer science education. …
→The month of April is Mathematics Awareness and Education Month, and I don’t think math education has ever been as important for our students’ success in college, career and life as it is right now. I’m so proud that APS was represented at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ annual conference in Boston. These…
→Guest Blogger: Rebecca Kaye, APS Policy & Governance Advisor I am very rarely brought to tears of joy by actions of the Georgia General Assembly and our Governor. However, this week, Governor Deal signed House Bill 91 (HB 91) which retroactively eliminates previously required state graduation tests which were in place for Georgia graduating classes beginning with the…
→Readers are leaders and April is the month we celebrate our district’s literacy leaders, our awesome APS Media Specialists! I LOVE to read, I mean I really, really, really love reading and learning new things, so I’m excited to salute the very employees who foster that same love for the written word in our students.…
→The newly rebuilt E. Rivers Elementary School is almost 100 years old! I was honored to participate in their ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning, my first ribbon cutting since arriving in the district – it was a historic moment that was not lost on me. During the ceremony we heard from current students, alumni, staff,…
→I am so proud of the up and coming journalists at Grady High School. The school’s newspaper, The Southerner, has received the 2015 Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Gold Crown Award! As the former editor of my high school’s newspaper and former photo journalist for an international publication, my love of reporting runs deep, and I can truly…
→There are a lot of GREAT things happening in our district. Each month I give “shout outs” to students, staff and volunteers who are helping us with our mission to have every APS student graduate ready for college and career. There is SO MUCH good happening in APS, this may become a weekly blog post!…
→APS Teachers, join fellow educators for Teacher Appreciation Day at the High Museum of Art – Saturday, March 21, 2015! This Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., the High Museum of Art is celebrating educators with their annual Teacher Appreciation Day. Teacher Appreciation Day is the High’s “Thank you!” to all of our APS teachers. I am a new member of the…
→I am a true foodie and a little bit of a self-taught chef, which is why I’m giving a five-star shout out to our students in the culinary arts program at Crim Open Campus High School. Under the leadership of Chef Larry Alford, they placed 2nd in the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)…
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