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I am thrilled to announce that APS is now a Partner in Education with the John F. Kennedy Center. This is a very prestigious partnership that will help us with advancing the arts and whole child development in APS! The district is being added to Georgia’s only Kennedy Center Partnership in Education Team that began…
→Our generous partners at Georgia Power stopped by this week to present the district with our first partnership donation of the new year, a gift of $50,000 that will help support APS’ five-year strategic plan! Our district spent the fall articulating a clear mission and vision, guiding principles and aligned operating norms. Now we are…
→Our football student athletes ended the season on a high note! Please join me in congratulating the coaches and student-athletes chosen from the AJC as All City/All State Recipients for the 2014 Football Season. ALL City/South Fulton · Coach of the Year- Corey Jarvis- Mays · Defensive Player of the Year- Natrez Patrick/ DE- Mays · Dallas Warmack/…
→Imagine my surprise to find a fun email today (so I had to do a quick post) from our beloved Cleveland Avenue Elementary School teacher AND 2013-2014 Atlanta Public Schools’ District-wide Teacher of the Year AND 2015 Georgia Teacher of the Year Top-Ten Finalist – Rita Simmons! She was awarded an opportunity to take students…
→I am so proud of our fourteen seniors who were awarded four-year, full-tuition leadership scholarships worth approximately $100,000 each by The Posse Foundation, Inc. to attend some of the top college and universities in the country – including Boston University, Syracuse University and Texas A&M University. The Posse Foundation, Inc. is a college access and…
→Yesterday, the Georgia Department of Education released the results of the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI). I’m still learning Georgia accountability too so for folks who are in need of some basic guidance, here are my cliff notes on how it breaks down: For background, you may remember, (but I wasn’t here), that…
→A big congratulations to the Benjamin E. Mays football team after a big win last Friday. Tonight the Mays Raiders take on the Northside Eagles of Warner Robbins in the GHSA Class AAAAA State Championship. These talented students, coaches and staff are making history! Not only is this the first Mays football team ever to…
→My week with Backpack Bear was so much fun! We worked, we played and even gave back to the community. I’m so sad to say good-bye, but it’s time to hand him back over to the kids at Jackson Primary in Ms. Swalm’s kindergarten class. Thank you guys for introducing us, we are sure to…
→What a busy week for our friend Backpack Bear from Jackson Primary! Take a look at a few of his (our) adventures. Monday I learned that Backpack Bear is REALLY GOOD at putting labels on holiday cards! We are sending out cards to our friends throughout the district, featuring the winning designs from our Winter…
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