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Congratulations are in order AGAIN for our Benjamin E. Mays Raiders football team! They pulled off a spectacular upset last Friday with a 21-18 victory over the number one ranked Ware County Gators in Waycross, Ga. The Raiders now advance to the Georgia High School Association state quarterfinals for the first time in school history and…
→Facilities matter, and I’m a big believer in creating dynamic, open and creative learning spaces which foster great teaching and learning. APS continues to work to ensure that all students have an enriched learning experience. Often that begins with a working space that can comfortably accommodate our growing student population. I would like to share…
→Colder temperatures have arrived, and I want to share, as the new superintendent, how the district goes about our decision process for weather-related school delays and closings. I know how frustrating and scary it can be not knowing if bad weather will impact you and your family, especially when our littlest ones are on buses…
→There are at least a hundred reasons to get excited about the great things happening in APS. What is the best way for me to celebrate my 100th blog posting? By celebrating our students of course! Take a look at a few awesome highlights from around the district. Two North Atlanta video broadcast students, Jada…
→KIPP Strive Primary was my first stop during school visits this past Friday. I visited the adjacent middle school, KIPP Strive Academy recently to give out AFAEE awards, but this was my first time on the primary side of the building. From the moment you walk into their beautiful Beltline adjacent facility, you are greeted…
→By now, you know that I truly believe that the social and emotional learning of students is equally as important as their academic success. This week we celebrate School Psychology Awareness Week in our district and we are featuring conversations with several school psychologists on our Talk Up APS blog. The article features several of…
→I spent time Friday at Beecher Hills Elementary School, an IB Primary Years Programme neighborhood school with 360 students in grades PK-5 that feeds into J.C. Young Middle School and Mays High School. The school has a great sense of community. It sits on the Atlanta Beltline and the staff likes to walk on the…
→A ‘sock hop’ was in full swing at Fickett Elementary School when I arrived. The entry ticket was a canned food item. The school’s annual canned food drive is a big hit each year and the items are donated to Atlanta’s Hosea Feed the Hungry. Principal Twyman uses this activity to teach students to work…
→Today, as a nation, we say a collective thank you to the 21.4 million veterans who have served and protected our country during times of war and peace. President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed November 11th as Veterans Day in 1954 to “…preserve our heritage of freedom.” Atlanta Public Schools is proud to have many of…
→I just received this note from our athletic director Jasper Jewell. Way to go Mays High School!“Please join me in congratulating the Mays High Varsity Competition Cheerleading squad for becoming Region 6AAAA Champions this past…
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