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Milk Mustaches, Mice and Morning Storytime: APS Celebrates Pre-K Week!

October 7, 2015

This week I wore mouse ears, and I LOVED it! “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” is the book being read in pre-kindergarten classrooms throughout the state this week, including in Atlanta Public Schools, as our early learners participate in Georgia Pre-K Week. Pre-K Week is a celebration of the tremendous learning taking place in our Pre-K program…

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Inman Middle School Student Wins Atlanta Public Schools’ 2015 Districtwide Spelling Bee

February 3, 2015

Our APS students from 37 schools competed last night in the district’s spelling bee at Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School. It took nearly two hours of word definitions, countries of origin and correct pronunciations before a winner was determined. Kedar Veeraswamy, a seventh grader at Inman Middle School, correctly spelled cruller and was crowned the champ. Kedar, age 12, credits his success to…

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Hooray for Learning!

October 3, 2014

I love when our schools post their great work online – it makes it easier for me to share!  Take a look at these exciting moments from around the district. (Photo: Perkerson Elementary Facebook Page) 3rd graders from Perkerson Elementary are sharpening their math skills!  Their teacher says, “In this 3rd grade activity, student groups…

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FedEx Helps Hutchinson Elementary School Blow the Cover Off Reading

September 16, 2014

I spent Tuesday morning at Hutchinson Elementary School where the generous volunteers from FedEx and The Heart of America Foundation were building a reading corner filled with brand new books!  It was exciting to see the FedEx volunteers putting the finishing touches on the reading corner, hosting story time in the classrooms.  Hutchinson is the…

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