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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…

16 APS Students Sign Contracts & Commit to REACHing their College Goals

September 24, 2014

Congratulations to the 16 REACH Scholars of Atlanta Public Schools! They are eighth and ninth graders in our district, members of the “class of 2018” and the “class of 2019.” This morning we held a special ceremony where each scholar signed their scholarship contracts. Yes, it’s THAT serious. The Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen (REACH)…