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‘Shout Out’ to our great students, teachers and schools

March 30, 2015

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!…

A Beautiful READesign for West Manor Elementary School

September 26, 2014

I was excited to be on hand this week as we helped Target and The Heart of America Foundation unveil West Manor Elementary’s newly renovated school library! The renovated space features 2,000 new books, furniture, carpet, shelves, 25 iPads, a flat screen television; and a school broadcast video system complete with a mixer, laptop, teleprompter…

Eight APS Schools Named 2014 Reward Schools by the Georgia Department of Education

September 16, 2014

The Georgia Department of Education has announced the 2014 Reward Schools.  Eight APS schools earned Reward designations this year.   A Highest-Performing School is among the five percent of the state’s Title I schools with the highest absolute performance, over three years, for the “all students” group on the statewide assessments. A school may not…