Back to School
“APS Today” gears up for the 2007-2008 school year with a look at some of the innovations reaching classrooms at all levels, and we look back at some of the productive ways students and teachers spent their summer vacation.
Project GRAD Summer Institute: It began with 137 Washington High School students on the campus of Clark Atlanta University. In its 7th year, more than 700 students completed the programs on 8 campuses, including residential programs at UGA and Oglethorpe University. Meet several of the students who completed the program and find out what they will take with them as they return to their high school classrooms.
Arts Cool: When APS high school students signed up for the Arts Cool summer program, they may not have known that their instructor would be a Nigerian chief and the inventor of Yoruba bead painting. Along the way they learned that and a lot more.
Project Nobility Summer Session: Modeled on the successful Project Nobility after school program at Brown Middle School, this summer session took students to Spelman College for academic enrichment, martial arts, dance and drama, as well as intensive study of the lives of children around the world.
Newsbriefs: Topping the “APS Today” roster of stories this month;
- 500 APS students receive new backpacks from the Office Depot Foundation
- Grady High School is lauded for its 2007 SAT scores
- Perfect attendance at DH Stanton Elementary leads to a shopping spree with the Atlanta Braves
- The all-male Eagle Academy takes flight at Mays High School in an effort to keep young men in school
Professional Development: Students weren’t the only ones hitting the books this summer. The Summer Mathematics Academy and New Teacher Orientation helped educators get a jump on the new school year.
Deloitte Clean Up at Cook: Students and staff at Cook Elementary School arrived on the first day of school to find new outdoor classrooms, a teacher workroom, and bright cafeteria art. They can thank employees from the Deloitte firm who used the company’s Impact Day to really make a difference.
First Day of School: New clothes…new teachers…new school supplies. The first day of school is always exciting. APS Today catches up with the district superintendent, Dr. Beverly Hall, to visit a new kindergarten annex and to meet the inaugural classes of the B.E.S.T. Academy and the Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy.
