A Star-Studded Lineup
March features a star-studded lineup. APS Today catches up with Grammy award winning rapper Ludacris, poet and social activist Nikki Giovanni and the state’s Attorney General. That’s not all, join a special Chinese New Year celebration to launch a first-of-it-kind Asian studies program at Toomer Elementary and Coan Middle schools.
Grammy Career Day: The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences brings performers, recording executives and sound engineers to Clark Atlanta University where APS high school students get pumped up about music careers and get the chance to meet Ludacris.
Atlanta Family Awards: Teachers, principals and even a member of the Superintendent’s cabinet took home prizes that will yield literacy centers, a new science initiative and a playground. But according to Superintendent Dr. Beverly Hall, the real winners are the students of Atlanta Public Schools.
Newsbriefs: These are the stories topping the APS Today Newsbrief roster-
- Signing Day: 9 Grey Knights are among the 25 APS football players being recruited by the nations colleges and universities.
- Grady High School models took to the runway to raise money for the fashion program and school band.
- The Court TV “Careers in Justice” seminar introduced students to the state’s Attorney General, Fulton County’s DA and the Chief Appellate Court Judge.
- Parks Middle School closed out Black History Month with a visit from Margaret Washington Clifford, granddaughter of Booker T. Washington.
- John Hope Elementary kindergarteners opened the 2007 International Civil Rights Walk of Fame induction with son.
Carver-Nikki Giovanni: The New Schools at Carver hosted poet Nikki Giovanni who presented an unforgettable rendition of the story of Rosa Parks.
Soweto Gospel Choir: The universal language of music brought together young people from South Africa and Atlanta when the Soweto Gospel Choir came to town.
Peyton Foretst-Mary Perdue: When Georgia’s first lady came to Peyton Forest Elementary, students weren’t shy about getting to know the woman known as “Miss Mary.”
Toomer/Coan Chinese Program: It started as the brainchild of parents and administrators at Toomer Elementary and Coan Middle School. APS Today is there for the festive launch of the first elementary and middle school Chinese language program in the state of Georgia!
