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Students, firefighters share the joy of reading
They call their program “fired up for reading.” Volunteers from the Alpharetta Fire Department have been visiting the first grade classes at Alpharetta Elementary School and reading with the students. One first grader, Jeremiah Johnson from Ms. Lora Keys’ class, won a year-end drawing and was given a ride to ...
Marietta teacher selected for national conference
Stormi Johnson, a third-grade teacher at the Marietta Center for Advanced Academics, was selected to attend this year’s Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy by the National Council of Teachers in Mathematics.The program will help Johnson learn new ways to teach math and science.The academy will take place at Liberty Science Center ...
Alpharetta Elementary students put focus on famous figures in history
Fourth and fifth graders at Alpharetta Elementary School hosted what they hope will be their first annual Living Wax Museum last week. Students chose an important historical figure that they learned about during the school year. Students were expected to research, write and memorize a one- to two-minute speech about ...
Senate report slams for-profit colleges
The report says for-profit schools focus too much on marketing, not enough on educating.
Sister power: Twins are Spelman co-valedictorians
I had to share this release from Spelman College about its twin co-valedictorians. Congrats to Kristie and Kirstie Bronner: Identical twins Kirstie and Kristie Bronner, C’2013, have been named co-valedictorians for the Spelman College Class of 2013. With a 4.0 GPA, the Bronners are the first twins to receive the ...
‘Brothers’ top Clark Atlanta’s graduating class
Two friends from opposite sides of the world have been named salutatorian and valedictorian of Clark Atlanta University. Monday, valedictorian Lorin Crawford and salutatorian Tam Quach received their degrees along with 700 of their peers. Both Crawford and Quach, who call themselves “honors brothers,” will be going on to graduate ...
Teachers consider highs and lows from the past year
This was a rough year for metro Atlanta teachers. They dealt with more budget cuts, ongoing pay freezes and an increase in the number of kids per classroom. They had to adapt to new national teaching standards and new performance measures while reacting to yet another school massacre, in Connecticut ...
Non-profit dedicated to animal rescue plans golf tournament
The first annual Angels Among Us Pet Rescue FORE Paws golf tournament is set for June 10 at Country Club of the South. The tournament will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The group is a 501c3 volunteer-based non-profit dedicated to rescuing animals from kill shelters in Georgia. Proceeds ...
15 Alpharetta Elementary students participapte in Special Olympics Summer State Games
Fifteen athletes from Alpharetta Elementary School in the Special Olympics Summer State Games at Emory University last weekend. There were smiles all around. Student athletes from the north Fulton school competed in track and field events. Athletes ran in a variety of dashes and the softball throw. Participating were: Jacob ...
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