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Inman Middle School Student Wins Atlanta Public Schools’ 2015 Districtwide Spelling Bee

February 3, 2015

Our APS students from 37 schools competed last night in the district’s spelling bee at Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School. It took nearly two hours of word definitions, countries of origin and correct pronunciations before a winner was determined. Kedar Veeraswamy, a seventh grader at Inman Middle School, correctly spelled cruller and was crowned the champ. Kedar, age 12, credits his success to…

My 100th blog post – Hooray for learning!

November 17, 2014

There are at least a hundred reasons to get excited about the great things happening in APS. What is the best way for me to celebrate my 100th blog posting? By celebrating our students of course! Take a look at a few awesome highlights from around the district. Two North Atlanta video broadcast students, Jada…

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…