Category: Archived Posts: ’16-17 SY
Week of October 17th, 2016
Shout-outs: To Dr. Tameka Allen for successfully defending her dissertation last Friday! Congratulations! To Ms. Desprez for her upcoming nuptials this weekend! To Mr. Canney & Mr. Baker for their continued innovation & collaboration. To everyone who worked so hard to make the PBL Showcase a success! To Ms. Harris for facilitating a wonderful …
National Honor Society Update
After seeking community input and in order to grant greater access to our students, we will be re-opening the National Honor Society selection process. Students with a GPA of 85 or higher, students who did not apply before the first deadline and student who were denied admission will all have the opportunity to apply. The timeline for …
Week of October 3rd, 2016
Shout-outs: To Jamahri Gaines, who has joined us as our Points-of-Light member, supporting in classrooms and managing laptops To Ms. Kaney, who celebrates her birthday on Monday, October 3rd To Mr. Richardson, who celebrates his birthday on October 6th To Ms. Deiters and the Ninth Grade Team for their Community Forum, particularly the transition to …
Week of September 26th, 2016
Shout-outs: To Ms. Nguyen, whose presentation, Integration: Geography, Art and Global Awareness, was accepted for inclusion in the program for the 2017 National Art Education Association National Convention in New York, NY, March 2-4, 2017 To Roland Blanding, Jacy Pippin and Terence Aycock for taking time to meet with me to provide student feedback on …
SA Principal’s Coffee
While I included this in my blog post from earlier in the week, I wanted to bring special attention to the first Senior Academy Principal's Coffee, which will be held next Tuesday, September 20th from 4:30-5:30 in the Theater. Melissa Faux, our Director of Data, Research and Analysis will present on the Milestone Individual Student …
Week of September 12th, 2016
Shout-outs: To all of our students who participated in the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade [pictured above] To Tyler Sturdivant and Kierra Dennis for their stellar performance at the Davidson College’s 2016 July Experience To Ms. Krachman and Mr. Richardson for continuously thinking about strategies to build a positive, math classroom culture with students. To Ms. Simmons for supporting …
Week of September 5th, 2016
Shout-outs: To the 14 seniors who have been selected at Posse Scholar semifinalists (so far) To Mr. Parker for going above & beyond in his photography class To Ms. Simmons for organizing doughnuts for the juniors last week To the 12th grade team for organizing the ice cream social and cap and gown sizing last …
Week of August 29th, 2016
Shout-outs: To Coach Jelks and Coach Haynes for starting the softball season with a 4-0 record To the 13 seniors who have already been selected as Posse Scholarship semifinalists To our seniors who started their college classes this past week and to the College and Career Readiness Team for all of their work coordinating that …
Welcome to the 2016-2017 School Year!
I apologize that this is the first blog post for the 2016-2017 school year. As some of you may be aware, my wife and I were expecting the birth of our second child in September. In an effort to follow in his big brother’s footsteps, Maxwell Robert McKnight was born seven weeks early on July …
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