Sunday, January 20, 2013
The employees of the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety promote reading in monthly visits to the local school.
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Sunday, January 20
The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety’s firefighters have been fired up about reading at Alpharetta Elementary School. Firefighters from Alpharetta’s Station No. 5 participated in a program to promote reading by visiting the school and conducting reading sessions with students in the classroom. Firefighters Inspiring Reading Every Day is a collaborative effort between Alpharetta’s finest and the Alpharetta Elementary School, according to a news release from the department's spokesman, George Gordon. Students improve their reading comprehension skills, sight words and phonics by participating in classroom exercises and by online programs. They use songs, games, books and a rewards program to enhance their skills. The Alpharetta …
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
The Fulton Education Foundation is sponsoring the Nov. 2 luncheon, which brings together more than 900 school system employees, business partners and guests.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Alpharetta Elementary School's Pamela Haight, the Fulton County School System’s 2012-2013 Teacher of the Year, will be honored along with all of the system's top employees Friday, Nov. 2, at the district’s annual recognition luncheon. The two-hour program will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center. Donna Lowry, Kids and Schools reporter from WXIA 11Alive, will serve as the program emcee. More than 900 employees, business partners and special guests will gather to pay tribute to each school’s and administrative building’s employees of the year. The celebration also is a time when schools formally honor those partnerships. Haight, a fifth-grade teacher at Alpharetta Elementary School, was first named the system’s Elementary School …
Monday, August 13, 2012
Today, Aug. 13, was the first day of classes in Fulton County.
Fulton County Schools started classes this morning, taking buses, riding with mom or dad – or even driving themselves – to get to school. Expect morning rush hours to be a bit more crowded as carpools to school join buses in the early morning hours. Daycare and after school programs will be busier, too. Summit Hill Elementary School's media specialist shared a few photos, as did Alpharetta Elementary, which welcomed 624 students on the first day of school. View the photos submitted by several local schools. Parents, teachers and students: Add your own photos from the first day of school to this article by clicking on the "Upload Photos and Videos" button underneath the photos here. And yes, you can add video, too.
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Summit Hill Elementary School
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Monday, May 7, 2012
State Sen. Albers, a volunteer firefighter, helps out in the Alpharetta Fire Department program.
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Monday, May 7, 2012
Sen. John Albers, R-Roswell, recently visited with students at two of North Fulton’s top schools – Alpharetta Elementary School and Roswell North Elementary. During his visit to Alpharetta Elementary School, Sen. Albers, who is a fourth generation firefighter and volunteer with the Alpharetta Fire Department, read to students and spent time emphasizing the importance of early childhood education and literacy as part of the “Fired Up For Reading” program, sponsored by the Alpharetta Fire Department. “Investing in the education of our youth is imperative to securing a workforce that is able to meet the ever-changing demands of today’s innovative society,” said Sen. Albers. “Through both community involvement and parental engagement, …
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The home improvement store's Gardening Department visited Alpharetta Elementary classrooms.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Donna Crump and Dodi Golosov of Home Depot's Gardening Department visited the first graders at Alpharetta Elementary School. Ms. Crump and Ms. Golosov explained what plants need to be able to grow. They showed students how to plant vegetables and flowers and explained how to make their gardens a success. Each student was given a plant to take home. Dodi Golosov and Donna Crump are pictured in the back row. Students in the front row are: Keigan Cross, Amarie Yusuf, Meghan Singhal, Daniel Im and Jason Garcia.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The elementary school teacher was surprised by the announcement on Monday.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Alpharetta Elementary School teacher Pamela Haight is the Fulton County School system's Overall Teacher of the Year for 2012-13. She was delivered the news Monday afternoon during a surprise announcement at her school. Haight was first named the system’s Elementary School Teacher of the Year and was then selected as the district winner from among two other Fulton County finalists: Barbara Bell from Ridgeview Charter School, who is the system’s Middle School Teacher of the Year, and Kimberly Cooney from Chattahoochee High, who is the High School Teacher of the Year. Pamela Haight – Fulton County Teacher of the Year Pamela Haight knows that she doesn’t have the quietest class on Alpharetta Elementary’s fifth grade hall, but it is a place …
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Sunday, March 18, 2012
Fifth grader Dallas Williams was picked as the winner in academics at the school.
Dallas Williams was chosen as the "Yes, I Can" Award winner from Alpharetta Elementary. The award recognizes students who have excelled in a particular category. Williams has excelled in academics. He is a fifth grader and has been in Tami Gordon's class for the past four years. His teacher said he has grown in many ways. Ms. Gordon has enjoyed watching him grow by leaps and bounds in the area of academics, specifically in Language Arts and Math. He has also made great strides in his communication and social skills. "I have enjoyed watching Dallas grow into a wonderful young man and will miss him as he moves on to middle school at the end of the year. Dallas Williams has grown in so many areas that I could not think of anyone with more …
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
PE Buddy Program a Success at Alpharetta Elementary
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
While most children shy away from children with special needs, the students at Alpharetta Elementary go to extraordinary lengths to be their "buddies." All throughout the school day at Alpharetta Elementary, students buddy up with their peers with special needs in lunch; in their classrooms; out at recess and in physical education. In the gym, students volunteer to work with their special friends and earn a "PE Buddy of the Month" T-shirt. It is a heartwarming experience to see everyone work together and one that is positive for both groups.
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Student from Michael Witt's class will represent the school in the Fulton County Schools Spelling Bee next month.
A fourth grader won the Alpharetta Elementary Spelling Bee on Friday, Jan. 6t, and will go on to the county competitoin. Nilah Wharton from Michael Witt's fourth grade class was the winner in the Spelling Bee for the fourth and fifth grade spelling finalists. Nilah will go on to represent AES at the county contest to be held in February. Nicholas Gokhman from Pam Haight's fifth grade class was the runner-up and will represent AES at the county contest in the event that Nilah would not be able to attend. The following students were fourth and fifth grade finalists who participated in the competition, and the teachers in whose classes they attend. 4th Grade - Class & Students 5th Grade - Class & Students
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