Offering Specialized Instruction
Our research-based instructional approach includes project-based learning, STEAM, targeted interventions, and student enrichment programs.
Discovering Solutions
Project-based learning elevates student voices and hones skills through real-world problem solving, while integrating academic content.
Rigorous Academic Programs
Purpose Built Schools offers AP classes and several academic programs to ensure our scholars have every opportunity to thrive in the classroom. Learn more.
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About Project-Based Instruction
Academic Recovery Plan: How We’re Closing the Learning Gap Following the Pandemic
SHARE ARTICLE Email LinkedIn Facebook Google Twitter Reddit Pinterest Print Permalink: https://purposebuiltschoolsatlanta.org/?p=2373 The 2020-21 school year faced unprecedented challenges. Our students, like students across the state and nation, inevitably experienced a learning gap due to the pandemic and school closures. For our students, the shuttering of schools has resulted in a slow-moving tragedy, both from an academic standpoint and from a social-emotional health perspective.
For Project-Based Learning Unit, Price Students Create New Handbooks for School
Price Middle School students created new student handbooks for their first project-based learning (PBL) unit of the year. By examining local politics, the pandemic and social justice, students worked together to develop a set of shared school principles, policies and processes to help create a positive school culture--in person and online.
Virtual Learning: What We’re Doing Differently This Fall
By Diona Williams PBL Coordinator at Purpose Built Schools Atlanta When COVID-19 arrived in Atlanta last spring, our buildings closed abruptly and virtual school was–unexpectedly and quickly–in session. We made the most of an unprecedented situation. We acted quickly to gather resources with little notice. Educators logged countless hours in front of a webcam to … Continue Reading →
Addressing Racial Justice and Equity Through Culturally Relevant Curriculum
By Diona Williams PBL Coordinator at Purpose Built Schools Atlanta At Purpose Built Schools Atlanta, we define ourselves as a group of individuals who are committed to racial justice and equity. We empower students to become change agents who create positive, long-lasting impact in their communities. We do this through authentic and culturally relevant project-based … Continue Reading →