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Students use project-based learning to spark widespread cafeteria changes and enhanced nutrition across Purpose Built Schools Atlanta
When students at Price Middle School voiced concerns about the school’s food program last year, they employed project-based learning (PBL) to spark system wide change across Purpose Built Schools Atlanta. Last year, middle and high school students met with Purpose Built Schools’ leadership team to share concerns about daily nutritional options. They conducted surveys, wrote … Continue Reading →
Trust for Public Land Brings Community Schoolyards Program to Price Middle School
This is a series of installments on the progress of a new partnership with Trust for Public Land.
Letter from APS About Students Affected by Forest Cove Delays
Atlanta Public Schools (APS), Purpose Built Schools (PBSA), and our community partners are making sure every student affected by Forest Cove delays has a seat and the appropriate resources for a successful start to the school year on August 1.
Price Wildcats Place 6th at National Chess Championship; Students Bring Home More than Champion Title
A team of five students from the Price Middle School Chess Team recently attended the US Chess Federation’s National Junior High Championship in Grapevine, TX. The nascent players, three of whom were brand new to chess this year, took home sixth place after competing against some of the brightest young minds in the country. In … Continue Reading →
A Look Back At 2021: Our Year In Review
The 2021-22 school year has been full of signs that our model is working. Even despite the setbacks of the pandemic, we are thrilled to celebrate the progress and achievements of our schools. Scholars have made meaningful and significant individual and collective gains. Our schools grow stronger every year, and the families who entrust their … Continue Reading →
A Year of Silver Linings: What We Learned About Education During the Pandemic
An adage I heard once taught me that there are two types of people. One looks out at a barren, desolate terrain and feels despair and hopelessness. The other looks out at that same landscape and sees endless opportunities and possibilities. The former generally makes excuses about what “could have been,” and how they are cursed by bad luck, while the latter works to create a new reality.
Purpose Built Schools Atlanta and Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta launch first-of-its-kind partnership
Last fall, Purpose Built Schools Atlanta partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta to provide a “learning pod” for approximately 70 students who were identified as having the potential to benefit from additional learning resources in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The club is serving as a distance-learning hub where students of all grade levels can come during the school day to do online classes.
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.
First-Ever Rugby Team Scores New Opportunities for Students
For the first time ever, rugby has come to south Atlanta. Purpose Built Schools Atlanta has partnered with Atlanta Youth Rugby (AYR) to create the first co-ed rugby team at Price Middle School and Slater Elementary School.
Project-Based Learning Events Spark Student Interest in Real-Life Topics
Across our schools, we celebrate student achievement with the opportunity for students to present their project-based learning studies to their peers and community.
