Re-Opening Plans for Schools
Our schools will re-open for in-person instruction on March 15! We are eager to see students again in the classroom! Students have the choice to remain virtual or return to school for the last quarter…
Focused Community Strategies Provides Support for Purpose Built Schools’ Teachers and Staff
Athena Ayers, an instructional coach at Carver STEAM Academy, was told unexpectedly by her landlord that she and her daughter, Micah, 5, had just 12 days to find a new place to live. With such…
Food Coop Opens at Slater
Urban Recipe Cooperative has launched a food co-op at Slater Elementary School. The co-op meets bi-weekly and families from all PBSA schools are invited to join.
Why I Choose Purpose: Principal Kemp’s Perspective
#chooseslater so you can achieve YOUR purpose.
Why Carver STEAM Teachers
Carver STEAM Math Instructor and Athletic Director, Mr. Scott, chooses purpose because he gets to work with the brightest minds. #choosepurpose #choosecarversteam
Purpose Built Schools Leads Effort to Keep Kids in School
A group of stakeholders, organized by Purpose Built Schools Atlanta, is working swiftly to do something extraordinary: Temporarily relocate 260+ low-income families in a coordinated manner so that their children can continue to attend their current neighborhood schools while a dilapidated housing development is rebuilt.
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.
Mitigating Negative Impacts of Systemic Racism – It’s Possible and It Starts Right Here
By Greg GiornelliPresident, Purpose Built Schools At the tragic cost of many lives, 2020 shined a harsh spotlight on how systemic racism permeates America. Our goal at Purpose Built Schools is to create life-changing opportunities…
In-person School Re-Opening Plan
Due to the increase of COVID-19 cases throughout Atlanta at this time, Purpose Built Schools has decided to postpone a return to in-person school until March 15, the beginning of the fourth quarter.
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.
