With the upcoming school year around a month away for the Atlanta metro area, there are plenty of back-to-school events and giveaways to help families in need with school supplies and more.
The “Play Like A Girl” organization collaborated with the Atlanta Dream to host a basketball clinic, and also give the girls $150 each for a shopping spree at Academy Sports and Outdoors.
Georgia Department of Public Safety officers were out conducting safety inspections for the Marietta City Schools bus fleet Monday in preparation for the upcoming school year.
Speed detection cameras have only been operational for a couple of weeks outside six schools in the city limits of Lawrenceville, and already, they’ve caught thousands of speeders.
Responding to the pandemic’s toll on student health, Atlanta’s public schools are launching a new program to give most of their schoolchildren remote access to doctors and therapists.
Union County students will return to the classroom Tuesday after an employee fired his gun on school grounds last week, forcing school officials to cancel the first day of classes.
Families at a small school that sits on the border of two north Fulton County cities are growing frustrated that neither city government has addressed a dangerous traffic situation at the school’s entrance.
According to a news release, the artist will be joined by 3,000 local kids for a day full of music, games, carnival rides, free food, backpacks, school supplies, and free haircuts.
With school back in session in Gwinnett County, the Duluth Police Department is reminding drivers that its school-zone camera system is ready to mail tickets to speeders.
When Georgia’s largest school district, Gwinnett County Public Schools, begins its new school year on Wednesday, students can expect some globally inspired tweaks to the district’s cafeteria menu.
The event featured face painting, games, prizes, music, free haircuts, prizes for kids, a special guest speaker and special celebrity guests. BMW of South Atlanta, the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Rap Snacks helped sponsor the event.
On Friday, Governor Brian Kemp announced a new reward, the “Back to School Supply Supplement," which gives a $125 supplement to help all public school teachers statewide cover some of their expenses.
Most students are heading back to school in about a week but Gwinnett School Police officers said drivers are showing no signs of slowing down for your students crossing the street after they get off the bus.
Prominent Streetz 94.5 FM radio personality MiAsia Symone has partnered with BMW of South Atlanta for a back-to-school block party and backpack drive on July 30.
On Friday afternoon, NBA Hall-of-Famer Shaquille O’Neal kicked off his own back-to-school event by riding around in his customized school bus and making deliveries to surprise Papa John's customers and explaining the educational opportunities the franchise that he owns, offers.
With less than two weeks before the start of the new school year, the man in charge of keeping children safe in Georgia’s largest school district will outline his safety plan Friday.
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