Local educators at Ethos Classical Charter School were treated to a special start to the new school year, thanks to the school uniform brand, French Toast. The company hosted a breakfast celebration catered by Atlanta-based Roasted Knives, to help local teachers start their new school year with gratitude and a bit of fun. In addition to a full breakfast spread, Ethos Classical also received school uniforms for its student closet, classroom supplies for teachers, and a monetary donation to support various school priorities such as field trips or other programming.…
Education & Schools
The Foundation for the Advancement of Music & Education (FAME) recently hosted its 20th Year Anniversary with a Gala and Awards Celebration at the University of Maryland’s Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center. Founded in 2004 by A. Toni Lewis, FAME’s mission is to give every young musician the best opportunity to succeed by providing music training and academic support. They believe that children, teens, and young adults should have access to quality music and education regardless of social and economic needs. Music is the instrument that FAME uses to capture…
Come out and support, participate, contribute to the SOS, Call to Manhood, Lock-in, Boys to Men, August 2-3, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. Date: August 2, 2024 at 6:00 pm; and August 3, 2024 at 8:00 am. Location: C. T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center 3201 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW Atlanta, Georgia 30311-1301 Open to males 8 years old to 15 years old Cost: Free Volunteers, Sponsors, Vendors and Contributors are welcome and needed. Call (404) 889-3008.
As eighth graders, they were the big kids on their middle school campus. As they move on to ninth grade, they will be the youngest kids in high school. The new experience is daunting enough on its own, but with all the societal distractions present today, incoming freshmen have challenges their parents and grandparents never had to imagine. A new digital workshop, 829 Rising, guides incoming high school freshmen through an informative and motivating set of activities, as well as thought-provoking insights that let them know they’re more powerful than…
By Norris Knox Atlanta, Georgia – Longtime Atlanta radio industry veteran, entrepreneur and community advocate Norris Knox, has been serving in the Atlanta and Cobb County communities for over 56 years combined, since moving from Fort Jackson, South Carolina in 1969 as a 9-year-old. Many years later he would go on to co-find a carrier-current radio station at age11, as well as establish his own low-powered radio station at age 22. In 1999, he created My Brother’s Keepers Outreach International, a non-profit organization established to assist poor families and people…
The venue will help food entrepreneurs operating from Pittsburgh yards, as well as people in the area wanting to learn, develop, and create food concepts for the market. In his remarks made before the groundbreaking event, Chef Kev noted that his grandmother started this organization to help people in the community via a feeding program at the church. When she passed away in 2004, my mother took on the mantle, extended the program, and continued feeding the people. Around 2015, my mother suggested that I take on the role of…
