Monday, December 3, 2012
Prospective students entering Kindergarten through eighth grades in the 2013-2014 school year are encouraged to attend.
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Wesley International Academy is hosting an Open House on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 1049 Custer Ave. Wesley International Academy offers students a highly rigorous academic environment which focuses on a unique foundation of three core principles: an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme, single gender classroom setting and daily Chinese Mandarin instruction for all students. Prospective students entering Kindergarten through eighth grades in the 2013-2014 school year are encouraged to attend. New student applications will be accepted Jan. 1, 2013. To stay up-to-date on the enrollment dates, deadlines and process, visit the website at www.wesleyacademy.org. Wesley International Academy is open to …
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Surveillance images show suspect wanted in connection with Aug. 14 break-in.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
by Patch Staff Atlanta police have released a series of photographs taken from sureveillance cameras of the Advance Auto Parts store at 1395 Moreland Ave., with the hope that someone might know who was behind the Aug. 14 break-in of the automotive retailer. Police say the man in the images broke through the front door of the store at 4:50 a.m., which is located in the Custer/McDononough/Guice neighborhood, and entered the establishment. Investigators found a shopping cart loaded with items taken from the store in the parking lot. Nothing else appeared to be missing. Anyone with information is urged to Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404.577.TIPS (8477) or APD Zone 6 Investigations at 404.373.5331.
Monday, May 14, 2012
WIA parents create petition to draw attention and support for move.
A group of parents at Wesley International Academy in Custer/McDonough/Guice have started a petition to convince Atlanta Public Schools officials that the public charter school should be allowed to move in to Cook Elementary School. Cook, which is a few miles away from Wesley's current home on Custer Avenue SE, is one of seven APS schools that will close at the end of the 2011-12 school year. "According to Superintendent Davis, the 'sole purpose' of closing Cook Elementary and other schools was the 'improvement of the education delivered to students every day,' " the petition reads. "Wesley pays $875,000.00 in rent to a real estate company in Virginia. If Wesley moves to a closed school, this $875,000.00 can improve education for APS …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Superintendent's guiding principles regarding neighborhood cohesion were not mandatory.
In the final redistricting analysis, most of the neighborhoods that comprise East Atlanta Patch got what they wanted. Among the highlights: Those communities got what they wanted, partly based on a series of guiding principles Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll B. Davis Jr. established as a blueprint for what would shape the final outcome. One of those key principles was to eliminate split-school attendance zones. But in the neighborhood of Custer/McDonough/Guice, a hamlet of 1,257 residents, the community remains split. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by Intrenchment Creek, Moreland Avenue, McDonough Boulevard and an artificial boundary to the east of Benteen Park Drive and Elleby Road. It is wholly zoned to attend King …
JR Garcia
12:51 pm on Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Since the norther portion of McDonough / Guice, around Custer Ave is incorrectly attributed to being in Woodland Hills and the Parkside enrollment will be bursting at the seems soon, all of McDonough / Guice / Custer should be re-zoned to Benteen Elementary, IMO. Most of Woodland Hills, which is south of Confederate Ave is closer or equidistant to Benteen - which has very low enrollment. It will … more ›