The mission of our school is to create an environment that stimulates lifelong learning and responsible citizenship by developing a strong cooperative partnership between school, home and community. Arnold has had outstanding success with this plan. We are a School of Excellence with a rich tradition of academic superiority over the years. We appreciate the home and community support which so strongly contributes to our success.  The entire staff invites you to be a member of our fine school family.

Partners in Education

• Bill Heard Chevrolet
• Kennon, Parker, Duncan & Key 

School Awards

• GA School of Excellence
• Pay for Performance - 96, 97, 98, 00, 01
• GA Effective Program
• USA Today National Team of the Year
• State Team of the Year
• Project WET School of the Year
• MEEF Grant Recipient
• PIE Grant Recipient
• Our House School of the Year
• EIC School (Using the Environment as an Integrated Context for Learning)
• City Golf Champions - 2006 - 2007
• "If I Were Mayor" essay contest district and state recognition

Student Incentive Programs

• "Millionaire" Reading Awards
• Spotlight Students - Students from each team are honored each nine weeks for citizenship
• RAC - Incentive-based discipline plan which celebrates discipline-free students
• A/B Honor Roll
• Principal's List
• Perfect Attendance
• Young Citizenship Award - Exchange Club
• Honor's Day Programs for Grades 6, 7 & 8

Parent Involvement

• PTSA
• Action Team Focus Groups
• Parent Conferences
• Career Day
• Career Shadow Program
• Parent Volunteer Program
• Local School Council
• ABC Gifted Booster Club

• Special Education
• Developmental Counseling
• Athletics
• Extracurricular Programs
• Clubs
• Reading
• Adaptive P.E.

Special Programs

• RAC -  School-wide discipline plan
• Homework Plan - School-Wide Homework Mandate
• Saturday School - Part of RAC and Homework Plans
• RAMS TV - In-House TV with Daily Newscast
• On-line Homework Hotline - No Tolerance for Missed Homework
• WOD - Word of the Day Vocabulary Development
• After school Reading and Math program
• School Website

After School Programs

• Sports - Football, Basketball, Track, Soccer, Cheerleading, Golf, Volleyball, Tennis
• Clubs - Math Team, Science Olympiad, National Junior Honor Society, Chess Club, Student Council, Peer Helpers, Academic Team, Barrister Staff, 4-H, Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl, Odyssey of the Mind Team

Technology and Magnet Features

• Integrated Thematic Instruction

• Promethian Interactive Boards donated to selected classrooms

• Field trips - Six Flags Physics Day, Montgomery Zoo, Port Columbus, Westville, Andersonville, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Fernbank Science Center, Georgia Aquarium, Springer Theatre, CSU, Chattanooga, TN, Washington, D.C. & more

• Wireless Portable Computer Lab

• Computer Lab for class instruction

• Media Research Computer Lab

• School Wide Computer Network with Internet access

• Graphing Calculators for Math & Science Classes

• School - wide Bulletin Board Broadcast system in every classroom

• Advanced Math in line with GPS

• Gifted certified teachers provide differentiation in instruction to identified students

• Class set of Palm PDA's (handheld technology) for field work

• Computerized Classroom Response Systems

• Block Scheduling - extra Math & LA