Carver’s School of Health Sciences & Research mixes real-world experience and classroom instruction to prepare students for college and career. Sometimes the training also causes butterflies, sweaty palms and a bit of nausea. But the results are worth the effort. On March 4-6 members of the Carver Health Occupation Student Association (HOSA) competed in 12 […]
Yes, it’s official: Georgia Tech freshman and South Atlanta High grad Derrick Favors — a projected Top 5 pick in the NBA Draft — has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year! Favors, you may recall, was the AJC prep player of the year last year when he led South Atlanta to […]
Audiences got a peek at the incredible theatrical talent in APS by checking out two separate productions at the Shakespeare Tavern the previous weekend. Students from the Therrell Educational Complex performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream, while students from The New Schools at Carver’s School of Technology performed Macbeth. The professional actors at The Shakespeare Tavern […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”rand”] Morningside Elementary School fifth-graders have been visiting the William Breman Jewish Heritage and Holocaust Museum for more than 15 years in conjunction with the Georgia Performance Standards unit on World War II. Last year, 15 Morningside fifth-graders took part in the 70th anniversary commemoration of Kristallnacht at The Temple on Peachtree […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”rand”] Federal, municipal and APS officials gathered for a rally Monday at Young Middle School to promote Atlanta’s 2010 Census in Schools program to promote awareness of the once-in-decade survey of the U.S. population. U.S. Census Director Robert Groves joined his regional director, Renee Jefferson-Copeland, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Atlanta Board of […]
The West End Academy, Performance Learning Center and Brown Middle School have decided to provide a safe and healthy environment where students feel free to learn. On Saturday, March 20, they will join forces to host the first Bullying Prevention and Gang Violence Awareness Rally in the West End community. A march will begin at […]
Mays High and Grady High are among only 15 high schools across Georgia recognized today by the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education for their high graduation rates. To achieve this recognition, schools are required to have at least an 85 percent graduation rate with an increase of at least 10 percentage points sustained for […]
Over the past decade, Grady High School‘s mock trial team has been very active in the state competition, a program where teams of 14 students are coached by attorneys and teachers to work together to prepare presentations of case material provided by the High School Mock Trial Committee. After performing in the regional and state competitions, […]
Target Volunteers came together with Beecher Hills Elementary on Tuesday to help the students celebrate Read Across America Day. The volunteers read to pre-kindergarten through third-grade classes. One class was selected for a video contest to receive a Dr. Seuss book for each student. In addition to the Target Volunteers, popular Seuss character The Cat […]
Lights … camera … action! These are only a few of the words spoken by W.L. Parks Middle School students as they videotaped renowned storybook author Evelyn Coleman during a recent school visit. Parks sixth-graders have teamed up with the Auburn Avenue Research Library under the auspices of library program division manager Morris Garner. The students […]