14 Jun 2010 – APS Today

Young Middle School student grooves at the Juilliard Summer Jazz Residency

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF-5pifBxqg%5D UPDATE: Watch bassist/instructor Ben Wolfe teach his Big Band class. This is the third year around for Young Middle School student James Robertson at the Juilliard Summer Jazz Residency, which means he’s been involved with it as long as anyone. The rising seventh-grader has gotten a lot out of the program, which keeps […]

Washington High’s Deonte Bridges delivers inspiring valedictorian speech

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Wcr82UOsw%5D Deonte Bridges is just one of several Atlanta Public Schools graduates who had a story behind his years of hard work. Bridges, valedictorian for Booker T. Washington High’s Senior Academy, truly captured the essence of his challenges his speech graduation at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. And APS’ Department of Learning Technologies […]