[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v5cIsfjyhY%5D Judge Glenda Hatchett had her audience alternately in the palm of her hands and reeling on their heels during her inspiration and challenging speech at the 10th Lowery Lecture Series on Monday at Douglass High School. Obviously we posted information and highlights from the day’s events in the blog post below, but we […]
[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] UPDATE: Watch photo gallery here. You would be hard-pressed to find an Atlanta Public Schools student, teacher, administrator or board member who wasn’t moved and inspired by the double-barreled blast of inspiration they enjoyed on Monday morning. After enjoying a rousing speech by the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery at the lecture series […]
UPDATE: View photo gallery here. Watch video here. The second annual Neighborhood Celebration provided Atlanta Public Schools to showcase the schools in the southeast Atlanta neighborhoods that feed into host school Maynard H. Jackson High School, on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon. The school halls were filled with representatives from the participating schools as well […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2V0D-mk3wo%5D We’ll have much more comprehensive coverage of Saturday’s Neighborhood Celebration held at Maynard H. Jackson High School. We welcomed the southeast Atlanta schools that feed into Jackson High, including the charter schools. The day was a great success, featuring performances from some of the schools, a parade of schools, and, as you can […]
[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] We had such a great time checking out the new playground build at Grove Park Elementary, thanks to a partnership with The Home Depot Foundation and of course the fine work of KaBOOM! We also were thrilled to wake up the next morning to an NPR profile of KaBOOM!, so it’s nice […]
We’re getting really excited about Saturday’s Neighborhood Celebration at Maynard H. Jackson High School (1 p.m.-4 p.m.), which will showcase the southeast Atlanta schools in APS. We’ve spent the past couple weeks offering glimpses at what these participating schools have to offer our students, and it’s a pretty diverse array. But particularly special is the […]
[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] The young men of B.E.S.T. Academy High School chose to wear a bowtie as a part of their school uniform. Principal Boris Hurst is convinced that “the bowtie fosters a new look of distinction among the high school students.” Students received their bowties at a formal ceremony where school partner 100 Black […]