Five Atlanta Public Schools appear on the Georgia state Superintendent’s newly released list of Advanced Placement (AP) Honor schools. Superintendent Dr. John D. Barge named 367 AP Honor Schools today, stating, “Georgia has much to be proud of when it comes to the success of Advanced Placement.” Booker T. Washington High School (AP Challenge School), […]
MEETING NOTICE On Monday February 13, 2012, Members of the Atlanta Board of Education and Members of the Atlanta City Council will convene a meeting.* The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the APS Demographics study. The meeting will be held in the Center for Learning and Leadership Auditorium Rooms 1 & 2 […]
APS will celebrate National School Counseling Week in part by featuring the contributions of school counselors on the district Website and during the February legislative board meeting. The theme for 2012 is “School Counselors: Helping Students Be Brilliant.”
ATLANTA – Superintendent Erroll B. Davis, Jr. is reviewing with the Atlanta Board of Education a partial reorganization plan for the district’s central office to redirect more resources to support district schools. The plan calls for the elimination or reclassification of sixty-four positions and the creation of […]
Advanced Placement Announcement The Georgia Department of Education has announced that the State Board of Education has passed a resolution declaring February 8, 2012, as AP Day in Georgia Atlanta Public Schools Highlights Maynard H. Jackson HS will have morning and afternoon student lead AP announcements on AP Day in Georgia Benjamin E. Mays HS […]
– ‘Dreaming Big’ Mantra Comes Alive March 8-11, 2012 as 100 Students Get Fresh Perspective, Jump Start on Career Paths and Life – Walt Disney World Resort has announced the list of 100 high school students from across the U.S. who have been selected to attend the 2012 Disney’s Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey and ESSENCE Magazine. Atlanta […]
ATLANTA – Twenty-eight scholar athletes from Atlanta Public Schools (APS) signed with colleges and universities throughout the country to receive athletic scholarships in football, baseball, volleyball, basketball, soccer and cheerleading during National Signing Day program held at Mays High School. Led by the district’s department of athletics program manager for high schools Jasper Jewell, the […]
Tonight is the last of 4 community demographic meetings held this week in the Atlanta Public School District. Tonight’s meeting is taking place at Price Middle School in SouthEast Atlanta. Schools impacted tonight feed into South Atlanta High School and the New Schools of Carver. There is a packed house here with over 500 in […]
Tonight’s live blog is taking place from North Atlanta High School. Schools in this SRT all feed into Sutton Middle School and then into North Atlanta High School. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbkULiJWUP0&w=640&h=360%5D 6:00pm Major change in these two maps for SRT 4 is the change of assuming NAHS capacity of 2,400. Boundaries must be functional for 10 […]