22 Oct 2015 – APS Today

APS hosts special commencement for 138 former students who become graduates with help of Georgia HB 91

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By Mariama Tyler Jenkins Atlanta Public Schools hosted a special commencement ceremony to celebrate students from all its high schools who qualified for an APS high school diploma after Governor Nathan Deal signed House Bill 91 earlier this year. The new law retroactively eliminated previously required state graduation tests that were in place for Georgia high school […]

Atlanta Board of Education Members “Read for the Record®” to Pre-K Students

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Atlanta Board of Education Members spent some quality time Thursday reading to the littlest of Atlanta Public School students, the pre-kindergarteners, during Read for the Record® 2015. #ReadfortheRecord, which celebrated its 10th anniversary on Thursday, is a worldwide campaign designed to bring awareness to the importance of high-quality early learning, by mobilizing millions of children […]