Four Atlanta Public Schools students have been selected as winners of the APS Winter Card Contest, and were honored recently by the Atlanta Board of Education and APS Superintendent Dr. Meria J. Carstarphen. More than 100 students throughout the school district submitted drawings and paintings, and Dr. Carstarphen and her senior staff narrowed the list […]
By Erica Fatima In an extraordinary decision, the Georgia State Board of Education awarded APS charter schools the lion’s share of $1.4 million in facilities grant funds. Atlanta Neighborhood Charter Schools ($199,762), Charles R. Drew Charter School ($149,994), KIPP Strive Academy ($125,463), KIPP Vision Academy ($77,781), and The Kindezi School ($150,000) each received grants totaling […]
by Kimberly Willis Green ATLANTA – Nine seniors from Atlanta Public Schools (APS) were awarded four-year, full-tuition leadership and merit scholarships worth approximately $210,000 each by The Posse Foundation’s six partner schools in Atlanta to attend some of the top colleges and universities in the country – including Bard College, Boston University, Brandeis University, The […]
by Kimberly Willis Green Students at Atlanta Public Schools South Atlanta High have a new career pathway option thanks to a generous partnership with Kauffman Tire Inc. Representatives from APS, Kaufman Tire and its partners cut the ribbon to official open an Automotive Basic Maintenance and Light Repair Lab during a ceremony December 15, 2015. […]