By Seth Coleman The school year is winding down, but spring sports competition in Atlanta Public Schools is red hot as several teams are making a run at a state championship. Tennis The Henry W. Grady boys team has advanced to the third round of the state playoffs. Last week the Knights, the No. 3 […]
By: Alicia Sands Lurry Amontay Briggs is one determined young man who doesn’t believe in giving up. On Saturday, April 16, that dogged determination paid off for Amontay and classmates Justin Howard and Contravious Wells, when the Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School students took home the top prize during the 2016 Georgia Social Studies Fair at Clayton State University. The three fifth graders earned “Best […]
By Kimberly Willis Green Sixteen Atlanta Public Schools students were selected to participate in the 2016 Georgia Governor’s Honors Program (GHP) on the campus of Valdosta State University (VSU) this summer. The GHP is a four-week, summer residential program designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities […]
By: Sue G. Collins – Reprinted with permission by INTown Paper Budding gardeners in 50 Atlanta Public Schools are growing food to help feed the district’s 45,000 students thanks to grants, community volunteers and the support of the APS nutrition department. Last month, students in the Maynard H. Jackson High School (MJHS) garden club planted carrots, spinach and […]