By: Alicia Sands Lurry With the Halloween spirit in full effect, members of the Henry W. Grady High School Jesters Speech and Debate Team served up some spooktacular performances this past weekend while competing and clinching the championship at the Warner Robbins High School Spooky Speech and Debate Tournament. With some speakers in costume, the ghoulish […]
By: Alicia Sands Lurry Last Thursday, Kayla Dale attended the Greater Atlanta Collaborative Hiring Event at Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High School with one goal in mind: Find a job. Kayla’s determination and preparation paid off in ways she never expected. Walking into a gymnasium filled with potential employers, Kayla spotted an opportunity and took […]
FOOTBALL All eyes will be on Mays tonight as the Raiders host Alexander (Douglas County) at 8 p.m. at Lakewood Stadium, in a game that will go a long way toward deciding the Class AAAAAA-Region 5 champion. The Raiders (7-1, 6-0 in Class AAAAAA-Region 5) have moved up to No. 4 in the Atlanta Journal […]
[gallery ids=”39991,39992,39968,39969″ type=”rectangular” orderby=”rand”] An excited and lively energy spread throughout the 300 section of the Philips Arena as hundreds of eager teenagers danced and cheered during the Atlanta Hawks season opener. These teens are part of the fabric of Atlanta. They represent the spirit of Atlanta Public Schools. Atlanta Board of Education District 5 […]
Chess girls rock – and rook! Sutton Middle and North Atlanta High schools’ chess teams recently hosted the inaugural session of Chess Girls Rook! Female Empowerment Tournament at Sutton’s sixth-grade campus. The tournament is named after the rook, a chess piece that moves any number of unoccupied squares in a straight line, horizontally or vertically. Chess expert Bella […]
By: Alicia Sands Lurry Dr. Betsy Bockman is an educator who “changes lives” and “never gives up.” And now Dr. Bockman, the interim principal of Henry W. Grady High School, is also the recipient of the first Lifetime Achievement Award in Education and Business from the Educational Advisory Foundation (EAF). Joined earlier this month by colleagues, community […]
By: Alicia Sands Lurry Not in my school. Not on my watch. Students at Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy are taking a stand to combat the devastating impact of bullying with kind words, gestures and good deeds. Earlier this week, Not In My School (NIMS) student ambassadors hosted a special assembly as part of […]
Atlanta Public Schools honored students who are among its best and brightest leaders this week, as a new class of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Superintendent’s Young Ambassadors was announced during a breakfast at the offices of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLC in Atlantic Station. Atlanta Public Schools began the JROTC Superintendent’s Young […]
By:Donovan Harris ¡Viva la cultura! Numerous schools throughout Atlanta Public Schools celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month in “grand style” in a variety of creative, fun and innovative ways to commemorate Hispanic and Latino culture. Hispanic Heritage Month was officially signed into legislation as a nationally-recognized month (celebrated from October 15- September 15) in 2004 to promote the […]
Another year, another successful Atlanta Public Schools Domecoming Football Classic. A total of about 10,000 spectators – and hundreds more who stayed outside to tailgate and socialize with their fellow alums – flocked to the Georgia Dome to see five APS schools in action in the 2016 APS Domecoming Football Classic, sponsored by The Loudermilk […]