The North Atlanta High School boys lacrosse team has made history by becoming the first Atlanta Public School to win an area championship in the sport. The Warriors finished the regular season a perfect 6-0 in Area 2 of the Georgia High School Association’s (GHSA) Class AAAAAA/AAAAAAA. In lacrosse, the state’s two largest classifications – […]
Atlanta Public Schools have won championships in a number of competitions this school year, from sports to science to debate. Now you can add the arts to the list. The Ralph J. Bunche Middle School Treble Chorus took first place in the Choral Division for Middle and High Schools in 2017 Southern Star Music Festival, held […]
Atlanta Public Schools proudly welcomes Amber Stewart as Partnerships Manager in the Office of Partnerships and Development. A former APS teacher, learning specialist and gifted coordinator, Stewart comes to APS from the education nonprofit Atlanta Families’ Awards for Excellence in Education (AFAEE), where she served as executive director and program director. She began her new role […]
Atlanta Public Schools (APS) will host a series of community meetings to receive feedback from parents and tax payers on its proposed General Fund Budget for the 2017-2018 school year (Fiscal Year 2018). The meeting schedule is as follows: School Location Date Time Mays High School Auditorium April 27, 2017 6 – 7 p.m. Burgess-Peterson […]
By: Alicia Sands Lurry Henry W. Grady High School’s literary magazine, The Unmasking, has earned a Pacemaker award, widely considered the “Pulitzer Prize” of high school journalism. The prestigious award is given by the Journalism Educator’s Association (JEA) and National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA), and is awarded at the organizations’ spring journalism convention. The […]
After five years of hard work, it was party time at M. Agnes Jones Elementary School on Tuesday as the school celebrated becoming the first Atlanta Public School to earn STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) certification. The school held a pep rally featuring Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Meria J. Carstarphen and State Schools Superintendent Richard […]
The South Atlanta boys and Mays girls basketball teams were each honored by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners for winning state championships this season. The Mays girls and South Atlanta boys basketball teams, winners of state championship titles this season, were honored at the Fulton County Government Center on Wednesday by the Fulton County […]
By: Alicia Sands Lurry Atlanta Public Schools proudly congratulates Roy Jackson, media specialist at Springdale Park Elementary School, for being named Library Media Specialist of the Year. Honored in celebration of School Library Month, Jackson was recently recognized at the April 10 Board of Education Meeting. National School Library Month recognizes the contributions of school-based media centers in […]
By: Alicia Sands Lurry For Frederick Douglass High School senior Jazmond Cameron, going to college is a dream come true. Not only will Jazmond soon become the first in her family to graduate from high school, this proud, college-bound student is headed to her dream school – Albany State University. Now, thanks to the generosity of Albany State […]