Utah Jazz forward-center Derrick Favors returned to his alma mater, Crawford Long Middle School, on Aug. 29 for a special ceremony to retire his jersey. “It means a lot, especially coming back to the community where I grew up and having the kids watching and inspiring them,” said Favors, who stuck around after the ceremony […]
South Atlanta Student Brings Back the Bronze in National Leadership and Skills Championships Shaniya Longino, a junior at South Atlanta High School, competed against more than 50 students across the United States and took third place in the prepared speech category at the national SkillsUSA Championships this summer. After winning first place in the Georgia […]
Mays High School will represent Atlanta Public Schools in the first annual Cam Newton Foundation C1N High School Football Classic. Sponsored by the Cam Newton Foundation, the event includes three games featuring three of the top high school football programs in Georgia against three from the state of Alabama. In the third of the three […]
Third graders at Bolton Academy received a special visitor on August 20: Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal. “We’re happy that she supports our initiatives as it relates to early literacy and we’re excited to hear what she decides to read to our students,” said Principal Anita Lawrence, as she and staff prepared the school’s […]
Jennifer Lockwood, Melissa Dandy Walker, and Jennifer Hall, educators from Atlanta Public Schools, recently joined more than 100 fellow educators from around the world for the 2018 DEN Summer Institute (DENSI), an immersive, week-long professional development experience. A global community of education professionals supported by Discovery Education, the Discovery Educator Network (DEN) connects members across […]
Fall Sports have officially begun! This week, varsity football, volleyball, softball and middle school football will kick off the 2018-2019 season! Most notably, for the first time in the history of the 26-year-old high school football extravaganza, an APS school will participate in the Corky Kell Classic – one of the nation’s premier season-opening […]
For the first time in the history of the 26-year-old high school football extravaganza, an APS school will participate in the Corky Kell Classic – one of the nation’s premier season-opening high school football events that features the state’s top teams. The Mays Raiders will represent APS when they take on Norcross (Gwinnett County) in […]
Brown Middle School has been recognized as a School of Distinction by CFES (College For Every Student) Brilliant Pathways. This honor acknowledges the development and execution of an exemplary plan for the entire student body to become college and career ready through the CFES core practices of Essential Skills, Mentoring and Pathways to College and […]
Georgia’s new Hands-Free Law became effective July 1 and aims to make the roads safer for all drivers – including Atlanta Public School students who have traded their bus passes for car keys.
Once again, Delta and The Delta Air Lines Foundation have shown their commitment to supporting Atlanta Public Schools and its journey to becoming a high-performing school district, through a $300,000 contribution made recently to bolster reading at two APS schools near Delta’s headquarters and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport – Dobbs Elementary School and Hutchinson Elementary School. […]