Excitement reverberated the Macon Centreplex as the Frederick Douglass High School Lady Astros made history claiming the 2019 GHSA 2A Girls Basketball Championship, the first basketball championship for the Lady Astros. If that wasn’t enough, immediately following their game, the D.M. Therrell High School Panthers boys’ basketball team was also victorious in bringing home the […]
Friend to Atlanta Public Schools donates rare artifacts When diagnosed with epilepsy six years ago, Robert Noland was forced to downsize his home, leaving little room to display his treasures. On March 5, a few of his artifacts found a new home at Atlanta Public Schools. Noland donated two bronze sculptures created by Ron Cummins […]
On Feb. 16, Booker T. Washington High School’s dance team “BAD-TO-THE-BONE” won the Georgia High School Association’s first-ever state dance invitational! Not only did they become A-3A State Champions, the dance team also took home the top hip-hop award. BAD-TO-THE BONE competed against a total of 50 dance squads, with teams performing as coed or […]
Congratulations to Grady High School’s award-winning debate team, the Jesters! During winter break, the Jesters spent their time becoming champions. They trail blazed their way to wins and notable rankings starting in Cambridge, Mass., at the Harvard University High School Speech and Debate Invitational featuring hundreds of schools from 43 states and three countries. On […]
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! National Education Association (NEA)’s Read Across America is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on […]
On Nov. 6, 2018, Atlanta Public Schools launched our district-wide literacy campaign, #APSRace2Read – a challenge designed to encourage students, teachers, staff and parents to read daily and collectively reach 2 million minutes of reading by the end of the 2018-2019 academic year. In less than two months, APS surpassed our original 2 million minutes goal. […]