Heavonly Boykin, 18, has maintained a part-time job and 3.0 GPA throughout her tenure at South Atlanta High School, and will soon become the first in her immediate family to receive a high school diploma and attend college. This, despite life’s circumstances. “I grew up with incarcerated parents,” Heavonly said. “When other students went home […]
With 7,027,146-plus minutes read and logged, we are currently at 54 percent of our new #APSRace2Read goal of 13.1 million minutes. Fifteen of our schools have crossed the finished line, our readers have collectively earned 39,574 badges, and we have logged more than 262,626 minutes in the past two weeks! #APSRace2Read will continue through the […]
In an effort to educate students about various ways to help protect the planet, Atlanta Public Schools’ cafeterias recently featured plant-based recipes and promoted environmentally sustainable efforts as part of Earth Day 2019 activities. Held in partnership with the Georgia Department of Agriculture on April 19, all school lunch menu items were plant-based to promote […]