Schools We Are APS: Haleigh Jones 15 May 2019 talkupaps As Atlanta Public Schools’ highest-ranking JROTC cadet, 18-year-old Haleigh Jones knows a thing or two about discipline. This summer, she will begin basic training at the U.S. Military Academy at…
Schools We Are APS: Quentorria Darden 15 May 2019 talkupaps Eighteen-year-old Quentorria Darden is an athlete and a scholar with entrepreneurial dreams. At Booker T. Washington High School, she played soccer throughout her tenure and worked diligently to raise her…
Schools We Are APS: Zarandae Jenkins 15 May 2019 talkupaps Zarandae Jenkins, 18, will graduate from Carver STEAM High School on May 22, and he says it is by far his greatest accomplishment. Growing up in a single parent household,…
Schools We Are APS: Monterio Bolton 15 May 2019 talkupaps Monterio Bolton, Frederick Douglass High School senior, is a young man who transformed his life through the sheer belief that he could do better. Working his way up wasn’t the…
Schools We Are APS: Akil Shaw 14 May 2019 talkupaps Akil Shaw, 18, literally marches to the beat of his own tune. An accomplished musician, he will graduate from Benjamin E. Mays High School with a music scholarship. His success…
Schools We Are APS: Crystal Walker 14 May 2019 talkupaps Freshman year was a major turning point in Crystal Walker‘s academic life. As a ninth grader at Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy (CSKYWLA), Crystal remembers how it felt…
Schools We Are APS: Bendsondy Pierre 13 May 2019 talkupaps Maynard Jackson High School senior, Bendsondy Pierre was 15 years old when he and his family traveled to America in pursuit of greater opportunity. After a 20 year wait, the…
Schools We Are APS: Necye Griggs 13 May 2019 talkupaps Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy, Necye (pronounced Na-kya) Griggs, 18, has experienced her share of adversity. Not long ago, her great-grandmother and uncle each suffered strokes, her father…
Schools We Are APS: Mekenzi Banks 13 May 2019 talkupaps It was at Carver STEAM High School where 17-year-old Mekenzi Banks found her passion for medicine. A former Las Vegas resident, Mekenzi moved to Atlanta during her freshman year of…
Schools APS to Host Four Community Meetings on FY2020 Budget 10 May 2019 talkupaps Atlanta Public Schools will host four community meetings to garner feedback on the district’s proposed $850 million budget for the 2019-2020 school year. At each meeting, APS Chief Financial Officer…
