Before the 2026 high school sports season officially kicks off, Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) Athletics Department expanded the traditional pre-season football media day to an all-inclusive Fall Sports Media Day to highlight all of the incredible student-athletes preparing to represent their schools and communities this season. At Fall Sports Media Day, held this year at […]
As summer break winds down, a select group of Atlanta Public Schools (APS) teachers are gearing up to improve reading proficiency in their schools. APS is the only school district in Georgia to launch the Accelerated Literacy Model (ALM) to fast-track foundational reading skills in pre-K through third grade. Grounded in the Science of Reading, […]
Graduation season is a special moment where students and their families can celebrate not only the culmination of their academic achievement, but also appreciate the work, the sacrifice, the persistence, and the support that it took to help them reach this milestone. Not all paths to graduation are the same, and some are uniquely exceptional. […]
How Atlanta Public Schools Is Redefining Postsecondary Readiness By Dr. Tasharah Wilson, Principal/CEO, Atlanta College and Career Academy The future of high school is changing. Across the country, educators and policymakers are asking a critical question: How do we ensure students graduate not only with a diploma but also with a clear and meaningful path […]
Every spring, graduation stages across Atlanta Public Schools (APS) fill with celebration. Diplomas are handed over. Tassels flip. Futures feel wide open. But for too long, the story has quietly ended there. In 2015, Achieve Atlanta was founded on a bold and urgent question that still challenges traditional thinking about postsecondary readiness: What happens to […]
By: Dr. Ramon Garner, Benjamin E. Mays High School Principal At Benjamin E. Mays High School, postsecondary readiness is not a box to be checked at the end of senior year—it is a promise we make to students the moment they walk through our doors. Every class period, conversation, and opportunity is grounded in a […]
Collier Miller, a rising sixth grade student from Bolton Academy, is usually pretty shy according to his mother, Dr. Veronica Collier, but the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Xanadu summer program provided an opportunity for him to explore outside of his comfort zone and shine as the lead in the Triple Threat theater class production of […]