Editor's Pick Schools Top Stories APS Students Show Growth, Gains During the 2022-2023 School Year According to Georgia Milestone Results 28 Jul 2023 Dr. Lisa Herring En Español Students and families, I hope everyone had a safe, restful, enjoyable summer break. No two months on the calendar go by faster than summer break for our scholars!…
Editor's Pick Schools Top Stories Honoring Excellence, Celebrating Momentum in Our 150th Year: APyeS! Awards Gala 2022 8 Nov 2022 Dr. Lisa Herring APS Family, please join me in congratulating the 2022 – 2023 winners in our annual APyeS! Awards. From the Booker T. Washington High School, our deserving district-wide Teacher of the…
Editor's Pick Schools Atlanta’s leaders lock hands and hearts to build APS Legacy 4 Nov 2022 Dr. Lisa Herring 11/4/2022 This Wednesday, I had the honor of hosting city, business, and philanthropic leaders in a vibrant “official” kickoff celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Atlanta Public Schools! It was…
Editor's Pick Schools Supporting the Whole-Child: APS Launches Student Telehealth Services 25 Oct 2022 Dr. Lisa Herring Students in all APS traditional schools can now access to physical and mental health care through our district’s Telehealth service offered though Hazel Health, Inc. I am excited to share…
Editor's Pick Schools Stay Connected, Keep Learning! 22 Sep 2022 Dr. Lisa Herring At the beginning of this school year, we launched a special messaging series to help raise awareness of the critical importance of school attendance. I hope you have come across…
Editor's Pick Schools Raising the Stakes with Student Outcomes 13 Sep 2022 Dr. Lisa Herring A key part of every educator’s focus should, without a doubt, be finding the most compelling ways to help students become their best selves. For me, this causes careful, continuous…
Day One APS Editor's Pick Student Voice, Teacher Energy 1 Aug 2022 Dr. Lisa Herring This headline says *almost* everything about our 2022 #APSDayOne in just four words. Atlanta Public Schools administrators visited all schools and clusters today to make sure our building leaders, staff,…
Schools APS Kicks Off First Annual Partnership Summit 31 Mar 2022 Dr. Lisa Herring APS holds exceptional talent within our ranks while at the same time, we’ve fostered strong relationships with many outstanding organizations that provide us with a pool of committed volunteers. The…
Schools Cheers to the Resilient Class of 2021! APS Reaches All-Time Graduation Rate High of 83.1 Percent 21 Oct 2021 Dr. Lisa Herring APS achieved an 83.1 percent graduation rate for cohort 2021, according to graduation data released today by the Georgia Department of Education. By achieving its all-time high graduation rate, APS…
Schools Expansion Planning for Atlanta Virtual Academy 14 Sep 2021 Dr. Lisa Herring I’m blogging today to let our parent community know that APS is expanding the Atlanta Virtual Academy (AVA) in response to increased interest in this enrollment option. AVA is our…
