The students at Crawford W. Long Middle School and H.J. Russell West End Academy will be the first in the state of Georgia to have access to the Verizon Innovative Learning Labs, which opened on their respective campuses last Thursday.Verizon and The Heart of America Foundation partnered with Atlanta Public Schools to help foster digital […]
Football season is here, and the North Atlanta Warriors put on a show Wednesday afternoon in the first Georgia high school football game of the season at the 2023 Corky Kell Dave Hunter Classic at Kell High School. The 32nd annual Corky Kell Dave Hunter Classic signals the beginning of the Georgia High School football […]
There is nothing like the first day of school in Atlanta Public Schools. All around the district, teachers, staff and administrators excitedly welcomed all scholars back to school for Day One. After a summer of preparation, professional development, and some time off in-between, each APS school was ready to receive their students for another school […]
Atlanta Public Schools’ commitment to creating a more equitable learning environment was recognized at the Council of the Great City Schools’ (CGCS) Curriculum, Research and Instructional Leaders meeting in Portland, Oregon, where APS’ Chief Equity and Social Justice Officer (CESJ), Dr. Tauheedah Baker-Jones, received the first-ever “Championing Equity” Urban School District Equity Leader Award. “This […]
This school year, the students at Jean Childs Young Middle School will have one less thing to worry about now that they have a new, free grocery store inside the school. They are the first APS school to have a Goodr grocery store on campus where students and their family members can pick up snacks, […]
As the first day of the 2023-2024 school year gets closer, Atlanta Public Schools is excited to continue its commitment to placing our scholars at the center of our educational journey. Leading up to the 9th annual Back-to-School Bash, APS students shared their excitement for the new school year in the district’s first Back-to-School Bash […]
As the first day of the 2023-2024 school year gets closer, Atlanta Public Schools is excited to continue its commitment to placing our scholars at the center of our educational journey. Leading up to the 9th annual Back-to-School Bash, APS students shared their excitement for the new school year in the district’s first Back-to-School Bash […]
Just in time for the start of the new school year, Booker T. Washington High School was selected as the Hank Aaron All-Star School by the Atlanta Braves Foundation and received several much-needed upgrades to its baseball and softball facilities. “We’re proud to have Hands on Atlanta here, Home Depot and the Atlanta Braves,” Booker […]
What does your scholar need to have a great first day of school? Picture this: your child, with a new backpack filled with school supplies, sporting a fresh haircut and ready to take on the world. APS and its sponsors are excited to bring all that and more to the students and families attending the […]
The North Atlanta High School baseball team continues to break its own records. For the first time in school history, the North Atlanta Warriors had two players selected in the same MLB draft class out of high school. Antonio Anderson, a switch-hitting shortstop committed to Georgia Tech, was taken in the third round of the […]