APS Scholars Art Contest Arts Schools Top Stories APS Celebrates the 2025 Attendance Awareness Poster Contest Winners at September Board Meeting 4 Sep 2025 Allison M. Slocum September is National Attendance Awareness Month, and Atlanta Public Schools marked the occasion with a poster contest led by the Office of Social Services. The contest invited PreK–12 students to…
APS Scholars Arts Performing Arts Schools Top Stories From the Classroom to Carnegie Hall, North Atlanta High School’s Orchestra Takes Center Stage 30 Apr 2025 Allison M. Slocum The North Atlanta High School Philharmonic Orchestra performing at Carnegie Hall on March 30, 2025. North Atlanta High School © On one of the most revered stages in the world,…
Arts Top Stories APS students Showcase Talents in APS Poetry Slam 25 Apr 2024 Thomas Scott The talented poets of Atlanta Public Schools put on incredible performances in front of their peers at the third annual APS Poetry Slam at Frederick Douglass High School. Student performers…
APS Scholars Arts Editor's Pick Top Stories APS Superintendent Winter Card Contest Winners 15 Dec 2023 Thomas Scott Every year, all students from every grade level are invited to showcase their artistic talent in the Superintendent’s Winter Card Contest. This year was another grand success as our scholars…
Arts Top Stories B.E.S.T. Academy opens state-of-the-art Ric Ross Studio 29 Sep 2023 Thomas Scott The students at B.E.S.T. Academy with aspirations to join the music industry now have the opportunity to learn the necessary skills inside the new, state-of-the-art Ric Ross Studio on campus.…
Arts Top Stories Dedication and relationship-building land beloved APS educator prestigious speech and debate award 18 Jul 2023 Allison M. Slocum Mario Herrera, speech and debate coach at Midtown High School, won the Thomas Glenn Pelham Award at the 2023 National Speech & Debate Tournament. An 18-year Atlanta Public Schools educator,…
Arts Top Stories APS Amplified: The melodic, rich, and full career of Rowena Dennard 22 Jun 2023 Allison M. Slocum Amplified is a first-person account of the anonymous heartbeats of APS. It is our way of saluting their accomplishments and amplifying their voice. Our first feature is pianist, organist, and…
Arts Living The Dream: Carver School of the Arts Alum Takes to the Stage in “Hamilton” National Tour 16 Sep 2021 Quiantae Thomas is proof that dreams do come true. The Carver School of the Arts graduate is now a featured cast member in the award-winning hit musical “Hamilton,” where she…
Arts Former APS Student is Now a Grammy Award-Winning Artist 16 Mar 2021 Reginald Smith, Jr. has plenty to sing about these days. The accomplished baritone opera singer and former Atlanta Public Schools student is now a Grammy Award-winning artist. On March 14,…
Arts North Atlanta High School Senior Launches Summer Camp for Student Composers 22 Jul 2020 Brendan Weinbaum, a self-taught, award-winning composer and senior at North Atlanta High School, has launched a summer camp for students called the Composers Collaborative Project (CCP). Thanks to those efforts,…
