Grady was 1 out of 10 high schools in America to receive a $2,000 Custom Culture Grant by VANS to create a street art inspired mural on campus. This street art will be a student-driven project led by John Brandhorst, Department Chair of Fine & Performing Arts at Grady. Brandhorst will collaborate with local professional […]
“Scrooge Around the World” was performed at Perkerson Elementary School and is a contemporary version of the classic Scrooge play. In this version, contemporary musical artists who represent the Ghosts of Holiday Past, Present and Future visit Scrooge and warn her to change her selfish ways. Each ghost takes Scrooge to different places around the […]
The South Atlanta Educational Complex kicked off National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) with a series of author visits. On October 24th, Stephanie Perry Moore and Derrick Moore, authors of the popular Lockwood Lions series visited the school and spoke with students in the school of Computer Animation and Design (CAD) about the importance of reading and their […]
Animation director Peter Ramsey recently spoke to the students at the South Atlanta High School of Computer Animation and Design. Mr. Ramsey is currently directing DreamWorks Animation’s Rise of the Guardians. Rise of the Guardians is an epic adventure that tells the story of a group of heroes – each with extraordinary abilities. The feature film is based […]
The City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs created the Cultural Experience Project to give every Atlanta Public School student, from Pre-Kindergarten through the 12th Grade, the opportunity to experience the city’s premier arts and cultural venues. The vision is for every student in Atlanta Public Schools to have at least one on site experience […]
Students in kindergarten and 1st Grade at Dunbar Elementary School join Sheltering Arms in their Operation Storybook event this year. On September 13th & 14th, volunteers took shifts in the morning to visit the classrooms and read stories to the children. Operation StoryBook is Sheltering Arms’ year-round literacy initiative with a yearly kick-off in all […]
On August 23rd, students from Hope-Hill Elementary School were privileged to have their artwork unveiled at the north terminal of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for the Atlanta Military Gateway Youth Art Project. The artwork will be viewed by tens of thousands of airport passengers from across the globe and will greet U.S. military personnel as […]
Thanks to the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries, students at 17 APS schools will have a chance to experience the unlimited joy of opening a new book. Media specialists from the schools submitted award winning grant proposals to the foundation for up to $5,000 in funding to expand, update and diversify their school’s library book […]
The Intown Academy and Alliance Française d’Atlanta will host Grammy-nominated R&B duo, Les Nubians, on campus Thursday, March 1from 10 a.m. to -11 a.m. The duo, composed of sisters Hélène and Célia Faussart from Paris, France, will meet with students from second to fifth grade and discuss their music. Born to a French father and […]
Recently, award winning poet and Inman Middle School student, Clarissa Mullig, took a minute to reflect on her journey as a poet. She describes her journey and documents the inspiration behind her poem, “I Watch,” below. “I Watch” was named First Honorable Mention winner in the Poetry Society of Virginia’s 2011 National Student Poetry Contest. “I started […]