UPDATE: “Doggies on the Catwalk” has been rescheduled for Friday, Jan. 21, at the Grady High gym. Also, watch Georgia Public Broadcasting’s coverage of last year’s event here. There’s a hilarious and fun piece in today’s AJC by “The Buzz” columnist Jennifer Brett, reporting on a key schedule change that should help both Grady High‘s […]
What better way to show how creative and artistically inclined our Atlanta Public Schools students can be than by showing their work? Well, in the latest issue of The Atlanta Educator, we did just that. If you haven’t picked up your copy before the break, you can view and print individual articles here, or you […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER6IQ26QtFs%5D The Winter 2010 issue of the award-winning Atlanta Educator, a product of the Atlanta Public Schools’ Office of Communications, hits the streets this week to celebrate the many business and community partnerships that help our students in their journey to excellence. In this issue, read all about the collaboration with KaBOOM!, which helps […]
Grady High‘s Grady News Now (GNN) won the prestigious Pacemaker Award at the 2010 National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) conference in Kansas City, Mo., in November. The award signifies that GNN ranks as one the top five scholastic broadcast programs in the nation. This is GNN’s third Pacemaker Award. GNN also took first place Best […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boOr3-cqt1k%5D Environmentally conscious initiatives throughout Atlanta Public Schools continually receive national attention, so it wasn’t the biggest surprise to see Environmental Protection Agency head Lisa Jackson come to town as part of weeklong celebration of the EPA’s 40th anniversary. Still, teacher Lyndsey Collins had to be especially proud. Collins is a science teacher for […]
By Mason Gepp/The Southerner UPDATE: Grady High lost, 42-35. Check out the AJC article here. “We are playing a team that is a lot like we are,” said Grady High senior wide receiver Damian Swann, referring to the Division AAA quarterfinal matchup between the Grady Grey Knights and the Peach County Trojans. According to the […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA17LXD3qmA%5D The Douglass High Polaris yearbook staff knew early on that the 2009-10 school year wasn’t going to be like any other. A principal retired after winning the lottery. Flooding affected community members. A teacher passed away. National news kept coming at them. So they decided on the theme “Intensity” for the yearbook. They […]
APS has two high schools to cheer on as the state high school football playoffs kick into high gear next weekend. Grady High defeated Cedar Grove 17-6 to capture the Region 5-AAA title, and will play host to Gilmer County this Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Grady Stadium. Mays High, which shut out Chamblee 54-0 […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNn-2U_mfNA%5D UPDATE: Read AJC article here. Congratulations go out to Grady High School‘s vaunted mock trial team, which came home this past weekend with a unique world title. Twelve members of the team, which previously place third in national competition this past summer, won the Empire City Mock Trial Association Tournament held in New […]
The 2010 Principal Shadow Day luncheon is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, at the Ballroom at Twelve Atlantic Station. Participating in the luncheon will be Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed; Sam A. Williams, president of the Metro Atlanta Chamber; Dr. Beverly L. Hall, Superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools; and Gordon Schmidt, group vice president of […]