Since 8th grade, Jovanay Carter has been a proud member of the sisterhood at Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy. During her high school years, she has been named a 4.0 Principal’s Honor Roll scholar, participated on Varsity Cross Country Team, served as Senior Class President, and was awarded Most Valuable Player in track […]
by Kimberly Willis Green Trendarius Edwards Simmons is a graduating senior at Frederick Douglass High School. Born to the late Cheree and Edward Simmons, Trendarius is a native of Atlanta. At the age of 12, Trendarius lost his mother to her second fight with breast cancer. This tragic loss motivated him to do well in […]
by Kimberly Willis Green Maxwell (Max) Hayes is an outstanding senior student leader at North Atlanta High School. He has been a student in the North Atlanta cluster since first grade, where he attended Jackson Elementary and Sutton Middle School. Max is an extremely well rounded student who is very talented in art. With a […]
Atlanta Public Schools Restructures High Schools for Improved Quality and Efficiency District to consolidate Small Schools APS will consolidate the small schools within four its high schools to improve quality and efficiency. The New Schools at Carver, South Atlanta and D.M. Therrell high schools will be consolidated. The district also will merge the middle and high […]
Atlanta Public Schools (APS) has identified at least 814 former students who could soon become high school graduates. Governor Nathan Deal signed a new law that allows APS students who did not earn a passing score on the Georgia High School Graduation Test or other graduation tests, to now be awarded their high school diploma—provided […]
Responding to community demand and a 2010 athletic audit, Atlanta Public Schools (APS) has made improvements to athletic fields a priority so that students can enjoy the use of modern, state-of-the-art facilities when they participate in physical education and sports at school. These improvements were included in the project list for SPLOST IV and are […]
By Kimberly Willis Green Antwarn Sanders and D’Ariel Myrick, seniors from Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) historic Booker T. Washington High School, were featured in an education documentary taped March 9 with President Barack Obama. In the documentary, “A Roundtable with President Barack Obama: The Cost of Education,” the APS students join three students from Georgia […]
Curtis Douglass is a New York native, raised by two loving parents who instilled in him the importance of education. After high school Douglass attended Morehouse College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. During his matriculation at Morehouse, he fell in love with the city of Atlanta and decided to remain […]
Not only is Principal Tracie Astin a proud product of Atlanta Public Schools, but her parents are as well. That family history makes her genuinely invested, not only in the district’s future, but in her commitment to continuing a legacy of greatness. Her hope for the next generation is central to her introductory letter to […]
Congratulations to the 23 APS graduates that will attend college as 2014 Posse Scholars, each earning a four-year, full tuition scholarship worth approximately $100,000. The class of 2014 has the largest number of Posse Scholars awarded to APS seniors since the program’s inception in Atlanta in 2007-2008. Selected by The Posse Foundation, scholars are identified […]