Arlena Edmonds, graduation coach at Maynard H. Jackson High School. Photo credit: Allison M. Slocum, APS © At Maynard Jackson High School, the path to graduation is rarely a straight line. For many students, it is a series of detours that can threaten to pull them off course. Arlena Edmonds has made it her life’s […]
APS Adult Education 2025 graduates and class representative, Saderious Smith. Photo credit: Simeon Kelley, APS © “You don’t become what you want, you become what you believe,” said Saderious Smith, Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Adult Education 2025 class representative, as he addressed his peers and fellow graduates during their commencement ceremony on May 14. The […]
Seven students from the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Class of 2025 have been named recipients of the highly competitive Gates Scholarship, a full-ride award granted annually to only 300 students nationwide. Selected from a pool of more than 34,000 applicants, the students will receive last-dollar funding to cover the full cost of attendance at any […]
The Class of 2024 APS Adult Education Program’s graduating class showed the vast diversity of people and communities who were motivated to achieve this next step in their educational journeys. View the video recap of their commencement, and click here to learn more about the APS Adult Education Program and how to apply.
After four years of hard work and a strong desire to be challenged, 40 high school seniors earned the honor of being recognized as Atlanta Public School’s (APS) Class of 2024 top scholars.
“We were here to raise the bar for ourselves and we did it for our community and for our school and for the next great class of Maynard Jackson students.” – Samuel Finlayson, Maynard H. Jackson High School 2024 salutatorian.
“Most of life is spent sinking, losing, falling behind as life’s arrow inevitably marches forward. But there are moments, victories, where we rise above and bask in the glory of it all as if we are the light itself.” – Liam Smith, Maynard H. Jackson High School 2024 valedictorian.
“As we close this chapter and open a new one, let us carry forth the lessons of perseverance, leadership, scholarship and service. Let us embrace challenges as opportunities to grow, and let us continue to make a difference in whatever spaces we find ourselves in.” – Christina McKelvey-Fludd, Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy […]
“The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about.” – Amariah Caudle, Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy 2024 valedictorian.
“We’ve learned that success is not just measured by grades or accolades, but by the courage to chase our dreams even when the path seems uncertain.” – Christina Perry, Carver Early College 2024 salutatorian.