Atlanta Public Schools’ top senior baseball players took the field Tuesday afternoon for an exciting matchup versus DeKalb County’s top players for the 2023 APS vs. Dekalb All-Star Classic at Gresham Park. The DeKalb All-Stars won 14-3, but players from both teams showcased why they were selected to represent their schools in the All-Star game. […]
Atlanta Public Schools cheerleading squads flexed their muscles and voices at the 2017 APS Metro Cheerleading Competition, held Saturday at Douglass High School. An APS squad placed in nearly every category, with the Mays co-ed, KIPP Atlanta Collegiate and KIPP Metro Middle School squads taking home championships. Mays won the Co-Ed Division Championship, KIPP Atlanta […]
A cardinal rule in any competitive sport is this: Protect your house! Never lose at home! Last Saturday, the Benjamin E. Mays competitive cheerleading squad did just that at the fifth annual Atlanta Public Schools Metro-Atlanta Cheerleading Competition held in the Mays High School gym. The Raiders won the Class AAAAA championship and were crowned […]
APS has spirit, yes we do! APS has spirit, how about you?! The cheers, chants and stunts are bound to be a lot more involved than that when Benjamin E. Mays High School hosts the fifth annual Atlanta Public Schools Metro-Atlanta Cheerleading Competition, Saturday (Oct. 31), beginning at 10 a.m. More than 30 competition cheer […]
On September 4th, APS held their first Cross Country Meet at Grant Park with Coretta Scott King High School, Maynard Jackson, Grady, Washington, North Atlanta, South Atlanta, Carver, Drew Charter, Douglass, Best Academy, Mays, Jonesboro, and Therrell High School. Jasper Jewell, Program Manager from the Department of Athletics, reports that this meet hit a record with the highest […]
This year, students and teachers from Drew Charter School share a building with Kennedy Middle School students. Kennedy students will share their campus with Drew for one year while Drew Charter’s Senior Academy is being constructed. Recently, students at Kennedy Middle School and Drew Charter School participated in student swap day. Student swap day was developed […]
As Atlanta Public Schools prepares to welcome students back for the start of the 2013-2014 school year, please be mindful that students attending the following schools will relocate during the 2013-14 school year as a result of new construction, renovations, and school closures. Bunche Middle School Will temporarily relocate to the former Archer High School facility […]
Award will promote innovation in teacher development Atlanta Public Schools’ Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School (ANCS), joins fellow APS schools Drew Charter and KIPP as the latest recipient of grant monies from the Race to the Top program. The Innovation Fund Grant, approximately $1 million over the next three years, will create a new teacher training and […]
by Rendell Jackson, APS Athletic Department As the Fall comes to an end, champions are crowned. As fate would have it, Bunche Middle School and Drew Charter found themselves in an epic battle of the top tier teams in middle school softball. These two teams participated in the first Atlanta Public Schools softball playoffs. On […]
This just in from The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education … The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education has announced that Charles R. Drew Charter School and The New Schools at Carver have been selected as two of seven schools that will make up this year’s annual Bus Trip Across Georgia. The theme this […]