Congratulations to the Class of 2026! Watch the 2026 Valedictorian Speech from G.W. Carver Early College as Atlanta Public Schools celebrates the achievements, leadership, and future of our graduating seniors. This inspiring speech reflects on leadership, perseverance, community, and the importance of showing up, preparing, and claiming your space. — Watch more from G.W. Carver […]
Congratulations to the Class of 2026! Watch the 2026 Salutatorian Speech from G.W. Carver Early College as Atlanta Public Schools celebrates the achievements, leadership, and future of our graduating seniors. This inspiring speech reflects on perseverance, hope, community, gratitude, and the journey that shaped the Class of 2026. — Watch more from G.W. Carver Early […]
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 […]
By: APS Office of Communications and Public Engagement Atlanta Public Schools (APS) achieved a new all-time high graduation rate of 90.5 percent (90.48) for cohort 2025, according to the Georgia Department of Education. This tops last year’s rate of 88.6 – and the district has surpassed the state’s graduation rate (87.2) for the third consecutive […]
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 […]
As Atlanta Public Schools (APS) prepares for its upcoming graduation ceremonies, the school district celebrated its valedictorians, salutatorians, STAR students, and STAR teachers at a special luncheon inside the Ocean’s Ballroom at the Georgia Aquarium on Friday, May 9. The top students in APS, along with their families, enjoyed the music of the Benjamin E. […]
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 […]
Atlanta Public Schools proudly celebrated its 2024 summer graduates with pomp and circumstance at the Georgia World Congress Center on July 25,2024. The 68 graduates, who spent the summer completing the final requirements they needed to graduate, were cheered on by proud family and friends as they got their chance to walk across the stage […]
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.