APS Scholars Editor's Pick Schools Top APS Schools Top Stories APS Senior Spotlight: Amir Robinson, Certified and College Bound 21 May 2024 Allison M. Slocum Amir Robinson is an accomplished example of Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Profile of a Graduate. In this special APS senior spotlight, Robinson shares his future plans and what inspired his…
APS Scholars Editor's Pick Top Stories APS Gifted and Talented Internship Program Expands Horizons for 50 Seniors 1 May 2024 Allison M. Slocum A Capstone presentation cover slide presented at the APS Internship Capstone Celebration. Photo by Allison M. Slocum, APS © Approximately 50 seniors from Carver Early College and Midtown High School…
APS Scholars Editor's Pick Top Stories Intentional strategies boosted graduation rate at Mays High School 17 Nov 2023 Thomas Scott The APS class of 2023 was a special class that made district history by achieving the highest graduation rate and surpassing the state average. APS achieved its all-time high graduation…
APS Scholars Top Stories Douglass 9th Grade STEAM Academy celebrates progress of first year 6 Nov 2023 Thomas Scott After its first full school year, The Frederick Douglass 9th Grade STEAM Academy has a lot to be proud of. As the only APS school with a separate ninth-grade academy…
APS Scholars Editor's Pick Top Stories APS Class of 2023 Achieved All-Time High Graduation Rate 10 Oct 2023 Thomas Scott Atlanta Public Schools is celebrating the graduating Class of 2023, which raised the bar and achieved the district’s all-time highest graduation rate. That’s right! APS achieved an 86.6 percent graduation…
Arts Top Stories APS Amplified: The melodic, rich, and full career of Rowena Dennard 22 Jun 2023 Allison M. Slocum Amplified is a first-person account of the anonymous heartbeats of APS. It is our way of saluting their accomplishments and amplifying their voice. Our first feature is pianist, organist, and…
APS Scholars Top Stories Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy’s Leading Lady 7 Jun 2023 Thomas Scott Karen Gamez-Amador is an APS success story. As a kindergarten student who only spoke Spanish, she would return home from school frustrated that she couldn’t understand what anyone was saying.…
High Schools Schools Atlanta Public Schools Announces 2022 Graduation Schedule 31 Jan 2022 It’s time to celebrate the Class of 2022, a class of strength, courage, and brilliance! Atlanta Public Schools will host 2022 commencement exercises Tuesday, May 24, 2022 – Friday, May…
BEST Academy Carver Early College Crim Open Campus Frederick Douglass High School Graduation Grady High School KIPP Atlanta Collegiate Maynard H. Jackson High School Mays High School North Atlanta High School Schools South Atlanta High School Therrell High School Grad Nation! Honoring the Mighty Class of 2020 13 Nov 2020 On Monday, November 9, 2020 Atlanta Public Schools (APS) hosted two commencement ceremonies honoring the Class of 2020 at Lakewood Stadium! This class has persevered through an ever-changing global pandemic,…
Graduation Future Entrepreneur D’Ariel Myrick is Booker T. Washington’s 2015 Salutatorian 23 May 2015 talkupaps At a young age, D’Ariel Myrick seemed to thrive on knowledge. She began walking and talking at an early age and by elementary school years, she was allowed to visit…
