Grady High School

APS Cool Kid: Lucy Leonard

Since the age of 7, Lucy Leonard has spent part of each summer vacation in the same way. Located only four hours outside of Atlanta, yet still worlds away, the Henry Grady High School recent graduate is a veteran at YMCA’s Camp Thunderbird, located in North Carolina.  Learning lifelong lessons and developing valuable friendships year after […]

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Grady HS Mock Trial Team captures 15th regional championship

Grady High School’s award-winning Mock Trial Team won its 15th regional championship earlier this month in a competition round with North Springs Charter School. The team will compete in the state championship competition in mid-March in Lawrenceville, involving 17 other regional champions and 2 wildcard teams. This recent victory was the 14th consecutive regional championship […]

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Five Atlanta Public Schools designated AP honor schools

Five Atlanta Public Schools appear on the Georgia state Superintendent’s newly released list of Advanced Placement (AP) Honor schools. Superintendent Dr. John D. Barge named 367 AP Honor Schools today, stating, “Georgia has much to be proud of when it comes to the success of Advanced Placement.” Booker T. Washington High School (AP Challenge School), […]

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21st Century Leaders Unveils Georgia’s 20 Under 20

Fourth Annual Class of Youth Leaders honored by 21st Century Leaders ATLANTA (Oct. 24, 2011) – 21st Century Leaders, a non-profit whose aim is to expand the number and diversity of Georgia’s future leaders, has revealed Georgia’s 4th Annual 20 Under 20. This year’s list includes authors, nonprofit founders, philanthropists and community advocates from Atlanta […]

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Grady High School advances to Georgia’s Mock Trial Competition

Over the past decade, Grady High School‘s mock trial team has been very active in the state competition, a program where teams of 14 students are coached by attorneys and teachers to work together to prepare presentations of case material provided by the High School Mock Trial Committee. After performing in the regional and state competitions, […]

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Grady and Douglass students show why they’re great debaters

Students from Grady High School and Douglass High School competed recently at the Georgia High School Association State Debate Tournament. Grady had four students compete in the A-AA-AAA division and Douglass had four students compete in the AAAA-AAAAA division. Although it was Grady’s first appearance in the state tournament, they accomplished what most would consider impossible. Grady […]

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UrbanCouture students ready for tonight’s fashion debut

UPDATE: Vincent Martinez has passed along the amazing news that Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) has offered to host Grady’s annual “Doggies on the Catwalk” event, in GPB’s Midtown studios, at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. On top of that, GPB plans to feature the Grady fashion program’s top designers in an hour-long documentary leading […]

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