Students in grades 5-12 can apply for a 2014 Prudential Spirit of Community Award for the opportunity to win $1,000 and a trip to Washington, D.C. next May! Over the past 18 years, Prudential Spirit of Community Awards have been given to more than 100,000 middle and high school students across the country for helping the […]
When Atlanta Public Schools (APS) opens its doors for the 2012-13 school year, all of its high schools will be operating under one principal per campus. In August, APS plans to restructure all of its small high schools by transforming them to Small Learning Communities (SLC), a model that includes small, themed academies led by […]
The team of independent demographers contracted by Atlanta Public Schools to conduct a lengthy demographic and capacity study for the school district, has submitted its recommendation to superintendent Erroll Davis. According to the demographic timeline, posted on the APS website, the superintendent will post his preliminary recommendation on the district’s demographic study page, this Sunday, […]
Even during summer months, accolades continue for the APS class of 2010. Fifty Georgia high school students, including four from APS, earned $5,000 scholarships from the prestigious Horatio Alger Association. Please offer a hearty congratulations to the following APS students: Kamalia Blunt, Booker T Washington, LaToria Dixon, Frederick Douglas High School, Shaeroya Earls, Booker T […]
More than 1,500 APS high school students will flock to the Atlanta City Fair at Atlanta Metropolitan College this morning to learn more about their post-secondary options. Representatives from more than 125 colleges will be in attendance for this fair, one of 69 statewide sponsored by the Georgia Education Articulation Committee’s Probe College Fair. “I […]