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 rate for cohort 2023, according to graduation data released today by the Georgia Department of Education. By achieving its all-time high graduation rate, APS also […]
Atlanta Public Schools and Achieve Atlanta are offering the “How to Pay for College Workshop Series”. Sessions include: Move on When Ready (Dual Enrollment) FAFSA Overview Hope/Zell Miller Scholarship Overview Achieve Atlanta Scholarship NCAA Eligibility FAFSA Working Session Assistance for 12th grade students & parents by appointment only. Call (404) 880-3500 Workshops will be […]
By: Sue G. Collins – Reprinted with permission by INTown Paper Budding gardeners in 50 Atlanta Public Schools are growing food to help feed the district’s 45,000 students thanks to grants, community volunteers and the support of the APS nutrition department. Last month, students in the Maynard H. Jackson High School (MJHS) garden club planted carrots, spinach and […]
Seeking to increase communication between the superintendent and school leaders while hearing input on various issues that affect the efficiency of school operations, Superintendent Erroll Davis will meet quarterly with the newly formed Superintendent’s Principal Advisory Council. The Council’s first meeting will take place Wednesday, October 30, 2013. The Council will help drive the mission […]
Atlanta Public Schools will appoint interim principals for Jackson, B.E.S.T. Academy and Therrell high schools for the 2012-13 school year. The district is committed to identifying high-performing candidates to lead our schools in the interim, as well as long term. Permanent principal assignments will be made by the end of the upcoming school year. Full […]
Advanced Placement Announcement The Georgia Department of Education has announced that the State Board of Education has passed a resolution declaring February 8, 2012, as AP Day in Georgia Atlanta Public Schools Highlights Maynard H. Jackson HS will have morning and afternoon student lead AP announcements on AP Day in Georgia Benjamin E. Mays HS […]
ATLANTA – Elisha R. Gray, a special education teacher at Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School, was named APS Teacher of the Year for 2011-12, during a special awards ceremony this evening at South Atlanta High School. As a teacher of students with significant cognitive disabilities, Ms. Gray learns daily from her students what it means […]