Lisa Smith

Deerwood Academy became the eighth school in Atlanta Public Schools to be awarded International Baccalaureate (IB) certification. The elementary school, located in the Ben Hill neighborhood of southwest Atlanta, became the first school in APS outside the IB pipeline that runs schools on the north side of the metro Atlanta area and culminates at North Atlanta High School. The other schools are Morris Brandon, Garden Hills, Warren T. Jackson, E. Rivers and Sarah Smith elementary schools, and Sutton Middle School.