Arlena Edmonds, graduation coach at Maynard H. Jackson High School. Photo credit: Allison M. Slocum, APS © At Maynard Jackson High School, the path to graduation is rarely a straight line. For many students, it is a series of detours that can threaten to pull them off course. Arlena Edmonds has made it her life’s […]
Atlanta Public Schools (APS) hosted its annual Marching Band Showcase on October 1 at Lakewood Stadium. High school marching bands took the field to perform their halftime show before a packed crowd of families, students, and community members. The event featured music by Panther Records and a moment of recognition for Virginia Marie Porter-Martin, who […]
Mahogoney Langston, a senior at Frederick Douglass High School, discovered she might be interested in a future in politics after spending the day with more than 225 other Atlanta Public Schools (APS) students in the Georgia State University Pathways to Power program. Student Government Association members and students in U.S. government courses from several APS […]
Atlanta Public Schools brought the energy to The Gateway Center Arena for APS Night with the Atlanta Dream and helped cheer the hometown WNBA team to an 82-70 win over the Connecticut Sun. The Barack and Michelle Obama Academy Dazzling Dolls and Gents put on an amazing performance to energize the crowd before tip-off. “The […]
“We were here to raise the bar for ourselves and we did it for our community and for our school and for the next great class of Maynard Jackson students.” – Samuel Finlayson, Maynard H. Jackson High School 2024 salutatorian.
“Most of life is spent sinking, losing, falling behind as life’s arrow inevitably marches forward. But there are moments, victories, where we rise above and bask in the glory of it all as if we are the light itself.” – Liam Smith, Maynard H. Jackson High School 2024 valedictorian.
Maynard H. Jackson High School Star Student Dean Fullerton shares advice to fellow students.
Maynard H. Jackson High School Salutatorian Samuel Finlayson shares his biggest supporters.
The regular season still has one week remaining, but it has already been a historic one for Atlanta Public Schools! Two schools clinched region champions on Friday night while four others secured spots in the Georgia High School Association state playoffs, which will begin the weekend of Nov. 10. Here’s a recap: Carver The Panthers […]
FOOTBALL North Atlanta led a great weekend of performances by Atlanta Public Schools teams, as nine of the district’s 11 teams won their games. Of the two that did not win, Grady had its game at Ware County cancelled due to Hurricane Irma, and Douglass loss to another APS school, B.E.S.T. Academy. As for North […]