The 2025 APS Internship Program student cohort. Photo credit: Allison M. Slocum, APS © The 2025 Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Internship Capstone Celebration marked the culmination of a semester-long internship experience for 51 high school juniors and seniors from Carver Early College, Douglas High School, and Midtown High School. Now in its eleventh year, the […]
By Allison M. Slocum and Thomas Scott The second annual Benjamin E. Mays High School Brotherhood and Sisterhood Summits. Photo credit: Allison M. Slocum and Thomas Scott, APS © Benjamin E. Mays High School asked its students who they wanted to hear from and delivered with the second annual Brotherhood and Sisterhood Summits. Designed as […]
TLC’s 2025 Say Yes to the Prom event took place on a soundstage at Warner Bros. Discovery’s Atlanta campus. Photo credit: Allison M. Slocum, APS © With prom season on the horizon, students from four Atlanta Public Schools high schools stepped into a world of elegance and opportunity at the 13th annual Say Yes to […]
Atlanta Public Schools REACH Georgia Scholarship Signing Ceremony. Photo: Allison M. Slocum © Atlanta Public Schools (APS) recently inducted eight scholars into the REACH Georgia Scholarship Program, a transformative, needs-based mentorship and college scholarship program open to 8th graders in Georgia. Administered by the State of Georgia, REACH collaborates with Georgia Student Finance Commission, which […]
Deerwood Academy recently held a male empowerment breakfast for male parents and males throughout the nearby neighborhoods and the Metro Atlanta community. As guests, Deerwood staff, and students discussed topics relevant to the school and the community, they also enjoyed a wonderful meal for breakfast, served up by Waffle House to over 240 men and […]