In Julia Darien Durham‘s mind, she’s already a winner. As one of 250 finalists for the 2010 Coca-Cola Scholar program, she is guaranteed $10,000 in college scholarship money. Durham, a senior at North Atlanta High School, learned of her placement Feb. 8. She’ll attend a banquet sponsored by Coca-Cola in Atlanta in late March, when she’ll […]
Eleven APS high school students have earned Posse Foundation scholarships to attend three colleges in the fall of 2010. The students were selected based on academic excellence and outstanding leadership. APS students selected to attend Bard College: Durante Barringer (Therrell School of Health Science and Research), Treyonna Frazier (Carver School of the Arts), and Benjamin […]
UPDATE: Check out Media Production Manager Scott King’s photo gallery here. More than 800 APS students, parents, faculty members and staff welcomed prospective students, parents, and members of the community during the inaugural neighborhood education celebration on Saturday at North Atlanta High School. The two-hour event included a pep rally, open house, live performances, a […]
As we mentioned yesterday, we’d planned to do a series of little profiles of each school that will participate in Saturday’s inaugural Neighborhood Celebration. And just as we were planning to solicit information from the respective schools, new and really impressive information was already flowing in! Yesterday we gave a little peek at the cool […]
Atlanta Public Schools’ journey to excellence has been undertaken in large part by the schools themselves. With strong leadership, committed teachers, eager students, vigilant parents and enthusiastic community partners, the schools around the district have effectively carried a heavy load in making a difference in our students’ lives. That’s why APS decided to drive home […]
It’s become a habit of Travis Payne, APS alumnus and famed former choreographer to the late Michael Jackson, to return to not only Atlanta but his educational roots. But the timing on this occasion could not have been more bittersweet. Payne took time out to visit two elementary schools today as he continued to celebrate […]
As the Michael Jackson movie This Is It, taken from the rehearsals for the late pop star’s planned comeback shows, hit the big screen last weekend, Atlanta Public Schools can be proud of one of its alumni playing a key role in the movie. Choreographer Travis Payne, a 1989 graduate of Northside (now North Atlanta) […]
Students from around Atlanta Public Schools and partners from both Emory University and Nanjing University came together as part of the Confucius Institute‘s 2009 Mid-Autumn Festival held Thursday at the Atlanta Confucius Institute, which is housed at Coan Middle. Performers ranged from Coan and the four other APS participating schools: Toomer Elementary and Carver School of the Arts, […]
Congratulations are in order for the Sutton Middle School boys soccer team, which captured the city championship last week in winning the Metro Atlanta Athletics Conference. Head coach Jacob Bland, who also is the head coach of the the North Atlanta High boys varsity team, was extremely proud of a team that finished the season with […]
Atlanta Public Schools introduces the inaugural APS Neighborhood Celebration at 2 p.m. Sat., Nov. 21, at North Atlanta High School. Part pep rally, part open house, the “All for All, One by One” event will celebrate our neighborhood schools through student performances, a “Parade of Schools,” school displays, a canned food drive and even a […]