Sneakers and Scholarship Ball slideshow. Photo credit: Allison M. Slocum, APS © Twenty Atlanta Public Schools (APS) seniors were awarded $5,000 scholarships each, totaling $100,000, at the second annual Sneakers and Scholarships Ball. The scholarship program was created to provide community and school stakeholders with the opportunity to invest in the futures of students who […]
Seven students from the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Class of 2025 have been named recipients of the highly competitive Gates Scholarship, a full-ride award granted annually to only 300 students nationwide. Selected from a pool of more than 34,000 applicants, the students will receive last-dollar funding to cover the full cost of attendance at any […]
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 celebrated 13 APS scholars who earned a four-year, full-tuition scholarship through The Posse Foundation at the start of the spring 2024 semester. These scholars accounted for over $3 million in scholarship money. View the video recap of this amazing accomplishment, and click here to read more.
What better way to start the spring semester than celebrating the 13 APS scholars who earned a four-year, full-tuition scholarship through The Posse Foundation? After returning from the holiday break, The Posse Foundation held an acceptance ceremony for the 60 students and their families at The Gathering Spot, where they congratulated the students for their […]
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 […]
The Atlanta chapter of the American Association of Blacks in Energy announces its scholarship program for high school students. High school seniors (by June 27, 2014) with a 3.0 GPA or higher and who plan to pursue a two-year or four-year degree in business, one of the physical sciences, technology, engineering or mathematics fields in preparation for […]
Even during summer months, accolades continue for the APS class of 2010. Fifty Georgia high school students, including four from APS, earned $5,000 scholarships from the prestigious Horatio Alger Association. Please offer a hearty congratulations to the following APS students: Kamalia Blunt, Booker T Washington, LaToria Dixon, Frederick Douglas High School, Shaeroya Earls, Booker T […]
Only 50 high school seniors have been recognized as 2010 Horatio Alger Georgia Scholars, but four of those students attend Atlanta Public Schools. Please congratulate Kamalia Blunt and Shaeroya Earls of Booker T. Washington High School, as well as LaToria Dixon and Amanda Harrison of Frederick Douglass High. Each student will receive a college scholarship […]