The Winter 2010 issue of the award-winning Atlanta Educator, a product of the Atlanta Public Schools’ Office of Communications, hits the streets this week to celebrate the many business and community partnerships that help our students in their journey to excellence. In this issue, read all about the collaboration with KaBOOM!, which helps schools and […]
The “Domecoming 2010” event features five APS high school football teams scheduled to compete throughout the day, Saturday, Oct. 23, at the stadium where the Atlanta Falcons play their home games – the Georgia Dome. The public is invited to attend the games. Admission is $10 for tickets purchased in advance or $15 for tickets purchased […]
UPDATE: Grady trounced McNair 33-6, while North Atlanta got past South Atlanta 13-6. Check out the photo gallery here. Football season kicks off tonight in the newly renovated Grady Stadium between Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) North Atlanta and South Atlanta high schools, which starts at 5:30 p.m., and McNair vs. Grady (APS) high schools, which […]
Yes, it’s official: Georgia Tech freshman and South Atlanta High grad Derrick Favors — a projected Top 5 pick in the NBA Draft — has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year! Favors, you may recall, was the AJC prep player of the year last year when he led South Atlanta to […]
(Editor’s note: This fascinating article about a collaborative community garden involving South Atlanta Educational Complex is reprinted with permission from the Greening Youth Foundation: School lunches — especially the bad ones — are the stuff of legend. Kids refuse them. Rally and agitate against them. Many a student council president has won the position after […]
We just had to share this awesome letter from South Atlanta High senior Larry Baker (pictured above, middle), who has an amazing story to tell: “My name is Larry Baker. I am a senior at South Atlanta Educational Complex. I am currently holding the office of [Georgia’s Career & Technical Instruction] Vice President. The CTI program assists […]
Earlier this month, more than 150 enthusiastic APS students attended the 2009 Engineering, Architecture, and Construction Career Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center. Sponsored by the Career and Technical Education (CTE) department of the Office of High Schools, the primary purpose of the conference was to motivate students to achieve at higher levels while […]
APS students experienced living proof that “graduation really achieves dreams” during Project GRAD pep rallies at the South Atlanta Education Complex and The New Schools at Carver this past week. Read the press release here.
UPDATE: Check out photo gallery here. The Atlanta Public Schools celebrated elementary, middle and high schools that achieved at least 70 percent of their performance targets today during the APS Convocation 2009 at the Georgia International Convention Center. A total of 26 APS schools were recognized during today’s event. Specific performance targets for each APS […]
Congratulations to those APS students who were recently among the 32 metro Atlanta high school students named W.E.B. Du Bois scholars for the 2009-10 school year. They are: Brooke Smith, Jared Valliar and Khiry Walker (Frederick Douglass HS); Tamara Mason, Nia Williams (Grady HS); Michael Byrd II, Briana Franklin, Arielle Leonard, Jacoby Shipmon, Austin Smith; […]