Ten Atlanta Public Schools are awarded $5,000 grants from The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries. The Foundation announced that 212 school libraries are receiving $1,060,000 in grants to expand, update and diversify the schools’ library book collections. The grant application process is administered by The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region with guidance […]
Name: Elizabeth Ushi Grade: 11th Grade School: Booker T. Washington High School- Health Sciences & Nutrition Elizabeth Ushi is an 11th grader at Booker T. Washington High School- Health Sciences & Nutrition. Elizabeth’s teachers describe her as a dedicated and hard working student. Time and time again, she has proven to be a take-charge person who is able to successfully complete her work […]
Students from South Atlanta High School of Health and Medical Sciences recently participated in the Hot Chocolate Run benefiting The Ronald McDonald House. The Ronald McDonald House provides a “home-away-from-home” so families can live near their hospitalized child at little or no cost. The students and teachers assisted in setting before the event and handing out water […]
The Emory University Health Sciences Pipeline Program is a multiple-year mentoring and academic enrichment experience for high school students from the School of Health and Medical Sciences at South Atlanta. Founded in 2007 by medical students Samuel Funt and Zwade Marshall and managed by volunteer Emory student leadership, the program meets after school once per week for […]
By now, most everyone in the APS community is familiar with the announcement this week of the 2010 Gates Millennium Scholarships, with APS leading the nation in the number of scholarships received at 29. And as some may have noticed in this moving account inside Thursday’s article in the AJC, one student in particular stands […]