On Saturday, March 16, 2013, students representing 14 Atlanta Public Schools attended the 4th Annual Student Wellness Ambassadors (SWA) Leadership Academy. This event was held in conjunction with the Center Helping Obesity In Children End Successfully (C.H.O.I.C.E.S) Children’s Expo at the Adamsville Recreation Center. Focusing on the theme, “Fitness for the fun of it,” students […]
Atlanta City Councilmember Keisha Lance Bottoms welcomed 40 students and several teachers from the D. M. Therrell School of Law, Government and Public Policy to Atlanta City Hall on Monday, May 7. Councilmember Bottoms took the special guests on a guided tour of City Hall offices including the Office of the Atlanta City Council and […]
by Office of High Schools To support ongoing efforts to improve the academic achievement of students, the Georgia Department of Education hosts an annual Advanced Placement Teacher Training Grant opportunity for Georgia high schools. This grant is to assist in training teachers at AP Summer Institutes. At the February 16, 2012 meeting of the Georgia […]
Students from Atlanta Public Schools were invited to engage with state lawmakers from around the country during the 34th Annual National Black Caucus of State Legislators Legislative Conference Youth Congress Day. Two concurrent sessions, a youth house and youth senate session allowed students to discuss, debate and pass a range of bills into law. Legislative […]
UPDATE: Check out the photo gallery of images from around the schools here. Watch a video of the panel discussion here, and a question-answer session with the students here. The Just the Beginning Foundation sponsored the “Robes in the Schools” event Thursday at six Atlanta Public Schools high schools to encourage students to consider the […]
Recently, APS started using new software to keep track of textbook inventory in schools. This new software, Destiny Textbook Manager, is a product of Follet Software Company. This new system of taking inventory of textbooks — textbook automation — will provide the district a process to easily distribute and collect textbooks, reallocate surpluses in textbooks, […]
Mayor Kasim Reed spent most of Tuesday morning at Therrell’s School for Technology, Engineering, Math and Science (STEMS), talking with students about the importance of education and being dedicated as they move through life. “You have to fall in love with hard work” he told students. Mayor Reed lectured in the 11th-grade American history class […]
Audiences got a peek at the incredible theatrical talent in APS by checking out two separate productions at the Shakespeare Tavern the previous weekend. Students from the Therrell Educational Complex performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream, while students from The New Schools at Carver’s School of Technology performed Macbeth. The professional actors at The Shakespeare Tavern […]
Therrell School of Law participated in the 2010 Georgia Career Student Association (GCSA) Regional Competition in Douglass County. Therrell took 18 participants and everyone placed in their event. The students who placed first place in their events are: Genero Carter placed first in Entrepreneurship, Marlanna Blake place first in Cosmetology/Hair Design, Antonia Davis placed first […]