Earlier this summer, APS football players and coaches rallied to talk football during the 4th Annual APS Football Media Day at Maynard Jackson High School. Interim Director of Athletics for Atlanta Public Schools, Jasper Jewell explained the significance of this exciting event. “The purpose of Media Day is to give light and recognition to our young […]
WSB-TV news anchor Monica Pearson has some fierce competition waiting in the wings. Dunbar Elementary fifth-grader Angel Evans did a great job interviewing Patrick McCarthy, CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation today. (Check out the photos and click here for the interview.) McCarthy is in town to celebrate the grand opening on Friday of […]
Kudos to Grady High School students Jhari V. Ponder and Claire Buyens, who will present their work at the National Black Arts Festival’s Fine Art + Fashion event on Thursday (Feb. 25) at the AmericasMart’s Building 2 West Wing. The students, who work with UrbanCouture teacher Vincent Martinez, were interviewed on WSB-TV’s “People2People.” Here’s the video […]
WSB-TV filmed Whitefoord Elementary students working in the Edgewood Community Learning Garden on Sept. 28. This taping, featuring Joe Washington from HGTV, will be used as a public service announcement highlighting the work of the Southeastern Horticultural Society in the Edgewood neighborhood. The Edgewood Community Learning Garden is the Southeastern Horticultural Society’s first community garden […]
Fathers, including Mary Lin Elementary parent John Hammond, poised to walk their children to school Tuesday as part of the National Take Your Children to School Day. 2006 North Atlanta High graduate Marial Monyjok Yak, one of the 150 “Lost Boys of Sudan” who resettled in the Atlanta, dies in a car accident after returning […]