By Seth Coleman South Atlanta High School is quickly becoming a hub for innovative measures that will improve the lives of its students. First came the establishment of the school’s Automotive Basic Maintenance and Light Repair Lab, courtesy of $150,000-worth of equipment from Kaufman Tires. Now South Atlanta is about to become the first Atlanta... Continue Reading →
Atlanta Public Schools Restructures High Schools for Improved Quality and Efficiency District to consolidate Small Schools APS will consolidate the small schools within four its high schools to improve quality and efficiency. The New Schools at Carver, South Atlanta and D.M. Therrell high schools will be consolidated. The district also will merge the middle and high... Continue Reading →
When Atlanta Public Schools (APS) opens its doors for the 2012-13 school year, all of its high schools will be operating under one principal per campus. In August, APS plans to restructure all of its small high schools by transforming them to Small Learning Communities (SLC), a model that includes small, themed academies led by... Continue Reading →
You may recall Matt Westmoreland from our Atlanta Educator profile on the Carver Early College teacher and Grady High grad (Class of 2006). Here we get to watch him speaking to the valedictorians, salutatorians and "STAR" students during the annual breakfast honoring their work, hosted by Georgia Power and featuring APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall.... Continue Reading →
We had a chance to videotape some of the speeches delivered by the valedictorians, salutatorians and "STAR" students who were honored this week at the annual breakfast featuring Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall and hosted by Georgia Power. Here we get to watch in on Paul Harris, Jr. (valedictorian and "STAR" student of Carver... Continue Reading →
Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy (CSKYWLA) High School welcomed 11 Alive’s Donna Lowry to speak to their students for Youth Motivation Day on Feb. 17. Lowry shared some experiences from her childhood that inspired her to become a journalist. As a small token of appreciation, Lowry was presented with pink and brown links to add... Continue Reading →
Elite Sisterhood, Inc., hosted a GoGirlGo! Atlanta Open House for the female students at the Carver School of Technology and surrounding schools in late January. Elite Sisterhood, Inc., is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to prepare young ladies for postsecondary education through the development of positive self-image, leadership, and community service. GoGirlGo! is a part of... Continue Reading →
Students, faculty, staff and parents gathered Wednesday morning for the unveiling of the student-designed logo for North Atlanta High's Global Broadcasting and Journalism academy. The academy is a part of North Atlanta and Grady High becoming the final two schools to convert to the newer, smaller-learning model as designed by Atlanta Public Schools' High School... Continue Reading →
When Jasmine Guy spoke with students from North Atlanta High's Center for the Arts, she was on familiar ground in more ways than one. The Atlanta stage actress and director and former star of TV's "A Different World" and "Fame" is a proud graduate of the school when it was called Northside High. Guy shared... Continue Reading →
We often are asked where we come up with our story ideas, and we often answer, wherever they pop up! That's why we got a kick out of this interview we saw on the homepage of South Atlanta's School of Computer Animation and Design, which featured an interview with its new SGA president, Tabrea Williams.... Continue Reading →
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