Four APS students have been named Youth Advocates of the Year by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The teens are members of the H.E.A.R.T. Coalition of Atlanta which helps raise awareness of and take action against tobacco throughout Atlanta and in the African-American community. The young leaders joined more than 400 public health, political, civic... Continue Reading →
We at Carver HSR would like to congratulate our 2013 National HOSA winners! We have two winners who worked hard and competed against the top 3 students in EACH of our 50 states. The event was Life Support Skills in which students demonstrated proper CPR skills and are given a random First Aid skill. Julian... Continue Reading →
High school students from APS and area private schools were recognized in an awards ceremony for their participation in the Morehouse School of Medicine Vivien Thomas Auxiliary Research Program held at the New Schools at Carver, School of Health Sciences and Research on June 28, 2013. The four week summer academic program recruited high school students to serve as apprentices in biomedical... Continue Reading →
For the past two months, Marietou Keita, Derralyn Morgan, Sanovia Dossie, and Mercedes Brown from South Atlanta CAD have been participating in the Turner Voices competition with their Social Studies teacher, Rhea Gupta. Ms. Gupta was given the opportunity to take four students to the CNN center for three writing workshops. The purpose of the... Continue Reading →
Jason Gresham, a sophomore at Carver Early College, initially started playing baseball at age 5 because he liked playing outside and “getting dirty”. Now, he plays because he loves the sport, is good at it, and it gives him a platform to mentor younger students. Through a non-profit organization called L.E.A.D (Launch, Expose, Advise and... Continue Reading →
The juniors of Carver Early College gathered in December for the third annual Writing Test Celebration program. The juniors of Carver Early College boast a 100% pass rate for the third consecutive year. This year, they had an 18% exceed rate which is 7 points higher than the district’s average. Keith Crawford and Chamondrea Lane... Continue Reading →
APS congratulates four students for being the 2010-2011 top district performers on the 8th Grade 21st Century Skills Assessment. We are very proud of the accomplishments of Jefferson Martin, Jokull Reynisson, Lena Adams and Nicholas Caamano.
You may recall our intern, Grady High junior Elizabeth McGlamry, who in her spare time is a championship competitor for Grady's vaunted mock trial team. (See video above for refresher!) Here she writes about the ongoing state championship this weekend. She'll have an update next week, with a personal perspective on the competition. Good luck... 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 →
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