Black History Month
APS Today celebrates Black History Month without ever leaving the district! Our Profiles in Excellence special highlights APS students who have gone onto greatness.
Sen. Emmanuel Jones/HJ Russell Profile: Besides serving his second term in the Georgia Senate, Emmanuel Jones also runs several automotive dealerships. Along with HJ Russell, founder of Russell Construction, Senator Jones is a successful entrepreneur and a former APS student.
Parkside Oral History Project: Through the Outward Bound Atlanta Program, Parkside Elementary students are spending time with senior citizens at the Parkview Manor Retirement Community and learning that black history is all around them.
Newsbriefs: These are the stories topping the APS Today Newsbrief roster-
- GE awards APS over half a million dollars to assess math and science instruction
- APS wins $496,000 grant to strengthen school safety and emergency preparedness
- Students read their way to a world record
- King Middle School students share reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with the CBS Evening News
- Washington Freedom Writers: 150 Washington High School students hone their literacy skills in the Kilpatrick Stockton Freedom Writers Program. Based on a feature film about a teacher who uses composition to improve the lives of inner-city youth in Southern California, the students are coached by Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys and other staffers in an experience that culminated in a preview screening of the movie.
- Long Middle School returns to a renovated campus
Tré Fortenberry/Carla Gomez Profile: After graduation from North Atlanta High School, pianist Tré Fortenberry makes a triumphant return to the Atlanta stage as a music student attending Oberlin College. Back when the school was called Northside, vocalist Carla Gomez was honing her skills and preparing to become a jazz singer.
Jasmine Guy/Judge Glenda Hatchett Profile: Speaking of Northside High School, APS Today caught up with actress Jasmine Guy who was reminiscing about how her entire family was intimately involved with Atlanta Public Schools. Judge Glenda Hatchett recalls how the staff and community at Anderson Park Elementary School prepared her to nurture young people from the bench.
Maynard Jackson/Vernon Jordan Profile: Before he headed a securities firm or the position of Atlanta Mayor, the Honorable Maynard Jackson was a student at David T. Howard High School. He and classmate Vernon Jordan explain how their APS experience prepared them for future greatness.
