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▲Two Atlanta students have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2022. Sarah A. Skinner, a senior political science major at the United States Naval Academy, and Ahmed Aljohani, a senior biology major at Emory University, have earned the prestigious academic award. The scholarship provides all expenses for up to three years of study at the University of Oxford in England.
Atlanta Public Schools has rescheduled a virtual community meeting to receive input on the district’s Facilities Master Plan. The meeting will now be held on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 6 to 7:30 PM. This informational meeting will share the background of the work to date, current enrollment data, estimated future enrollment, and the potential impact those projections have on school buildings.The completed Facilities Master Plan will make recommendations to address capacity and enrollment in APS facilities over the next five (2025-2026 school year) and next 10 years (2030-2031 school year). It will include recommendations for the best and highest uses for district properties, as well as a property disposal plan. For additional information about Facilities Master Planning, visit, atlantapublicschools.us/ FMP. Captain Planet Foundation and Delta Air Lines have partnered with a Project Learning Garden contest to bring gardens to elementary schools. The contest will be open to submissions in Atlanta, Seattle, and New York City where Delta employees will volunteer time to help students install and plant the gardens at all schools selected under this program. The application deadline is Jan. 14. More information can be found at CPF.org. A religious studies scholar at Georgia State University has received a grant from the
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Henry Luce Foundation to develop digital and physical archives to highlight Black women religious leaders’ contributions to religious communities and activism in the United States. Monique Moultrie, associate professor of religious studies at Georgia State, and Rosetta Ross, professor of religious studies at Spelman College, are co-principal investigators on the threeyear project, which kicks off in January. The project, named The Garden Initiative for Black Women’s Religious Activism, will also include an intergenerational mentorship program, an oral history project, an international scholarly conference and a special journal issue.
Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School students participating in the school’s Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP) settled into a new Remote Work Hub thanks to the support of Banyan Street Capital and Colliers International. Approximately one-fourth of the school’s CWSP students will be temporarily working within Downtown’s Marquis Two at Peachtree Center, which will serve as a satellite office for students until the program’s corporate partners return to work and can host the students in person.
Marist School presents the Marist Evening Series, three evenings (Jan. 24, Jan. 31, and Feb. 7) of courses for adults taught by the school’s faculty and staff. Registration for the Marist Evening Series is open now through Jan.21. Course topics include art history; religion and spirituality; virtual reality; history and culture; college planning; ceramics; natural dye workshop (art); music; creative writing; and more. Register online at marist.com/eveningseries. C5 Georgia Youth Foundation, a fiveyear leadership development program serving under-resourced middle and high school youth, has been approved by the Georgia Department of Education to receive funding through the Building Opportunities in Out-of-School Time (BOOST) grants program. “Our goal is to expand access in order to serve more youth, including students and communities most impacted by the pandemic. This past year, that has included increasing programmatic quality and enhancing the supports we offer,” said Jackie Cannizzo, C5 Georgia, executive director. Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) was named as Atlanta Public Schools’ 2021 Partner of The Year at the recent APyeS! Awards Reception and Ceremony. MBUSA was nominated following their longstanding commitment to APS, specifically the work they’ve done with partner schools Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy and Leonora P. Miles Elementary School. As part of their partnership, MBUSA has
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◄The Atlanta Board of Education extended the contract of Superintendent Dr. Lisa Herring through the 2023-2024 school year at its December meeting. “I am thrilled by this vote of confidence in this team from our Board,” Dr. Herring said. “We know that we have a lot of hard work ahead of us, but I look forward to continuing our efforts to meet those challenges by fostering academic excellence for all of our students, building a culture of student support, equipping and empowering leaders and staff, and creating a system of support for schools.”
▲The Atlanta Hawks and Clorox are honoring teachers from Atlanta Public Schools as a part of a special campaign called Year of the Teacher. At the Dec.5 game versus the Charlotte Hornets, the Hawks recognized Dorothy Chu, first grade English teacher for the Dual Language Immersion Program from Morris Brandon Elementary and Charles Astin, second grade teacher from F.L. Stanton Elementary. At l a n t a I n t o w n Pa p e r. c o m
