Friday, January 27, 2012
Group takes second in state basketball competition
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Friday, January 27, 2012
From Patch Reports North Atlanta High's Special Olympics Unified Basketball Team won the silver medal in state championship competition last weekend in Marietta, according to an APS announcement. The team is coached by Lisa Oglesby, who teaches moderately intellectually disbabled students at the high school, and Nic Hill. Regina Gennaro, Special Olympics liaison for APS, helped form the group. Half of the unified team was Special Olympiads and the other half their peer partners. "Ms. Oglesby has had and continues to have several peer leaders wanting to work with her students," the announcement said. "Her students have many opportunities to work and play with their peers."
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
"Shadow lifted" from school, North Atlanta says. Step Up Or Step Down also welcomes news
The removal of accreditation probation from APS high schools was welcome news in Buckhead Tuesday afternoon. District 4 school board member Nancy Meister cited the school board’s hard work in meeting six conditions laid down last January by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools when it put the school system on probation and said “we’re really thrilled” at the news. She promised that the board will “continue our momentum” and said that the announcement will benefit all the city’s high schools, including Buckhead’s North Atlanta. North Atllanta Principal Mark MyGrant said he was “thrilled to hear the good news, and I believe it’s a direct result of the leadership provided by the board chair Brenda Muhammad and our Superintendent …
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Davis offers few definitive solutions for upset E. Rivers, Morris Brandon parents
Atlanta school officials Wednesday night assured North Atlanta High parents that APS remains confident in a fall 2013 opening for the new high school on Northside Parkway. Alvah Hardy, APS director of facilities services, said that the school's "design needs to be finished" by Nov. 7 and that the school system is "way ahead of schedule" in meeting that deadline, which comes a day before the vote on the SPLOST IV 1-cent sales tax. That certainty, in response to a statement from parent Reid Olney that completion of the new high school "opens up the process to solve other problems" with ovecrowding in Buckhead schools, was one of the few definitive answers school officials offered to parents, who expressed their frustrations with packed …
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sales continue through weekend at Northside Methodist Church
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Monday, October 24, 2011
A YouTube video posted by North Atlanta High parent Molly Read Woo shows volunteers unloading pumpkins at the school's and Northside Methodist Church's pumpkin patch. So, hum along with the song "We've Got Pumpkins" and come pick up a pumpkin to decorate for Halloween. Proceeds benefit the school's athletic teams and youth ministries at Northside Methodist.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
North Atlanta High School and Lovett feature students hoping for national scholarships.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Between them, North Atlanta High School and The Lovett School have five seniors who have been named designated semifinalists in the 48th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. From Lovett, the semifinalists are Danielle L. Currin, Marcus M. Jackson and Jonovan C. Sackey. Jordan L. Williams and Babatunde Woodard-James are semifinalists from North Atlanta High. Approximately 800 scholarships, worth more than $2.5 million, will be offered next spring. Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 80 percent of semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and more than half of the finalists will win a scholarship. The…
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Pair selected for prestigious scholarship programs
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
From Patch Staff Reports Two North Atlanta High School students are spending the year studying overseas under prestigious U.S. State Department foreign exchange programs. Bailey Palmer is living with an Arabic-speaking host family in Muscat, Oman and attending, on full scholarship, the Azzan Bin Qais International School for her sophomore year of high school, according to her parents, Susan and Guy Palmer. She was one of 50 students from around the country chosen to participate in the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Abroad program. Adelaide Henderson, the daughter of Wynn Henderson, is spending her junior year in Lohne, Germany, on a full academic scholarship under the Congress Bundestag program. As a "youth ambassador," she spent …
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Principal cites steady improvement over last five years
North Atlanta High School Principal Mark MyGrant is pleased with the school’s performance on 2011 SAT scores, released this week. With 37 more students taking the college-entrance test, North Atlanta showed a composite score of 1,439, matching the school’s 2010 performance. In 2011 results, North Atlanta had a mean score of 488 points in critical reading, up three; 476 in math, the same; and 475 in writing, down three. The results reflect North Atlanta’s steady improvement on the test. “For the last three or four years, while the state and the national mean has gone down, we have been able to sustain growth,” MyGrant said. “From 2007 to 2011, we have increased in reading 22 points, in math, 17 points, and in writing 22 points. We had a …
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Event Monday morning to raise money for first varsity season
The girls' lacrosse team at North Atlanta High will have a bake sale Monday morning in front of the school as teachers and students arrive. The team, which will play on the varsity level for the first time next spring, is raising money for equipment and uniforms. The team will play in the Georgia High School Association's Region 5-AAA, Area 4. Playing in club competition, the North Atlanta girls won the North Georgia Lacrosse League championship last year. The school's boys lacrosse team played its first varsity season last spring.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Warrior musicians prepare for fall performances
North Atlanta High School band camp finishes next week with a Band Preview Show on Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 7 p.m. at the school. When Patch stopped by on Thursday afternoon the sound of music tickled our ears before we even entered the building. The band practiced loud and proud to tunes such as Maroon5's new single, "Moves Like Jagger," and the sound of brass and drums reminded us that football season is right around the corner.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Nine-year pro replaces former coach Brian Montgomery at the Warriors' helm
It’s been a long time since football fans at North Atlanta High School have had a reason to celebrate on Friday nights. The Warriors’ last playoff appearance came in 1996, the same year that the Miami Dolphins selected a certain South Carolina Gamecocks fullback and Atlanta native in the fourth round of the NFL Draft. That fullback was Stanley Pritchett. Pritchett enjoyed nine fruitful years in the NFL with the Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Bears and Atlanta Falcons. He now hopes to translate his success as a pro over to the Buckhead school as the new head coach. Pritchett replaces Brian Montgomery, who was hired away by Shiloh High School in February. “I’m excited to be at North Atlanta,” Pritchett said. “I’m really looking …
Boyd Leake
2:04 pm on Monday, December 5, 2011
What so many don't realize is the impact of such changes on the desirability of their houses to potential buyers. Young families especially want to buy in neighborhoods with the best schools. I explained this to our older neighbors when our neighborhood was in danger some years ago of being redistricted to one of APS' lower performing schools. more ›