H.M. Cauley

More than 80 metro area schools submitted hundreds of works to this year’s Atlanta High School Art Exhibition in April. Amid the array of entries, submissions from students at Brookwood High stood out, taking two of the 10 best-in-show honors and two honorable mentions.

What’s it take to be a teacher these days? A group of teens in the Student Leadership Johns Creek program discovered it’s a bit tougher than it looks after completing a year-long program that recently wrapped with their leading a lesson for elementary students.

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Atlanta’s reputation as Hollywood’s Southern outpost has generated training programs aimed at key industry facets, such as crew, content providers, location scouts and more. But Andra Reeve Rabb saw one piece was missing: casting.

It’s been some time in the making, but Ric Ross’ dream of training the next generation of music execs has come to life at B.E.S.T. Academy, an all-boys public school in northwest Atlanta.

Not much can phase a middle school educator. But Ebbie Julkes, assistant principal of Lovinggood Middle, got a surprise answer when she asked a graduating eighth grader what he’d miss most about the west Cobb County school.

A week before school began in August, Roswell High Principal LaToya Miley learned that the construction teacher was retiring. “We found ourselves in a unique situation,” she said.

It took Zachary White one day in a classroom full of 4-year-olds to realize he’d found his calling.

What began in 1993 as an educational collaboration among three north Georgia counties has taken on a new role to support high school students across the northern part of state.

Father Brian Sullivan became the first rector of St. Benedict’s Episcopal church in 2010, a year after the parish had opened a school. For the last five years as the head of school, part of his energy has been focused on spreading the word of the work the Smyrna institution is doing.

Brittani Rowe, the culinary manager for the Marietta City Schools, is unafraid of innovation. “It’s something we thrive on,” she said.

Physical education is an important part of the school day: At least, it gives kids a chance to expend pent-up energy; at best, it teaches life-long lessons about being active and healthy.

If your favorite restaurant seat is at the counter overlooking the kitchen, and TV food shows are stacked on your TiVo, then a culinary getaway is just for you. Sure, sit on the beach, explore the local history and check out the unique shopping, but make the main attraction a foodie event worth savo…

As a student at Milton High seven years ago, William Parker Shaw was part of a criminal justice class that included an introduction to law enforcement. He also learned about programs at nearby police departments that offered teens training and insights. But that wasn’t an option in Milton.

Cheryl Mobley didn’t grow up with a computer. “I was well into my career before I ever saw one,” said the 72-year-old.

Fifty years ago, the Communities in Schools initiative launched in Atlanta to support students with whatever it takes to keep them in school. Since then, the program has spread to 26 states and served about 1.6 million. In the metro area, CIS works in four districts with 62 schools, most of which ha…

Sometimes it’s not just the kids learning new things. At the City Schools of Decatur, parents are also included on the education curve through a series of workshops and programs offered through a parents council that’s had a soft pre-COVID launch.

A 26-year-old program that began as a way to reinforce environmental science lessons has long captured the imagination of students at Trinity School in Buckhead. But it’s grown beyond basic lessons to include charitable fundraising and a sharpened awareness of what’s happening beyond the school’s backyard.

When education budgets are tight, many schools struggle to keep arts programs vital and funded. Musician Lyrika Holmes knows it’s even more difficult when the program centers around harps.

Kicking a soccer ball or learning new dance moves in gym class aren’t what they used to be at Whitlow Elementary. The Cumming school recently upped its phys ed game by adding a new component to movement: coding.