Grady Brag Sheet 2011-2012
As of May 7, 2012
Academics and Scholarships
Grady High School was named one of the Top 20 High Schools in the State of Georgia by USNews and World Report. The ranking was based on schools' student to teacher ratio, rate of college readiness and students' proficiency in math and English. According to a recent U.S. News report, Grady High School is among America’s best high schools, ranking 19th in the state of Georgia and No. 1,204 in the nation (out of 4877 schools). The ranking earned Grady a silver medal. The report judged each school on its teacher to student ratio, students’ rate of college readiness, and students’ average proficiency in math and English. It calculated values based on student performance on state exit exams and internationally available exams on college-level coursework.
Grady High School was named an AP STEM School and an AP STEM Achievement School by State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge. AP STEM schools are those with students testing in at least two AP math courses and two AP science courses (AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics B, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science). AP STEM Achievement Schools are those with students testing in at least two AP math courses and two AP science courses and at least 40% of the exam scores on AP math and AP science exams earning scores of three or higher.
Our valedictorian is Julia Rapoport, our salutatorian is Shaun Kleber, and our STAR student (highest SAT score) is Benjamin Dean. Ben chose Ms. Willoughby as his STAR teacher.
AP Scholars
According to the College Board, about 18 percent of the more than 1.9 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to earn an AP Scholar Award. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams. Grady students were 53 out of the 57 students from APS.
1. Jessica Alexander, AP Scholar
2. Michael S. Baer, AP Scholar
3. Daniel F. Baggerman, AP Scholar with Honor
4. Lucas Bailey*, AP Scholar with Honor
5. Erin M. Bailie*, AP Scholar with Distinction
6. Davis C. Bishop*, AP Scholar
7. Willamae E. Boling*, AP Scholar with Honor
8. Ashley L. Brown, AP Scholar
9. Daniel A. Burch, AP Scholar
10. Jasmine G. Burnett, AP Scholar
11. Ethan J. Campbell Taylor, AP Scholar with Distinction
12. Zoe N. Cato, AP Scholar
13. Shah A. Cheyn, AP Scholar with Distinction
14. Holden R. Choi, AP Scholar with Distinction
15. Eloisa O. Cleveland, AP Scholar with Honor
16. Kenneth Cochran, AP Scholar
17. Dylan Coyle*, AP Scholar with Honor
18. Benjamin D. Dean, AP Scholar with Distinction and National AP Scholar
19. Emily R. Drabik-Stevens*, AP Scholar
20. Alexander P. Fritzinger-Pitt*, AP Scholar
21. Grayson Fuller*, AP Scholar with Honor
22. Kristie S. Gadson*, AP Scholar
23. Grayson Garrett, AP Scholar
24. Mason T. Gepp*, AP Scholar with Honor
25. Maragh S. Girvan, AP Scholar
26. Benjamin W. Gittelson*, AP Scholar with Distinction
27. Zoe C. Hamilton, AP Scholar
28. Camille Harris, AP Scholar
29. Ryan Jones, AP Scholar
30. Marquis Q. Junior, AP Scholar
31. Shaun H. Kleber, AP Scholar with Distinction
32. Lucy C. Leonard, AP Scholar with Distinction
33. Elizabeth R. Mcglamry, AP Scholar with Distinction
34. Damon F. Melton*, AP Scholar
35. Audrey E. Miller, AP Scholar
36. Hai P. Nguyen, AP Scholar
37. David Olson*, AP Scholar with Honor
38. Lukas A. Olson, AP Scholar
39. Alexander M. Page*, AP Scholar with Honor
40. Julia B. Rapoport, AP Scholar with Distinction
41. Kamania C. Ray*, AP Scholar
42. Gabrielle N. Siegel, AP Scholar with Honor
43. Jeshua P. Silvers, AP Scholar with Honor
44. Phillip T. Suitts, AP Scholar
45. Isabelle K. Taft, AP Scholar
46. Zoe Taylor, AP Scholar
47. Steve W. Terry, AP Scholar
48. Ngoc T. Tran, AP Scholar
49. Micah C. Turpeau, AP Scholar
50. EjikeUzochukwu*, AP Scholar with Honor
51. Ngoc K. Vu*, AP Scholar
52. Samuel Y. Weinstock*, AP Scholar with Distinction
53. Alix E. Youngblood, AP Scholar with Honor
*Denotes Spring 2011 Graduate
National Merit Scholarship Program
Benjamin Dean, Shaun Kleber, and Julia Rapoport. Out of 16,000 students nationally, they have advanced to the final stage of the National Merit Corporation scholarship program.
National Achievement® Scholarship Program
This is an academic competition established in 1964 to provide recognition for outstanding Black American high school students. Eloisa Cleveland, Brandon Edmondson, and Camille Harris have been named National Achievement Scholarship $2500 scholarship winners out of 800 nationally. Five of our students have been selected as National Achievement Scholarship finalists, selected from 1,600 other applicants from around the country: Eloisa Cleveland, Brandon Edmondson, Maragh Girvan, Camille Harris, and Jamil Williams. Please also congratulate the semi-finalists: Chantil Coleman and Krysten Taylor.
2012 Gates Millennium Scholarships
Raven Ford, Abena Amoakuh, Chantil Coleman and Shafiq Gyagenda were among 22 Atlanta Public Schools students to receive the prestigious scholarship given to only 1,000 students from around the country. The Gates Millennium scholarship covers the students’ tuition, room and board through their undergraduate education and beyond if students decide to pursue advanced degrees.
Ben Dean has earned a Benjamin E. Mays scholarship to Emory University.
Shaun Kleber is one of 36 high school seniors to be offered the University of Georgia’s Foundation Fellowship. The class of 2016 was chosen from 900 applicants.
Congratulations to Grady's Camille Harris for being named a McNair Scholar at the University of South Carolina.
Holden Choi has been named a John Carrol Scholar at Georgetown University.
Cheyn Shah has been awarded a full ride to Macaulay Honors College at City University of New York.
Taylor Allen has been awarded the Chik-Fil-A Scholarship to Virginia Tech.
Austin Williams has been awarded an Oprah Winfrey scholarship at Morehouse College.
Brianna Fairley has been awarded a full scholarship to Alabama State University. Her parents, and her grandparents, met and graduated from ASU.
Marquis Junior has been named a Bonner Scholar and received the John F. Oberlin scholarship at Oberlin College.
Senior Nick McFarlin has received a four year Georgia Military Scholarship. He was sworn in with the Georgia Army National Guard on April 4 and willreport forBasic Training at Ft. Benningin June, then willattend North Georgia College and State University beginning spring 2013.
APS Posse Scholarships
Seven Grady students out of 50 chosen in Atlanta have been awarded 2012 Posse Scholarships! Posse Scholars receive a full tuition scholarship at one of five colleges: Bard, Boston U, Brandeis, College of Wooster, Syracuse U. Congratulations are extended to Paige Banks, Eve Brown, Jacob Friesen-Grant, Quameeha Grandoit, Marius Jackson, Queen White, and Jamil Williams.
Grady’s 21st Century Atlanta Scholars
Konadu Amoakuh, Abena Amoakuh , Eloisa Cleveland, Chantil Coleman, Quameeha Grandoit, Marquis Junior, Sophia Maschinot , Diana Powers, and Olivia Viera .
2012 Governor’s Honors Program
Our 2012 Finalists for the Governor’s Honors Program are:
Archer Kinnane: Math
Rachel Klika: Theatre
Adam Schatz: Math
Grace White: Communicative Arts
Patrick Scollard: Technology
The Grady students who qualified as semi-finalists are:
Career Education and Technology: Henry Peteet, Patrick Scollard, and Tatum Young
Communicative Arts: Deborah Harris, Olivia Kleinman, Sophia Maschinot, and Grace White
Foreign Language: Rachel Citrin and Ana de Give
Mathematics: Troy Kleber, Archer Kinnane, and Adam Schatz
Science: Tucker Lancaster, Jennifer Moody, and Olivia Volkert
Social Studies: Samuel Heller and James Moy
Theater: Preston Choi, Rachel Klika, and Simon McLane
Visual Arts: Lauren Ogg
One Academic Fair Science and Engineering
Gold Key winners: Troy Kleber and Daniel Tehrani in science
Silver Key winners: J.D. Capelouto and Rachel Citrin, in mathematics; and Justin Williams in science
Bronze Key winners: Archie Kinnane and Grace White, in science.
One Academic Fair Social Studies
Class III Billie Levine 1st Place
Class IV Lucy Lombardo 1st Place Rex Peterson 2nd Place
64th Georgia Science and Engineering Fair Special Awards
· American Meteorological Society Award - Rachel Citrin
· Broad River Watershed Association Award - George Lowring
· NOAA Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary Certificate of Excellence – Senior Division - Rachel Citrin
· UGA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department Young Dawgs Internship Award– Troy Kleber
· UGA Genetics GSA Best Project in Genetics – Senior Division – Justin Williams
· Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition - Justin Williams
· Regional Science Fair ISEF Trip Winners – Atlanta City Regional
o Troy Kleber
o Daniel Tehrani
· Georgia Science & Engineering Fair ISEF Trip Winner - Justin Williams
College and Career Readiness Assessment
This assessment was to determine student proficiency with respect to job opportunities in the state of Georgia. Camille Harris earned a platinum certificate, 32 students earned gold certificates, 79 students earned silver certificates and 20 students earned bronze certificates.
Latin Certamen Academic Bowl
Our Upper Level team, consisting of Ethan Taylor-Campbell and Lucy Bradley, placed 3rd in a very tough bracket. Our Lower Level team--consisting of Preston Choi, Deya Bowers, Allison Rapoport, and Eli Mansbach--placed 5th and scored over 200 points duringone of the rounds! Additionally, Ethan Campbell-Taylor won a special award for answering the most number of toss-up questions correctly out of all the tournaments' participants.
World Quest Competition
Isabelle Taft, Sammi Dean, and Sam Heller won second place in the state at the competition at GSU despite being a player short due to a conflict with robotics. They called us the ‘Cinderella Team’ and the kids took home medals, cash, mp3 players, and the respect of the university.
Congratulations to Maurice Evans III, who was one of eight $500 runners up in the Vernon E. Carne Scholarship competition. Maurice has been accepted at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Academies
Biomedical Science and Engineering:
Vidrine Jones, Imani Stanard, and Brianna Stewart were accepted into the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine's Vet School For A Day program on September 28, 2011.
Grady HOSA Parliamentary Team won first place at the Georgia HOSA State Leadership Conference. The Parliamentary Team was comprised of Natalie Anderson, JaTavia Butler, Erin Fallen, Akilah George, Niquisha Ruff, Eric Spencer, Ngoc Tran, and Morgan Ukaonu. They are on their way to National Competition June 20 – 23, 2012.
Business and Entrepreneurship:
Brandi Edmondson traveled to New York City to Compete in the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) on October 5 – 7. Brandi won 1st runner up in a citywide business plan competition for Young Entrepreneurs of Atlanta (YE-Atl) with a $750 dollar scholarship toward school or business idea. This competition will involve students across the nation.
Thirty-four students from the Business & Entrepreneurship academy participated in a DECA-organized Job Shadowing event held on Thursday, February 2, 2012 celebrating Career & Technical Education Month and Black History month.
The following ten organizations and individuals hosted our students: KiDazzle Child Care and Enrichment Center; Five Guys Restaurant; Emory University Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the Carlos Museum; Office of Mr. Kasim Reed, Mayor of Atlanta; Judge Kimberly Adams, Fulton County Superior Court; Fulton County District Attorney’s office; DeKalb County District Attorney’s office; Mr. Justin Starnes – Attorney at Law, Atlanta; Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts; Georgia World Congress Center/Georgia Dome/Phillips Arena.
Chelsie Davis, who shadowed at KiDazzle Child Care & Enrichment Center, was offered a paid summer job on the spot. Jewel Ford shadowed the District Attorney for DeKalb County was offered a summer internship.
Other participants were Jada Luckett, Lylah Brown, Alana Edmonds, Thomas Cox, Taylor Booker, Kyle Barry, Tylor Booker, Charles George, Kiera Hicks, and Grady Roberts.
The production crew was: Charles Eaddy and Scottie McWilliams were videographers; Ciena Leshley was the photographer and Fabian Releford was the executive assistant.
On February 23, Grady’s B & E students participated in a project based workshop conducted by Mr. Stephen McDowell of California’s Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising organized by Grady’s DECA. The high point of the workshop was that students were capable of putting together a “trend board” from fashion magazines that they were given. The workshop culminated with a spectacular student presentation by participating groups and an overview of the Fashion Institute with explanations on majors and careers associated with fashion.
Congratulations to the following B&E students for being accepted into Usher’s New Look Powered by Service Tour Program: Simone Howard, Sydni Dunovant, Marquise Eppinger, Orlando Riley, Nena Dorsey, Maya Pines and Jayla Tibbs.
Communications and Journalism:
Please also see “Design” and “Publications and Broadcast Programs” below.
Greg Bluestein, legal affairs reporter for the Associated Press's Atlanta bureau, will visit a tenth grade journalism class Friday, Feb. 10. Bluestein, former editor-in-chief of the University of Georgia's independent, student-run newspaper, The Red & Black, was one of five reporters who were present at the Troy Davis execution.
Cynthia Tucker, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and former editorial page editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, is coming to speak with Southerner and Nexus students on Tuesday, March 13. Tucker is a visiting professor at UGA's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Jeff Johnson, journalist, television personality, and voice over master, spoke with broadcast journalist students on February 7, 2012.
Scott C. King, journalist, photographer, and musician, spoke with broadcast journalist students on Tuesday, February 14, 2012.
Twelve students from the Communications & Journalism Academy participated in the SkillsUSA Leadership & Skills Conference held on March 15-17, 2012, at the Georgia International Convention Center. Queen White, Charles Eaddy, Jori Shorts, and Lauren Alford were selected to be interviewed during the live telecast for SkillsUSA Live TV!
Congratulations to the following students for winning first place at the SkillsUSA Leadership & Skills Conference held March 15-17, 2012: Jori Shorts and Dakota Moore for Audio/Radio Production and Charles Eaddy and Hira Choudhry for SkillsUSA Georgia Commercial. Jori and Dakota will compete in the SKillsUSA National Level Competition in Kansas City, Missouri June 23-27.