Our Mission

The mission of the B.E.S.T. (BEST Engineering, Science and Technology) is to provide a caring, collaborative and rigorous single-gender environment where the community of learners empowers scholars to be college and career ready.

100 Black Men

Our Vision is to create a high-performing single-gender exemplar that produces transformational leaders who contribute to the community.

The videos below show experiments which provide a visual for the importance of hand washing:

Video 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KirHm_sYfI

Video 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ryO6E7ZUw

Click on the link ( https://www.smore.com/61av2 ) to access the following resources:

APS eResources, Class Pass @ APS: Fulton County Library Access, APSRace2Read, AJC eNewspaper, etc.

Food & Nutrition - Free meals for kids during Coronavirus School Closures

Beginning Monday, March 16, 2020, all APS students can daily receive free bagged meals at 5 school sites that will be open for food distribution Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Douglass High School

Cleveland Ave Elementary School

Bunche Middle School

Sylvan Middle School

Phoenix Academy

Beginning Monday, March 16, 2020, APS partner, GOODR, will provide ready to eat meals at the following local community sites:

Hosea Williams Feed The Hungry (4779 Mindy St. Atlanta, GA. 30366 * 404-755-3353)

Food Pantry - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

10 a.m. - Noon

Bring ID and Social Security Card

Loaves and Fishes @ St.John the Wonderworker Parish (543 Cherokee Ave., SE Atlanta, GA. 30312 * 678-373-9433)

Serves food Monday - Friday

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Beginning Monday, March 23, 2020, all APS families can report to one of the 5 open APS school sites Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. to receive a bag of shelf stable grocery items from the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

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The BEST Academy 6-8 Power Up Summer Program Enrollment/Inscipción de Programa de Verano Power Up

Middle School

https://tinyurl.com/powerup6-8

The BEST Academy 9-12 Power Up Summer Program Enrollment/Inscipción de Programa de Verano Power Up

High School

https://tinyurl.com/powerup9-12

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The Atlanta College and Career Academy (ACCA) will provide more access to career pathways and prepare APS students for high-demand technical careers aligned with the economic and workforce needs of Atlanta and across Georgia. Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, ACCA will serve up to 1000 students and offer 14 career pathways at its newly renovated 1090 Windsor Street location. Open enrollment begins Dec. 9, 2019 and ends Jan. 2, 2020. Learn more.

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