ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Office of Communications and Public Engagement
130 Trinity Avenue SW | Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Seth Coleman, Director of Media
404-802-2891, office
404-345-8630, cell
seth.coleman@atlanta.k12.ga.us
Jasmine Mosley, Media Relations Manager
404-802-2888, office
404-937-0473, cell
jasmine.mosley@atlanta.k12.ga.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 25, 2023
Jimmy Iovine to Tour Frederick Douglass High School and Announce Partnership with Atlanta Public Schools to Launch the Iovine and Young Center
The Iovine and Young Education Group to Expand the Iovine and Young Center to Frederick Douglass High School in an effort to train the Next Generation of Global Innovation Leaders
ATLANTA – One of the world’s top innovators is coming to Atlanta on Tuesday to announce the launch of a new educational initiative, based on innovation, in Atlanta Public Schools.
Entertainment and innovation icon Jimmy Iovine, co-founder of The Iovine and Young Center in Los Angeles, will visit Frederick Douglass High School to formally announce The Iovine and Young Education Group (IYEG) partnership with Atlanta Public Schools (APS), Tuesday, August 29.
The partnership expands IYEG’s innovative learning concept to APS, launching The Iovine and Young Center at Frederick Douglass High School beginning August 2024.
The center is designed to reimagine the high school experience through an innovative education model that combines a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum with real-world, team-based learning opportunities. Upon graduation, students will be highly skilled in innovation, making them competitive amongst top universities and better prepared for a global career.
The partnership between APS and IYEG stems from Jimmy Iovine and Andre “Dr. Dre” Young's pursuit of fostering interdisciplinary skills such as technology, business and design in future generations. As the visionaries developed BEATs technology both Iovine and Young noticed that each professional sector demonstrated expertise in their unique area but none possessed a combined knowledge. In 2013, Iovine and Young partnered with the University of Southern California to create the Iovine and Young Academy (IYA), a school offering USC college students an opportunity to develop interdisciplinary skills.
After many successful years, the pioneers noticed a lack of ethnic diversity in their IYA graduating classes and thus began the pursuit of expanding their innovative learning framework to high school students, targeting black and brown students in public education.
Tour of Frederick Douglass High School and Media Q&A
WHAT: Jimmy Iovine to announce Iovine and Young Center at Frederick Douglass
High School and tour both the main campus and 9th Grade STEAM
Academy.
WHEN: Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Tour Stop #1: Main Campus
(225 Hamilton E. Holmes Dr. Atlanta, GA 30318)
11:00 a.m. Media-stand up interview with Iovine and Young Center Co-Founder Jimmy Iovine, APS Superintendent Dr. Lisa Herring, and Frederick Douglass High School Principal Mrs. Forrestella Taylor.
11:10 a.m. Tour Main Campus with school leadership.
11:35 a.m. School Presentation & Media Q&A
12:00 p.m. Depart
Tour Stop #2: 9th Grade STEAM Academy Campus (6 minutes from main campus)
(101 Hemphill School Rd. Atlanta, GA 30331)
12:15 p.m. 9th Grade STEAM Academy Tour
12:30 p.m. Tour Concludes
Please RSVP by emailing jasmine.mosley@atlanta.k12.ga.us or seth.coleman@atlanta.k12.ga.us by Monday, August 28 at 5 p.m.
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About Atlanta Public Schools
Atlanta Public Schools is one of the largest school districts in the state of Georgia, serving approximately 50,000 students across 87 schools and five programs. The District is organized into nine K-12 clusters with 64 traditional schools, 19 charter schools, six partner schools, two alternative schools and five alternative programs. To learn more about Atlanta Public Schools, follow us on social media – Twitter (@apsupdate), Facebook (Atlanta Public Schools), and Instagram (apsupdate) – or visit us online at www.atlantapublicschools.us.
