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As part of a land swap deal with the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, a new Public Storage building is being constructed on Monroe Drive near the Eastside BeltLine Trail entrance, a street away from Midtown, with its previous location on Piedmont Avenue.
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Students used provided glasses to look at the changes in the sun during the solar eclipse.
Midtown community celebrates solar eclipse
April 8, 2024

At their best, Jesters get the Wertz

The Southerner
February 14, 2012


At the Catholic Forensic League National Qualifier held Saturday at The Marist School, the Jesters captured the inaugural “Phillip Wertz Sweepstakes Trophy” and qualified 20 team members for the Grand Nationals Tournament to be held Memorial Day weekend in Baltimore.

Qualifying Jesters included Lauren Ogg (public forum bebate), Grace Power (public forum debate), Sammi Dean (public forum debate), Olivia Veira (public forum debate), Salome Kakashivili (public forum debate), Katherine Zakharova (public forum debate), Jamie Reid (Lincoln-Douglas debate), Tiger Li (Lincoln-Douglas debate), Rachel Citrin (Lincoln-Douglas debate), Mallory Akard (original oratory), Isabelle Taft (extemporaneous speaking), Ben Simonds-Malamud (extemporaneous speaking), Rex Petersen (dramatic performance), Ryan Switzer (dramatic performance), Qri Montague (prose/poetry), Khadijah Brown (prose/poetry), Jahra Gholston (duo interp), Marius Jackson (duo interp), Ben Dean (policy debate) and Zoe Hamilton (policy debate).

Quinn Mulholland (public forum debate), Olivia Volkert (public forum debate) and Sam Heller (Lincoln-Douglas debate) qualified as alternates (Photo by Mario Herrera).

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    Laura Leonard • May 17, 2012 at 12:36 am

    Hi Phil,
    Pat M. sent this to me. I share her joy and pride that this honor has your name.
    Laura

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