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Aran Sonnad-Joshi, News Associate Managing Editor

Aran Sonnad-Joshi is a junior and a News Associate Managing Editor. This is his second year on the Southerner staff. He is also a member of the Lincoln-Douglas debate team and competes in creative writing competitions in. Aran hopes to make information more accessible and share his thoughts on Atlanta and the Grady community through the Southerner. 

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Educator and spoken word artist Bethsheba Rem runs for school board

Educator and spoken word artist Bethsheba Rem runs for school board

November 1, 2021
Bills in the Georgia Senate and House of Representatives have proposed allowing residents of Buckhead, Atlantas wealthiest district, to vote on de-annexation. De-annexation could harm Atlanta and APS and place the North Atlanta cluster in a state of uncertainty.

Potential Buckhead de-annexation could harm Atlanta and APS

October 25, 2021
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[Photo] Signature theme changing from College and Career Readiness to STEM or STEAM

October 22, 2021

Social media challenges bring attention to important issues, create community

October 20, 2021
Social media challenges are being blamed for the recent rise in damage and graffiti, both at Midtown and nationwide. This damage has prompted a debate over the effects of social media challenges.

Are social media challenges a force for good or evil?

October 20, 2021

The Twin Spin News Update: October 19

October 19, 2021
Taylor buries himself in his backyard to create the art for his 2020 single, Archaeology. Archaeology will be featured on his upcoming album.

Alumnus Taylor creates Atlanta-inspired experimental music

October 5, 2021
Weekly Activity: Week ending 10/1

Weekly Activity: Week ending 10/1

October 1, 2021

The Twin Spin News Update: September 28

September 28, 2021
Weekly Activity: Week ending 9/24

Weekly Activity: Week ending 9/24

September 24, 2021
Tonia Schofield working in the new engineering classroom in A100. The room will allow students to do more complex projects in safer conditions.

Engineering and Drafting and Design pathways get grant and new space

September 22, 2021
Andrew Copeland in his classroom

[Photo] Andrew Copeland, teacher

September 20, 2021

The Twin Spin News Update: September 20

September 20, 2021
A student vandalized the boys C300 bathroom with red and orange pigment. Custodians were unable to remove the pigment from the flooring.

‘Devious Licks’ spurs bathroom vandalism

September 17, 2021
Weekly Activity: Week ending 8/10

Weekly Activity: Week ending 8/10

September 10, 2021

The Twin Spin News Update: September 8

September 8, 2021
Weekly Activity: Week ending 9/3

Weekly Activity: Week ending 9/3

September 3, 2021
The new addition of the A Wing has given Midtown an opportunity to expand its campus for a new school year.

Midtown reopens with room for growth

September 1, 2021
Seniors Lillian Wilson (left) and Meg McGahan (right) are seen masked along with their peers in AP Art.

A new year for mental and physical health

September 1, 2021
Midtowns visual redesign was undertaken by Art teacher John Brandhorst, with the help of Midtown parents and professionals.

A new name and direction

September 1, 2021
Midtowns new building sits at the corner of Charles Allen Drive and 10th Street. In addition to the building, a new parking lot has been added for students and staff to utilize.

The new building

September 1, 2021

The Twin Spin News Update: August 31

September 1, 2021
The team competes virtually during the fourth round at the National High School Mock Trial Championship.

Grady Mock Trial places fourth at national tournament

May 25, 2021
The Southerner Online won a prestigious Online Pacemaker Award at the 2021 virtual National Scholastic Press Association convention.

The Southerner wins prestigious Online Pacemaker Award

May 25, 2021
Leon Eplan, the president of the Boys High Alumni Association, greatly impacted the Grady community throughout his life.

Leon Eplan’s legacy continues to impact Grady

May 25, 2021
Students participate in weekly surveillance testing at Grady. The program has reduced the spread of COVID-19 in APS schools.

APS surveillance testing reduces spread of COVID-19

May 25, 2021

Grady community discusses the second amendment

May 20, 2021
Tanner Lamar practices the saxophone at home.

Tanner Lamar, junior

April 15, 2021

Virtual learning week is necessary

April 12, 2021
Students in AP Seminar participate in class with their cameras turned off. Many students have no face-to-face interactions in virtual classrooms.

Midtown virtual institute harms outweigh benefits

April 5, 2021

Finding the American Dream: The path to citizenship presents challenges

April 1, 2021
The United States government has been distributing vaccines for COVID-19 to the American people as part of the effort to stop the spread of the virus.

Q&A: Pharmaceutical executive Dr. Antonio Grillo-Lopez talks reopening and vaccines

March 12, 2021
Weekly Activity: Week ending 2/26

Weekly Activity: Week ending 2/26

February 26, 2021
Robinhood has made investing accessible by offering commission-free trades. This has helped amateur investors and weakened Wall Streets control.

Anger against Robinhood shifts blame from Wall Street

February 16, 2021
Weekly Activity: Week ending 12/29

Weekly Activity: Week ending 12/29

January 29, 2021
President Joe Biden was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2021. Though the inauguration took place amid the coronavirus pandemic and security threats, it encouraged unity across the country.

Biden inauguration promotes unity among pandemic, unrest

January 23, 2021
Weekly Activity: Week ending 1/8

Weekly Activity: Week ending 1/8

January 8, 2021
Like in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, this summer protesters took to the streets to protest police brutality and racial injustices. However this time they marched under the flag of Black Lives Matter, instead of at the helms of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior (center). (Original image courtesy of public domain).

Lighting the torch: The future of civil rights

December 11, 2020
Weekly Activity: Week of 12/7

Weekly Activity: Week of 12/7

December 11, 2020

The Grady Foundation

December 1, 2020
The Atlanta Board of Education voted to finalize Midtown High School as the new name for Henry W. Grady High School.

Grady’s and Wells’s descendants excluded from Grady’s name change

November 16, 2020
The Atlanta Board of Education voted to postpone the Grady High School renaming process in order to let students vote.

School board postpones renaming process for student vote

November 2, 2020
President Abraham Lincoln (left) and Senator Stephen Douglas (right) are illustrated in a depiction of the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates. The debates were highly publicized and are regarded as one of the greatest American political debates.

The Deterioration of Political Discourse

October 29, 2020
DeKalb County Commission District 1

DeKalb County Commission District 1

October 29, 2020
District Superintendent Dr. Lisa Herring addresses stake holders at the virtual town hall meeting on Sept. 24.

Superintendent outlines phase two reopening options

October 2, 2020
The Jesters debate team show off its awards following success at the Isadore Newman Tournament in New Orleans in December just before the winter break.

Overcoming fear of public speaking has life benefits

January 16, 2020
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