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An upbeat website for a downtown school

the Southerner Online
An upbeat website for a downtown school

the Southerner Online
Jamie Marlowe

Jamie Marlowe, Co-Editor in Chief

Jamie is a senior, and this is her third year on the Southerner staff. Along with writing, she loves traveling, spending time with her friends and family and running cross country and track.

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Teacher concerns about the usage of AI systems like ChatGPT in classrooms are growing as the technology advances rapidly.

Teachers grapple with use of AI in classrooms

Jamie Marlowe
May 16, 2023
Midtown is one of Atlanta Public Schools' focuses when tackling overcapacity within the district. Maynard Jackson and Douglass High School are also overcrowded.

Plans addressing high school overcapacity take shape

Jamie Marlowe
March 24, 2023
Senior Bella Luz was selected as a Posse Scholar to her dream school: The George Washington University.

Senior Luz awarded highly-selective Posse Scholarship

Jamie Marlowe
February 6, 2023
Students and staff were rushed to Piedmont Park after news of a possible bomb threat targeted at the school.

Bomb threat evacuates school, delays final exams to Jan. 3

Greta Gustafson, Jamie Marlowe, Aran Sonnad-Joshi, and Sayan Sonnad-Joshi
December 15, 2022
Atlanta Police are asking for the public's assistance in identifying the driver involved in an accident that left a Midtown student seriously injured over a week ago. The vehicle is a silver Honda Pilot.

Driver sought after hit-and-run involving Midtown student

Jamie Marlowe
November 17, 2022
Former Springdale Park Elementary Principal Terry Harness was hired to lead the new cluster elementary school located in Virginia-Highland.

Cluster principal transitions to new elementary school

Jamie Marlowe
November 15, 2022
Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker hosted an election night watch party at the Omni Hotel. After voting was tallied, the race between the Incumbent Raphael Warnock and Walker was too close to call and will be heading to a Dec. 6 runoff.

Warnock, Walker U.S Senate race heads to December runoff

Jamie Marlowe, Sayan Sonnad-Joshi, Greta Gustafson, Sierra Pape, Shalin Bhatia, and Lily Rachwalski
November 8, 2022
Seniors Spencer Lieberman and Ike Edlein face each other with their water guns. Lieberman has eliminated seven players so far. Edlein, who refers to himself as 'the King Slayer' eliminated senior Will Hunter.

Senior Assassin brings class together

Jamie Marlowe
October 18, 2022
Classes were near deserted yesterday following a school shooting threat, and students received excused absences. Today, the building was full with news that the threat is likely a hoax.

Social media threat investigation lacks information to verify legitimacy

Jamie Marlowe
August 26, 2022
Only a few students were present at school on Thursday after an anonymous threat to "shoot up" Midtown circulated on social media.

Shooting threat empties school

Greta Gustafson, Jamie Marlowe, and Aran Sonnad-Joshi
August 25, 2022
Virginia-Highland's Inman Middle School building will open its doors as a new cluster elementary school next fall. The plan modifies school attendance zone boundaries for Mary Lin Elementary, Morningside Elementary and Springdale Park Elementary.

APS greenlights new elementary school, high school capacity discussion to follow

Jamie Marlowe
August 24, 2022
Two students were shot on Saturday outside of a party attended by Midtown students.

Two teens shot after party for Midtown grad

Jamie Marlowe, Aran Sonnad-Joshi, and Abby Hyken
August 14, 2022
Courage West-Tankoo, senior

Courage West-Tankoo, senior

Jamie Marlowe
August 3, 2022
Seniors Isaac Perantoni, Jeffrey Hallett and Jonas Loesel wear their crowns on the first day of school.

[Photo] Students return for the start of the 2022-2023 school year

Sayan Sonnad-Joshi
August 1, 2022
Signs showing favor for a SPARK dual campus are found posted outside Springdale Park Elementary. Many Springdale Park parents prefer the dual campus as opposed to a new K-5 elementary school in the cluster because it would rezone fewer students.

APS solicits community input on new elementary school

Jamie Marlowe
June 1, 2022
Senior Elizabeth Bolton purchased her prom dress three months in advance to the dance. This year's prom, themed "A Knight in Vegas" will take place on May 14, 2022 at the Georgia Tech Hotel.

Return to traditional prom uplifts teachers’, students’ spirits

Jamie Marlowe
April 11, 2022
Talon Chesnut, sophomore

Talon Chesnut, sophomore

Jamie Marlowe
February 8, 2022

Security reassessed after guns found at cluster schools

Jamie Marlowe
February 3, 2022
Former City Councilman Andre Dickens was elected as the 61st mayor of Atlanta in a Nov. 30 runoff over City Council President Felicia Moore.

City Councilman, Atlanta Public Schools graduate Dickens elected Atlanta’s 61st mayor

Jamie Marlowe
December 16, 2021
The Midtown girls soccer team lost 4-0 to Blessed Trinity in the 2021 soccer state semifinals. Starting in the next academic year, Midtown will remain in class 5A. Blessed Trinity is moving up from 5A to 6A due to their higher numbers of students living out-of-zone.

GHSA applies new multiplier in reclassification

Jamie Marlowe
December 7, 2021
Desirae Mohammed, junior

Desirae Mohammed, junior

Jamie Marlowe
December 2, 2021
In the lead-up to the 2021 Atlanta City Elections, the Southerner has compiled a list of 8 key races that readers in the district that Midtown High School will be voting on. Using official statements, previous reports and recorded interviews, the Southerner has broken down the candidates’ positions on specific issues.

Atlanta Public Schools School Board At-Large Seat 9

Jamie Marlowe
October 31, 2021
Jason B Allen

Jason B Allen

Jamie Marlowe
October 29, 2021
Jason Esteves

Jason Esteves

Jamie Marlowe
October 29, 2021
D’Jaris James

D’Jaris James

Jamie Marlowe
October 29, 2021
Lenox has signs posted throughout the mall alerting visitors of its new policies for those under 18. If a minor remains unaccompanied by an adult any day after 3 p.m., they will be asked to leave the Buckhead property.

Lenox Square enhances security with new rules for minors

Jamie Marlowe
October 8, 2021
Nylah Shepherd, junior

Nylah Shepherd, junior

Jamie Marlowe
September 23, 2021
This year Atlanta Public Schools began using Securly to monitor the ways students use their school-issued Chromebooks. Although the software was installed with positive intentions, students and parents have privacy-related concerns.

New online surveillance generates privacy concerns

Jamie Marlowe
September 23, 2021
The memorial of Katherine Janness and her dog Bowie lies near where they were found dead in Piedmont Park. The killer has yet to be identified.

Community on edge after Piedmont Park murder

Jamie Marlowe
August 24, 2021
Senior Sophie Ille tries on dresses for the upcoming senior-only prom. The event is on April 24 at the World Congress Center.

Grady class of 2021 to attend their first prom

Jamie Marlowe
April 23, 2021
Ameah Richardson, senior

Ameah Richardson, senior

Jamie Marlowe
April 13, 2021
One young musician’s dream is a Grady junior’s reality: Jonathan Fuller was accepted into the highly selective and prestigious National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, based in New York.

Fuller accepted to National Youth Orchestra

Jamie Marlowe
April 13, 2021
Grady apiculture club member Neisha Ball stands with Ben Sellers last year at a club meeting as they prepare to spin honey. Due to Covid, this widely-enjoyed, hands-on club hasn't met since the 2019-2020 school year.

To bee or not to bee: Apiculture club future uncertain amid pandemic

Jamie Marlowe
April 6, 2021
Cate Barton has participated in club teams this year such as Inter Atlanta FC and AAU basketball. The postponing of middle school sports until the fall of 2021 has sparked some concerns about the ways Grady's sports teams will receive this impact, but others think the playing field will even out quickly.

Pandemic curtails middle school sports opportunities

Jamie Marlowe
March 31, 2021
In a traditional school setting, seniors gather in the courtyard for lunch and wear senior crowns to symbolize their last year at Grady. Due to the 2020-2021 school year being entirely online so far, Grady seniors have missed out on classic senior activities. "We can still do something in a small group, but it would never be the same as if it was a real school year," senior Shawn Gillespy said.

Students return to in-person school

Jamie Marlowe
February 12, 2021
Although sports look different this year due to the pandemic, Grady’s basketball season has begun.

Grady sports improve mental health during pandemic

Jamie Marlowe
January 14, 2021
Every week, chorus teacher Kevin Hill's advanced women chorus class have "Fun Fridays." Past activities on Fun Fridays include show and tell, storytelling and yoga.

Grady Music plans for virtual concerts

Jamie Marlowe
December 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

Dana Richie, Ava Smith, Aran Sonnad-Joshi, Sayan Sonnad-Joshi, and Jamie Marlowe
November 2, 2020
APS hosted a special-called board meeting on Wednesday to discuss APS's potential reopening plan for Phase II.

District details potential phase one reopening plan

Jamie Marlowe
September 24, 2020
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