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An upbeat website for a downtown school

the Southerner Online
Bria Brown

Bria Brown, Photography/Multimedia

Bria Brown is a second year staff member on the Southerner as well as a senior in the Class of 2020. She is currently Photography/Multimedia Editor and looks forward to expanding the Southerner photography section. Outside of school, she plays soccer, ultimate frisbee, exercise, and trades stocks. She looks forward to becoming a hedge fund manager for a professional investment management firm overseeing high risk, high yield stocks.

 

Contact: [email protected]

All content by Bria Brown
Students file out of Grady as the dismissal bell rings at 3:30. However, many students in special needs classes dismiss earlier than the general population. Nationally, there is a push to be more inclusive of those students in both general classes and daily activities like transitions.

Grady cluster needs to improve inclusivity in general classrooms

Bria Brown
April 16, 2020
COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE: Morehouse College, an all-male Historically Black College in the West End community in Atlanta has adapted its admissions policy to accept transgender men in the the 2020-2021.

Morehouse College to admit male transgender students

Bria Brown
March 17, 2020
Nurse Wanda Taylor sits in her office as she fills out paperwork for the end of the day.

Wanda Taylor, Nurse

Bria Brown
February 28, 2020
Ms. Blair instructs her 3B class as they attentively listen and do their classwork.

Gayla Blair, Yearbook advisor

Bria Brown
February 7, 2020
Senior Kyle Hanson takes a free throw after a KIPP player was charged with a technical foul. In high school basketball, as well as college and professional, the eight other players on the court are required to stand behind the half-court line.

Varsity Boys take on KIPP in a close match

Bria Brown
February 11, 2020
On January 11, 2020, the Varsity Boys basketball team took on KIPP at Grady. The boys are pictured running out of a tunnel of cheerleaders. After the game, their record was: 7-9.

Senior Immanuel Bolden stands with Coach Johnson as he gets advice.

After, #40, Immanuel Bolden received a technical foul, a KIPP parent stood up in outrage.

Senior Kyle Hanson takes a free throw after a KIPP player was charged with a technical foul. In high school basketball, as well as college and professional, the eight other players on the court are required to stand behind the half-court line.

Senior Michael Stevens, goes for a floater against a KIPP defender.

"Paragraphalizer," a mural painted by artist Fabian Williams, is a part of the "Contraception" collection is on Edgewood Avenue. He painted an image to resemble how African American history is often lost in textbooks and education.

Atlanta history reflected in Downtown murals

Bria Brown
November 22, 2019
Grady Speech & Debate coach Mario Herrera in Jedi attire turns heads as he passes senior Hope Nathanson dressed as a devil in the hallway.

[Photo] Grady students and faculty embrace Halloween festivities

Sophia Maxim, Writer
November 1, 2019
Members of the Harvard Debate Council Diversity Project take a group photo at Harvard University.

Harvard Debate Council prepares Atlanta-area teens for college admissions

Bria Brown
October 30, 2019
On October 18, Mrs. Looman's AP European History class went outside to recreate the Renaissance painter, Raphael's School of Athens as part of an annual tradition. Pictured is the image they are recreating.

Front lawn should not have parking lot

Bria Brown
October 16, 2019
On Sept. 27, 2019, about 200 students walked out to Piedmont Park to protest climate change.  "Rainforests burning. Glaciers melting. Sea levels rising. This is only the beginning. Spoken plainly, human actions have begun to damage our earth exponentially," North Atlanta High School senior Danielle Millburn said. This speech is one of many that have been given to protestors around the world in an attempt to urge communities to act in ways that are beneficial to the environment. Pictured are some students walking out for climate change.

Students walk out to protest climate change

Bria Brown
October 1, 2019
Taylor Spencer, a candidate for Executive President, smiles as she stands in the courtyard.

Taylor Spencer, senior

Bria Brown
September 24, 2019
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[Photo] Brian Edwards, freshman

September 20, 2019
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[Photo] Elizabeth White, senior

September 13, 2019
Music Midtown has been cancelled this year due to Georgia's New Gun Laws. In the past this is what the entrance to the festival would look like.

Music Midtown brings major artists to stage

Bria Brown
September 13, 2019
After completion, the 10th street parking lot will be reopened as a fully paved lot.

Front lawn should not have parking lot

Bria Brown
August 27, 2019
Grady social studies teacher of 26 years, Mary Van Atta, smiles as she sit in her classroom.

[Photo] Ms. Mary Van Atta, Social Studies teacher

August 23, 2019
Four of the six students to earn the posse scholarship from Atlanta Public Schools came from Grady. (Top left) Avery Alford, (top right) Taylor Jackson, (bottom left) Shamayan Sullivan, and (bottom center) Keziah Corbett received full, merit-based scholarships to each of their respective schools.

Four seniors named Posse Scholars

Bria Brown, Photographer/Multimedia
February 26, 2019
Students smiling as they are halfway through bike rack installation.

Grady receives 7 new bike racks due to student led bike rack initiative

Bria Brown
January 18, 2019
Freshman Audrey Isakov is seen working on the pump, as she twists a bolt into the ground.

Scott Ehardt, a member of SOPO Bike Cooperative, helped the students install the bike racks and congratulate them for a job well done.

Freshman Ava Smith hammering in the bike racks, one at a time.

Sophomore Jack Kast is thinking about how much longer is left in the installation, as it is extremely cold.

Everyone is huddled together as the installation day was one of the coldest days of the week.

Junior Bria Brown led an initiative to bring 7 more bike racks to Grady this January. Freshman Nora Ball is pictured measuring distance between the rack and the border.

Sophomore Henry Gelber is seen screwing in a bolt to ensure that the rack is in the ground for many years to come.

Sophomore Jack Kast thinks about all the work has has done as he leans on the bike rack.

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Scott Ehardt, a member of SOPO Bikes Cooperative, helps students install the bike racks as he drills a hole into the ground for the pump.

Freshman Ava Smith hammers in a nail as yet another bike rack is in the ground.

On Monday, January 14, 7 students installed bike racks, and initiative led by junior Bria Brown. Pictured is sophomore Henry Gelber screwing in the racks in 30 degree weather.

Grady Robotics members judging team's robots as they race Lego MindStorm in the FIRST Lego League competition.

Elementary students compete in annual lego competition

Bria Brown
January 6, 2019
Junior Joanna Baker smiles as the tournament is almost over.

Junior Rebecca Chapman lifts spirits by leading the teams in the Cha-Cha Slide.

Yet another team in distress after having to touch their robot and losing points.

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