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An upbeat website for a downtown school

the Southerner Online
Tyler Jones

Tyler Jones, Co-Editor in Chief

Tyler Jones is a senior in her fourth year writing for the Southerner. When she is not writing features on anything Atlanta, you can usually find her in the lair of the Speech and Debate team or doodling on her tablet.

 

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Through explicit opinions of individual justices, the newly configured Supreme Court has inserted partisan values into the issue of marriage equality.

[Photo] Supreme Court becomes partisan on marriage equality

George Lefkowicz, Managing News Editor
October 28, 2020
APS confirms it first case of COVID-19. The unnamed North Atlanta employee did not have contact with students or faculty.

APS confirms first COVID-19 case, reports students/faculty unexposed

Tyler Jones
March 20, 2020
A number of factors, particularly home environment and community pressures, can impact a student's performance in school and their lives post high school.

[Photo] Forgotten Youth: when college is not your first choice

November 15, 2019
Georgia Tech Public Policy professor Dr. Richard Barke weighs in on the announcement to begin a formal impeachment hearing for president Donald Trump. Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the decision to begin the inquiry on Sept. 23.

Impeachment Inquiry: A conversation with Dr. Richard Barke, Georgia Tech public policy professor

Tyler Jones
September 26, 2019
APS confirms it first case of COVID-19. The unnamed North Atlanta employee did not have contact with students or faculty.

Atlanta school board to begin search for new superintendent

Tyler Jones, Charlotte Spears, and Katherine Esterl
September 9, 2019
New counselors Hunter Leachmon and Madison Koaster will be providing counseling to students experiencing anxiety, depression, or other adjustments.

[Photo] Grady welcomes new therapist on campus

Kiki Soto
September 9, 2019
The Board of Education will discuss superintendent Meria Carstarphen's future with the district, with the potential introduction of a new contract. Her current contract will expire June 30, 2020 if the board chooses not to present a contract, which will start the process of searching for a new superintendent. Carstarphen is pictured here at the opening of the Walden Athletic Complex in October, 2018.

Board moves to discuss superintendent’s future with district

Tyler Jones
September 8, 2019
The Imposter Syndrome, "the belief that you’ve only succeeded due to luck, and not because of your talent or qualifications," was first identified in 1978. The phenomenon, characterized by a feeling of inadequacy in one's occupation or position, affects some groups of individuals in different ways than others, most notably women.

Imposter Syndrome alters perspectives, self-confidence in women

Tyler Jones
August 28, 2019
The college bribery scandal involved falsified SAT scores, providing a significant advantage to wealthy parents who paid o have scores changed.

[Photo] Bribery scandal highlights flaws in college admissions

Ellie Werthman, Co-Editor in Chief
April 23, 2019
Ominous E300 staircase unnerves fearful freshmen

Ominous E300 staircase unnerves fearful freshmen

Tyler Jones, Layout Associate Managing Editor and A&E Associate Managing Editor
May 24, 2019
OUT OF PRINT: Grady's Graphic Communications pathway, incorporated into the school during Grady's time as a communications magnet, will not be offered next year as a part of a school wide budget cut.

Grady’s print shop cut after 25 years

Tyler Jones
April 25, 2019
College Bribery Graphic

BANG FOR YOUR BUCK: The Justice Department revealed on Mar. 4 a bribery scandal involving the alteration of test score and false reports of athletic recruitment in order to gain college admission. The incident demonstrates the deep economic disparity between students as well as the culture of college prestige in the admissions system.

College bribery scandal reveals economic inequality

Tyler Jones, Layout Associate Managing Editor and A&E Associate Managing Editor
March 12, 2019
The school board voted 5-3 on Mar. 4, giving partial approval of its "Excellent Schools Project" after breaking up the plan's vote into several meeting. Dates for voting on the rest of the plan, which includes a rating system for schools, are undecided

District’s `Excellent Schools Project’ sparks community debate

Tyler Jones
March 6, 2019
A DUSTY PLAIN: The infamous dirt lot houses student cars as well as the occasional swamp pit and dust bowl.

Grady’s outback: the dirt lot

Tyler Jones, Layout Associate Managing Editor and A&E Associate Managing Editor
February 15, 2019
Hair is a barrier to attracting and keeping some promising African-American girls on swim teams.

Swim team’s difficulty retaining African American girls: hair

Tyler Jones, Associate managing editor
January 30, 2019
Minecraft ushers game-based learning to classrooms

Minecraft ushers game-based learning to classrooms

Tyler Jones, Layout Associate Managing Editor and A&E Section Editor
December 5, 2018
Anonymous sources are regularly used in media today, especially when there are repercussions. New York Times published this op-ed Sept. 5

[Photo] Grady weighs in on who has the right to know

Selena Kleber, News Managing Editor
September 26, 2018
A SYMPHONY FOR PEACE: Pianos for Peace is an Atlanta-based organization that displays over 50 painted pianos from places like the BeltLine, MARTA stations, and the airport from Sept. 1-21, later donating them to schools and nursing homes across the city.

Pianos for Peace

Tyler Jones, Layout Associate Managing Editor and A&E Section Editor
September 26, 2018
POWERFUL STATEMENTS: Juniors Maximus Freightman (left) and Harrison Briggs (right) in "Some Other Kid," a play imagining the moments before 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed by a neighborhood watch captain in 2012. Senior Niya Taylor directed the one act play, which was written by A. Rey Pamatmat.

Senior One Acts showcase students’ talent and humor

Tyler Jones
April 6, 2018
Students link arms on the field an hour after the organized walkout. After several students decided to remain on the field for further protest separate from administrative supervision, the group of additional protesters amassed to 200.

[Photo] Nationwide Walkout: Grady Students Join in Protest/Solidarity

Tyler Jones and Hope Nathanson
March 14, 2018
Senior Cali Chalfant, organizer of Grady's walkout, discusses the importance of students' voices in making change in the wake of the Parkland shooting.

Nationwide Walkout: An Interview with Cali Chalfant

Tyler Jones
March 12, 2018
Sophomore Sarah Likins practices writing and pronouncing the letters of the Korean alphabet. Likins has been learning Korean in order to develop further connections with her grandparents, who do not speak english.

Breaking down the language barrier

Tyler Jones
January 30, 2018
Projected to open in August 2018, the Walden fields, located at the site of the former Walden Middle School, will house practice fields for lacrosse, soccer, baseball and softball.

Athletes frustrated with lack of field space

Tyler Jones
December 13, 2017
APS Police shoots man armed with BB gun near Forrest Hill Academy

APS Police shoots man armed with BB gun near Forrest Hill Academy

Tyler Jones
December 12, 2017
Edible plants educate students about nutrition and healthy eating, one of the many aims of the new outdoor space.

[Photo] Outdoor classroom grows student learning

November 28, 2017
Located in Old Fourth Ward, A Mano invites a crowd of community members and neighbors with a blend of southern cooking and classic Italian dishes.

A Mano blends Italian, Southern food

Tyler Jones, Writer
October 6, 2017
The future in the present: Atlanta Public Schools provides a rendering of the finished Howard building. The David T. Howard school in Old Fourth Ward will reopen in 2020 as the Grady cluster’s new middle school, replacing the current Inman middle school. The push for renovation stems from Inman’s overcrowding and ongoing request for the building to be put back to use. This is the first time the building will see an integrated student body.

Reopening of the David T. Howard building

Tyler Jones, writer
August 22, 2017
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