What is the iLearn Center? When students enroll in an independent study, online hybrid, or joint enrollment class, they meet in the iLearn Center for class. Also, after school the Learning Lab meets in the iLearn Center. The Learning Lab is where we can sign up for free tutoring on many subjects from Georgia Tech students. TEACHERS How are the teachers? The teachers are nice and extremely helpful. They never get upset if you don’t get the right answer the first time around. They are all very smart and patient. Here you get a chance to know the teachers well, which allows to them to know exactly what you need help with. Are any of the teachers strict? Some are strict, but only when they need to be. The teachers at AGS are nice but firm, and like to make learning fun. It shows that they really care about our learning. Do you have advisors? Yes, every AGS student is assigned to an advisor when they enter AGS. You meet with your advisory group Monday through Thursday mornings, and Fridays at lunch. Each fall and spring, we meet with our advisor and our parents to have a conference about our schoolwork. The fall conference is a goalsetting and the spring conference Is for class registration.
SPORTS What sports do you play here? We have volleyball, softball and cross-country in the fall, swimming, basketball, dance and archery in the winter, and track and field, soccer, tennis and golf in the spring. We have a no-cut policy for sub-varsity teams, so everyone gets a chance to play. Can 6th graders play sports? Yes, 6th graders can sign up for and play on any middle school sports team. Do you compete with other schools in sports? Yes, AGS is a member of the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) in region 1AAA for Varsity sports, competing with schools like The Weber School, Mt. Vernon Presbyterian and Dominion Christian. We compete in the Metro Atlanta Athletic Conference (MAAC) for middle school sports, with schools like Galloway, Epstein, St. Martin’s and Holy Spirit. Do you have spirit week? Yes, we have a spirit week during Homecoming. Events during spirit week include theme dress days, like pajama day, blast from the past day, color war, blue and gold day and a bonfire. Also, on big game days, the whole school forms a spirit tunnel down the hallways that the sports teams run through on their way to their game.