Choose Success 2025 Awards and Celebration

It was a night to remember! Many thanks to our sponsors and all who joined us for our annual Choose Success Awards & Celebration dinner on March 27, 2025.

We were honored to welcome an incredible gathering of community leaders, supporters, and advocates as we celebrated the achievements of our exceptional students and distinguished honorees, including the Honorable Andre Dickens, Mayor of the City of Atlanta, and Georgia-Pacific.

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, partners, and attendees, we raised more than $370,000 in support of our mission: to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

This event was not just a celebration—it was a statement of what’s possible when a community comes together with a shared commitment to the future of its young people.

Congratulations, again, to our student and staff honorees:

Kyaire Warren from Stone Mountain Elementary School

Jayden Jackson from Forest Park Middle School

A'monii Gilbert from Frederick Douglass STEM Academy

MAAC: Gerkari Stegall from Clarkston High School

Hispanic Student Success Initiative: Alicia Lopez from Paul D. West Middle School

J'Mia Byrd, Site Coordinator at Clarkston High School

Tonetta Green, Principal at Herman J. Russell West End Academy

And to our Communities In Schools of Atlanta Alumna of the year, Jessica Martinez.