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Atlanta students: Get free tickets for Domecoming 2016

AJC file photo.
AJC file photo.
By Molly Bloom
Oct 13, 2016

Atlanta students with perfect attendance at schools in the Mays, Douglass, Therrell and Washington clusters can get free tickets to attend Domecoming football games this weekend.

Students in those neighborhoods can bring proof of their attendance records to the Adamsville Recreation Center on Friday from 6-7:30 p.m. to receive a free ticket. Proof includes a copy or online display of an Infinite Campus attendance record or a report card showing zero days missed.

The tickets are funded by a group of local nonprofits, companies and elected officials. Additional donations can be made through the Phoenix Leadership Foundation with the memo "Domecoming."

Schools where students are eligible for free tickets include:

Mays High School

  • Young Middle
  • Adamsville Primary
  • Beecher Hills
  • Cascade
  • Miles Intermediate
  • Peyton Forest
  • West Manor

Douglass High School

  • Harper-Archer Middle
  • Boyd
  • Fain
  • FL Stanton
  • Woodson Park Academy
  • Scott
  • Towns
  • Usher

Therrell High School

  • Bunche Middle
  • Continental Colony
  • Deerwood
  • Fickett
  • Kimberly

Washington High School

  • Brown Middle
  • Hollis Innovation Academy
  • Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy
  • M.A. Jones

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