Atlanta Grade School Friends

Atlanta Grade School Friends Atlanta Grade School Friends is a nonprofit restoring the 1936 historic Atlanta-Miller Grade School "Miller Grade" in Atlanta, Texas. Danny Stanley. Questions?

It is being converted into a modern community center and historic site everyone will want to visit! The mission of the nonprofit organization Atlanta Grade School Friends is to restore the historic 1936 Atlanta-Miller Grade School located on Miller Street in Atlanta, Texas in Cass County, East Texas and to convert it into a modern community center. Our story and an archive of links to all publishe

d e-newsletters are found on our website: atlantagradeschoolfriends.org. If you sign up for our e-newsletter, you can also remove yourself at any time. We do not share our email list with others. Founding President of Atlanta Grade School Friends is Jane Cook Barnhill. Read her distinguished bio on the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission website: https://www.thcfriends.org/trustees/jane-cook-barnhill/. Tax returns are prepared and submitted by David Jentho of Ratliff & Jentho CPAs. We maintain a gold seal GuideStar profile: 46-0492043. Our nonprofit was founded in 2003. The phone number shared on this page is that of Atlanta resident and nonprofit Board of Directors Treasurer T. You can also reach out to us via the website and our secure contact forms. We occasionally share posts by other people and organizations on this public page, but sharing links indicates interest rather than endorsement. Ditto, those we follow on Facebook. Interested in raising funds for our work online? We'd love to have your help! See BetterUnite, where we have two projects currently posted for secure online giving. But we can also add more: https://app.betterunite.com/atlantagradeschoolfriends-alwayson. BetterUnite is connected to our bank account at Red River Federal Credit Union, and your online gift is secure. You will receive an email acknowledgement immediately upon donating to our nonprofit, Atlanta Grade School Friends. Gmail is best: [email protected]. Thank you for visiting our page!

06/19/2026

We have added information about donor advised funds to our website, on the "How to Give" page! More people are donating via Fidelity, Vanguard, Schwab and other investment firms today and we hope more people will contribute in this way to Atlanta Grade School Friends. Thinking ahead. Thanks!

Truly awesome.
06/19/2026

Truly awesome.

Important history! Happy Juneteenth 🇺🇸
06/19/2026

Important history! Happy Juneteenth 🇺🇸

Last summer, we attended a MINDPOP and Preservation Texas conference in Fort Worth and we met many organizations saving ...
06/18/2026

Last summer, we attended a MINDPOP and Preservation Texas conference in Fort Worth and we met many organizations saving historic sites and converting them into exciting new venues from theaters to art studios and more. We created a profile on the MINDPOP website - just fyi. We hope for more collaboration in the months and years ahead.

In 1936, Atlanta-Miller Grade School was constructed during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to serve a small East Texas community. After 40 years of service as a center for education, the old brick building at the heart of Atlanta, Texas and its historic district found new roles as a multi-p...

Great things are happening at Atlanta Miller Grade School. Construction meeting today reported great progress.
06/11/2026

Great things are happening at Atlanta Miller Grade School. Construction meeting today reported great progress.

They do such a great job! 🏕️
06/09/2026

They do such a great job! 🏕️

June programs are here!

With Texas Forest Trail Region – we just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉 Yes!
06/06/2026

With Texas Forest Trail Region – we just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉 Yes!

Did you know? We aim high in our work for Atlanta, Texas, Cass County, Texas, East Texas and the State of Texas. This is...
06/04/2026

Did you know? We aim high in our work for Atlanta, Texas, Cass County, Texas, East Texas and the State of Texas. This is one committed group, smiles. 🤝

Atlanta Grade School Friends is committed to acting with integrity in every aspect of its work. We build and maintain trust by respecting the privacy of our donors, volunteers, contractors and comm…

You can sign up for our monthly e-newsletter on the website! We also maintain an archive with links to all prior issues ...
06/04/2026

You can sign up for our monthly e-newsletter on the website! We also maintain an archive with links to all prior issues on the website. Check it out ...

If you would like to sign up for our monthly e-newsletter, fill in the information on our form, which is securely linked to our MailChimp account. Begun in 2022, the newsletter shares the history o…

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P. O. Box 851 (106 1/2 West Miller Street)
Atlanta, TX
75551

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