The Howard School
1192 Foster Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
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The Howard School is located in mid-town Atlanta near Atlantic Station. (There’s also a Howard High School in Atlanta further downtown; it’s a different school.)
Directions from Metro North Park
Driving time is approximately 25 minutes.
- Turn left onto Paper Mill Road and go 0.2 miles to the intersection with Johnson Ferry Road.
- Turn right onto Johnson Ferry, go 0.7 miles down a long hill and cross over the Chattahoochee River.
- Turn right at a traffic light onto Riverside Drive and go 2.2 miles to I-285.
- Take the I-285 West entrance ramp and go about 3 miles to the Cumberland area.
- The tricky part: merge onto I-75 South. Directions are painted on the I-285 lanes to help you navigate.
- Split off I-285 to the right as if you were going to take I-75 North.
- Go straight instead of right, crossing over I-75.
- Bear left to merge onto I-75 South.
- Stay on I-75 South until exit #252: Howell Mill Road.
- Turn right onto Howell Mill and go 1.3 miles to Huff Road.
- Turn right onto Huff and go 0.1 miles to Foster Street.
- Turn left onto Foster and go about 100 yards. The Howard School is on the right.
Directions from United Quest Park
Driving time is approximately 30 minutes.
- Turn right onto Hawkins Store Road, go 1.6 miles on Hawkins Store until its intersection with Bells Ferry Road.
- Turn left onto Bells Ferry, get in the right lane, and go 0.3 miles to the entrance ramp for I-575 South.
- Turn right to take the I-575 South entrance ramp. The entrance ramp becomes an exit ramp for Chastain Road, so merge left onto I-575 proper.
- Stay on I-575 South until it merges with I-75 South.
- Stay on I-75 South until exit #252: Howell Mill Road.
- Turn right onto Howell Mill and go 1.3 miles to Huff Road.
- Turn right onto Huff and go 0.1 miles to Foster Street.
- Turn left onto Foster and go about 100 yards. The Howard School is on the right.