
Culture, Community & Connection in 2024
Our 2024 was filled with lots of events and celebrations across the FirstLine network.
We believe New Orleans can be the first city in America where every child goes to a great school.
Our schools will prepare students for college, fulfilling careers, and a healthy life by nurturing students in mind, body, and spirit.
FirstLine Schools is a network of four public charter schools educating pre-kindergarten through 8th-grade students.
Our 2024 was filled with lots of events and celebrations across the FirstLine network.
Edible Schoolyard & Arthur Ashe celebrated another amazing Sweet Potato Festival this October! With picture perfect weather, our FirstLine & ESYNOLA families and staff came together for a parade, complete with lively walkers and the Ashe band’s upbeat tunes.
Grades: K-8
713 Students
Located on an 11-acre park site, partners with New Orleans Recreation Development Commission to develop a one-acre Edible Schoolyard community garden for robust food and nutrition education and healthy lifestyle activities.
Results: 44 percentage point increase in students scoring basic or above in ELA and a 22 point increase in math.