
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.
NOLA Tech is a two-year career and technical (CTE) program that provides technical education classes for high-growth, high-wage jobs in our region as well as focusing on soft skills and workplace learning experiences.
Students earn their high school diploma and career-tech credential concurrently. Upon graduation, students are prepared for immediate entry into the workforce and for attending a two or four year college. NOLA Tech’s life skills curriculum focuses on workplace professionalism, character development, social skills, and independent living skills, and addresses the barriers outside of academic and technical readiness that prevent many young people from succeeding in the workplace. The program offers five CTE pathways – Allied Health Sciences; Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Construction; Business Management; Creative Digital Media; and Creative Industries. NOLA Tech also partners with local colleges to provide students with dual-enrollment opportunities.