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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.

The state has released the 2024 SPS scores, while we have not yet reached our Widely Important Goal of getting all of our schools to a “C” by 2025, the growth we are seeing across the board is an indication that we are on our way!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new Donor Spotlight section on FirstLine’s website, which will highlight our most loyal partners and supporters. It feels fitting that our first profile celebrates the New Orleans Town Gardeners (NOTG)–one of FirstLine’s oldest community partners, with our collaboration dating back to New Orleans Charter Middle School, the precursor to FirstLine Schools.

Erica Winston is an accomplished education professional with over a decade of experience transforming teaching and leadership in charter schools across New Orleans. A Harvard Graduate School of Education alumna, Winston has consistently driven significant improvements in teacher effectiveness and student performance through innovative coaching strategies and professional development programs.

In the heart of the Freret neighborhood, a dedicated teacher is revolutionizing the 3rd grade experience with a series of innovative, immersive learning adventures. Ms. Cerda, a veteran educator at Samuel J. Green, a FirstLine School, has spent the last decade and a half crafting and refining what she calls “signature grade-level experiences” – a set of traditions that have become the hallmark of the third-grade curriculum. We recently sat down with Ms. Cerda to talk about how these experiences enhance student engagement and learning, and help to build positive, transformational relationships between students and teachers.

We are thrilled to announce the grand opening of the Langston Hughes Academy early elementary building! On September 18th,  we

What a joy to see our family orientations and first school days unfold with such success! Our FirstLine families filled

FirstLine is excited to announce two new positions at the Network level. These positions are vital to the success of

I am excited to embark on this journey as the Chief Academic Officer for FirstLine Schools. My name is Shanda