Lab Atlanta, Inc.

Our Design guru Ms. Deisley kicked off our Capstone presentations today with a little intro. Then our 7 groups of fellows positively ROCKED it!

More to come but let’s just say that our rooftop filled with parents, alumni, current students, faculty and friends was memory-making today. As was the leadership shown by some of our graduating seniors who took the mic and encouraged everyone to tie their balloons to the side rails instead of releasing them and threatening our environment. Leaders: with empathy, intelligence, agency, and voice. Doesn’t get much better than this. And, I can’t wait to follow their next steps.... #allshipsrising #sustainability #goodchoices #leadership #labatlabta

Lab Atlanta's Academic Program Director and Dean of Faculty Mike Pardee is an invaluable asset to our team in many ways. In the piece below on leadership and the learnings from Ashtanga yoga, Mike reveals some about his personal journey as an educator and the value of "letting go" and allowing the practice (school, well-designed) to be a place for real learning. Thank you, Mike, for modeling the struggle and for giving 110% to learning that matters most for our kids. https://www.gclileadership.org/on-self-care-and-other-les/

Thanks much to @atlantabeltline tour guide extraordinare John Becker for regaling us with Beltline lore during our extraordinary piece of Westside field work today. And gorgeous weather, to boot! @ Atlanta Beltline - Westside Trail

Our fellows learningAND Teachingat a neighboring partner school of ours.... @ Georgia Tech

Friday fieldwork visit to renowned artist Fahamu Pecou's remarkable "Do or Die" exhibit at Emory University's Carlos Museum: graced by a special personal tour & extraordinary Q&A session with Dr. Pecou himself!

Yet another compelling explanation & answer to the question: Why Lab Atl....? https://www.nytimes.com//s/fix-high-school-education.html

And, just like that, with the swish of the President’s pen, we are off on the next iteration of @labatlanta. Servant leadership, partnerships, and the capacity to help build empathetic leaders for this city’s future. #allshipsrise #inclusion #excellenceinourschools #futureready

Our tour guide thru’ Sweet Auburn and Buttermilk Bottom was especially impressed by our students’ active engagement and curiosity during our field work expedition today. This is how they/we roll....!

Starting our Buttermilk Bottom fieldwork expedition from GSU’s CURVE, led by GIS Librarian Joe Hurley. Thanks, Joe! @gsu_library