Eric Betancourt teaches 5th grade writing at AF Hartford Summit Middle. Growing up here in the north end of Hartford had a huge impact on my life.…

Keresa Gentry teaches seventh grade writing at AF Bushwick Middle. Last year, I read Dick Gregory’s Defining Moments in Black History: Reading…

Today, we’re sitting down with AF Brooklyn High alumna Imini, who’s taking on New York City.  Tell us about yourself! What have you been up to…

What does team president Esmeralda love about Speech & Debate? “It is a time where I command the stage, and I have time to share my family’s…

There must be some kind of mistake. Summer can’t be over yet! It’s only August…oh. Yup, it’s that time of year again. Time to trade the…

Jose is a graduate of Achievement First Amistad High School. The most inspirational people in my life are from a story that started about 50 years…

What’s it like to be an AF principal? How did our AF principals get their start? We find out all of that and more when we sit down with AF East New…

Dab is a 2018 graduate of Achievement First Brooklyn High School. I still remember the sound of screaming mothers. I remember the dust that made it…