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Feb 27, 2019
Celebrating Black History All Year
Questen Benjamin teaches eighth grade history at AF Apollo Middle School. In 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson founded the precursor to Black…
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Feb 13, 2019
Being Myself & Proving People Wrong: A Black History Month Reflection
What is AF Hartford High sophomore MaTaeya thinking about this Black History Month? We sat down with her to find out. Can you tell us about…
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Jan 30, 2019
Transitioning at School: A Teacher’s Story
We sat down with Brielle Hoban to learn more about her teaching journey and her experience coming out as transgender at her school. What are you…
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Oct 12, 2018
“My Heritage Helps Me See the World With An Open Mind” – A Teacher’s Story
Cassandra Torres is a seventh grade history teacher-in-residence at Amistad Academy Middle. We sat down with her to talk about Hispanic Heritage…
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Sep 27, 2018
What Hispanic Heritage Means to Me: A Scholar’s Story
We sat down with Christopher, a third grader at Achievement First Iluminar Mayoral Academy, to learn more about what Hispanic Heritage Month means to…
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Sep 13, 2018
“I Am More Than Enough”
Keresa Gentry teaches seventh grade writing at AF Bushwick Middle. Last year, I read Dick Gregory’s Defining Moments in Black History: Reading…
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Aug 16, 2018
From Achievement First Amistad High to Boston College
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…
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Aug 01, 2018
My Charter School Graduation Journey: From Haiti to Finding Achievement First
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…