October 7, 2019
The 2019 homecoming dance will be held on Saturday, October 19t, in the Grady practice gym. The dance will last from 7-11PM.
On Sept. 27, 2019, about 200 students walked out to Piedmont Park to protest climate change. "Rainforests burning. Glaciers melting. Sea levels rising. This is only the beginning. Spoken plainly, human actions have begun to damage our earth exponentially," North Atlanta High School senior Danielle Millburn said. This speech is one of many that have been given to protestors around the world in an attempt to urge communities to act in ways that are beneficial to the environment. Pictured are some students walking out for climate change.
Junior Devon Haller, pictured in the center, holds a sign reading: "Respect your Mother," a reference to Mother Nature.
Senior Maddie Thorpe holds her handmade sign as she walks through Piedmont Park to the side of Park Tavern, where the walk out was being held.
Junior Amarie Blackshear, listens to a speech from Danielle Millburn, as she holds a sign reading: "There is no Planet B."
Sophomore Keely Baker smiles as she holds a sign reading: "You'll die of old age, I'll die of climate change."
Danielle Millburn, a senior at North Atlanta High School, gives a speech to encourage students to be eco-friendly and help stop climate change.
North Atlanta High School senior, Chase Brathwaite, tells his story of how he began to believe in climate change.
Seniors Mia Prausnitz-Weinbaum, Jordan Tucker and junior Amarie Blackshear lead a chant at the Grady Walk Out on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019.
US Senate candidate, Jon Ossoff, came to speak to Grady students about climate change and how they can talk to their representatives.
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