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May 26

Students Find Their Voices

By Erikah Swift | Events | STEAM

On Friday, May 12, our school community gathered to watch "GVP Performs: World Tales", a live stage play written by students through the Playmaking for Girls program. Behind the Scenes...

Apr 28

Form Three Students Prepare for High School Algebra

By Linda Smiley | GVP News | STEAM | Teaching

Did you know that the recommended slope of a wheelchair ramp is 1/12? Ask any Form Three student, and she will tell you this means! If a ramp rises one...

Apr 28

Students Take a Field Trip to Wahsega

By Danielle Ereddia | GVP News | STEAM

Each year, GVP students and staff take an overnight trip to either the beach or mountains to learn about ecology and grow as a community. This year, 32 students trekked...

Apr 28

Learning Blossoms in Spring

By Danielle Ereddia | Inspiration | Thought Leadership

A poetic description of a typical GVP school day It is April: a season of cool mornings, warm afternoons, and a sudden expansion of life. This spring, we embrace a...

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Apr 25

Ready for Takeoff: Form One Students Explore Career Opportunities with Delta Air Lines

By Johna Meldau | GVP News | STEAM | Teaching

Form One students had the incredible opportunity to learn about the job of a Delta Air Lines flight attendants during Career Week. With their chairs lined up in rows like...

Mar 30

Alum Returns as Teaching Assistant

By Erikah Swift | Alumni | GVP News | Inspiration

“I still feel that when I first started my job here, I was like, ‘wow, I’m back in that room when I started my life. This is the very first...

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Dear Decaturish – To welcome refugees, we need inclusive education

Decaturish | 6/24/21

Like many students across the country, Lucia, a middle school student in Decatur, spent the past school year online. She worked with her classmates to solve the math problems projected across her screen.

What's New At GVP | GVP Updates & News | Global Village Project

Lily Tova the therapy dog comforts refugee girls in Decatur

AJC | 12/1/19

Lily Tova barked excitedly and shook her gray pom-pom-like tail when she arrived for her most recent visit at the Global Village Project, a middle school for refugee girls in Decatur.

What one group of refugee girls is thankful for this Thanksgiving

CNN | 11/27/19

Along a short hallway on the upper floor of Decatur Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, a blue banner stretches across the wall, packed with scrawled messages of thanks and words swelling with appreciation.