Schools
Mabry Declared No Place for Hate
The Northeast Cobb school is one of the first middle schools in Cobb County to earn the ADL designation.
celebrated its new designation as a No Place for Hate school Thursday morning at a student ceremony featuring a 6-foot banner and Atlanta Braves mascot Homer.
Holli Levinson, the education project director for the Anti-Defamation League's Southeast Region, and praised Mabry's administration, faculty and students for making acceptance an everyday message at the Northeast Cobb school.
The ADL began the anti-bullying initiative in 2007 and recgnizes about 150 schools a year through the No Place for Hate certification process. But the program is new this year in Cobb County.
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was the last month, and nearby also received its banner Thursday.
"Every year you have to re-earn your designation," Levinson said, adding that the ADL asks schools to do one thing different each year to keep the message fresh.
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Schools can get involved in the program by emailing atlanta@adl.org or visiting adl.org/nohateatlanta.
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