Why
Atlanta?
One of three pilot regions — alongside Los Angeles and Chicago — for the Alchemy Pot Initiative.
Atlanta is not
starting from zero.
Atlanta Public Schools has had district-wide SEL aligned with CASEL for a decade. Schools aren't being asked to introduce a new concept. They're being offered a tangible, experiential layer that deepens work already underway. That means faster implementation, stronger staff buy-in, and a replication model that travels.
SEL vocabulary — self-awareness, emotional regulation, social connection — is already part of how Atlanta teachers talk to students every day.
Systems, coordinators, and classroom time are already in place. No new infrastructure required.
The program deepens a practice already underway — it doesn't ask schools to start over. That's a meaningful difference for administrators and teachers alike.
Students transform campus food waste into living soil using the in-ground Soil Maker. Dry land becomes a garden. Waste becomes potential.
The Alchemy Pot practice gives students a structured way to process what feels heavy — mirroring the slow, transformative process of composting.
A student who watches food scraps become living soil doesn't just have a garden. They have proof — in their hands, in the ground — that they can transform what they were given. That belief is what travels with them.
Helping students transform
their worlds.
The soil and the student. Atlanta is where we begin.
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