Due to a little scheduling snafu, Fickett Elementary got a double dose of holiday cheer on this, the last day of school for Atlanta Public Schools before the break — thanks to incredible support from its community and business partners. As a part of Project Angel, the Atlanta-based global delivery service UPS brought each of the some 600 students a wrapped and personalized gift taken from a wish list supplied by the school earlier in the season. This morning the gym was literally filled with wrapped gifts, in keeping with a holiday tradition at the school.
Also today, the school received a much needed and much appreciated cash infusion thanks to the Ben Hill Community Association, which provided $500 to help provided practice books for the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT).
“We believe as a community organization it was important to step up,” said Buford Boykin of the Ben Hill Community Association. “As an organization we felt that we should go beyond the call of duty and put some money back into community. We couldn’t wait for the state or anybody else to help.”