gla parent portal

How do I set up a Parent Portal account?

To set up a Parent Portal account or report an issue accessing your account, please contact your local school. envisioning a system of world-class schools Gwinnett County Public Schools has earned and maintains system accreditation through Cognia. If any visitor to this site has an issue accessing information, please contact us.

What happens when GLA students arrive?

When GLA students arrive, our local teams and host communities welcome their energy and additional helping hands. As students become embedded in a greater plan for change, global issues that were once remote become tangible, and distant concepts turn into people with faces, names and stories.

What is GLA's values program?

Values central to the Corps – immersive experience, sustainability and working side-by- side with local communities – were infused into GLA’s program design early on and continue to be building blocks for the dozens of programs our organization operates worldwide.

What is the story of GLA?

Our story begins with GLA Founder Fred Swaniker in 2003. Fred, a Ghana native, TED fellow and entrepreneur from Stanford University, envisioned a high school designed to develop Africa’s future leaders regardless of the student’s income or background.

What is the GLA?

It is GLA’s founding belief that young people – given the opportunity and privilege to embrace different cultures, confront timely challenges and develop their own unique leadership styles – will make this world the kind of place we can all share and explore together. We believe leaders are made, not born, and that leadership is a life skill than can and should be developed.

What is community service in GLA?

Community service is the vehicle through which students are exposed to a culture unlike their own. When GLA students arrive, our local teams and host communities welcome their energy and additional helping hands. As students become embedded in a greater plan for change, global issues that were once remote become tangible, and distant concepts turn into people with faces, names and stories. Working side by side with our partners, students become engaged in understanding how the labor they provide accelerates critical, community-led initiatives. Many of our alumni leave our programs valuing the time they spent on service sites most.

What is a GLA fellowship?

Fellowships provide academically or creatively gifted students the opportunity to expand upon their GLA program with a curriculum that both highlights and recognizes their achievements. These self-guided and GLA-supported Fellowships invite students to step up and learn to be leaders in their field of interest.

Who founded GLA?

Our story begins with GLA Founder Fred Swaniker in 2003. Fred, a Ghana native, TED fellow and entrepreneur from Stanford University, envisioned a high school designed to develop Africa’s future leaders regardless of the student’s income or background.

What is GLA travel?

Every GLA travel program and virtual program – regardless of theme – invites high engagement, critical thinking and a willingness to see the world through many different perspectives. In fact, our students participate in interactive experiences that expose them to diverse cultures, arts, value systems and histories in ways that no textbook could convey. The type of program you choose, based on a specific theme or focus area, will only elevate these learnings, offering a unique thematic lens through which to experience activities and discussions.