Cedar Grove High students, administrators offer weekly hugs

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Cedar Grove High students, administrators offer weekly hugs

Wednesdays are hug days at Cedar Grove High.

Cedar Grove High School teachers, administrators and students, including attendance protocol manager Shontica Wallace, center, hugs a student coming off the bus Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Wallace took the suggestions to administration and this is the third week they have been offering hugs before school starts. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Cedar Grove High School teachers, administrators and students, including junior Jocelyn Dodson, hug a student coming off the bus Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Wallace took the suggestions to administration and this is the third week they have been offering hugs before school starts. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Cedar Grove High School teachers, administrators and students, including junior Jocelyn Dodson, hug a student coming off the bus Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Wallace took the suggestions to administration and this is the third week they have been offering hugs before school starts. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Cedar Grove High School teachers, administrators and students, including Assistant Principal Thelesia Wright and Principal Clifton Spears, right, offer hugs to everyone coming to school on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. This is the third week they have been offering hugs before school starts. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Cedar Grove High School teachers, administrators and students, including Principal Clifton Spears offer hugs to everyone coming to school on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. This is the third week they have been offering hugs before school starts. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Cedar Grove High School teachers, administrators and students, including Madison Ponder, left, hugs Assistant Principal Shenetria Wyche, right, on the way in to school on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. This is the third week they have been offering hugs before school starts. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Cedar Grove High School teachers, administrators and students, including students Jabrea Waddell, from left, Jalyn Ransom and Iyana Richardson, offer hugs to everyone coming to school on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. This is the third week they have been offering hugs before school starts. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Cedar Grove High School teachers, administrators and students, including special education science teacher Donyelle Brooks, left, and freshman Marion Driskell, right, hug on the way into school Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. This is the third week they have been offering hugs before school starts. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

An effort to offer hugs once a week to students who want them at Cedar Grove High has expanded to a student organization called The Love Club. In addition to Wednesday hugs, the group engages in Friday acts of kindness.

Cedar Grove High School teachers, administrators and students, including attendance protocol manager Shontica Wallace, center, hugs a student coming off the bus Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Wallace took the suggestions to administration and this is the third week they have been offering hugs before school starts. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Cedar Grove High School teachers, administrators and students, including attendance protocol manager Shontica Wallace, center, hugs a student coming off the bus Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Wallace took the suggestions to administration and this is the third week they have been offering hugs before school starts. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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