Chesapeake Science Point - Enrollment for Fall 2023
Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter School
Address: 7321 Parkway Dr S., Hanover, MD 21076
County: Anne Arundel
Grades: 6 - 12
Phone: 443-757-5277
Principal: Dwight Jefferson
School # 6223
What makes us unique:
Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter (CSP), in partnership with students, parent, and the community, provides a rigorous and quality education for middle and high school students with a special focus on science, math, and technology. By incorporating math and technology in the classroom and encouraging students to participate in an informational society, CSP students have the skills and experience to advance and excel in higher education and the workforce.
Community:
Chesapeake Science Point (CSP), as with all Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation (CLF) schools, participates in the Professional Development offered by both its County Partners and CLF. During the Summer, our IT staff participates in CLF's extensive PD. For community engagement, CSP Students excel at civic clubs and extracurriculars that engage their local and regional communities. For example, the "Harvest for the Hungry" Food Drive and "Poetry Pumpkin Night" draw many supporters. Participation in the County STEM Fairs, MathCOUNTS, and HS Math Competitions are a part of the school culture. In addition, CSP and CLF foster community engagement with our sister academies and the wider MD community by hosting annual STEAM and Civic events that include, but are not limited to: CLF MakerFEST, CLF CultureFEST, Sumobot Tournament, Black History Month Essay & Poster Contest, etc. Further, we partner with MD STEM Festival and participate in the Pi-Day in Annapolis, the AASHTO TRAC Bridge Builder, CLF Enrichment Services, and the CLF Advanced Studies Programs (vary year to year). More info at: http://clfmd.org/upcoming-events.
Mission and Vision:
The Vision of CSP is to foster collaboration among students, parents, educators, and the community in order to provide an educational environment sustained by a nurturing, disciplined, and dynamic learning culture. CSP is committed to ensuring learning experiences that will assist our students in achieving their maximum potential, allowing them to excel in an increasingly technological, interconnected and global society.
Programs:
After School Programs (Believing that the school is an extension of students’ homes and CSP offers about 13 Middle school and 14 High school after school clubs so that students stay at school and can be comfortable at school.)
Lottery preferences:
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
Monarch Academy Charter School
6730 Baymeadow Drive, Glen Burnie, MD 21060
Anne Arundel County
Grades: K-5
410-760-2072
Principal: Kimberly Jacovics
School # 6233
What makes us unique?
Monarch Academy students engage in hands on learning experiences through fieldwork and interaction with experts that result in the production of authentic products. Two times per year each grade features and explains their learning to families and community partners through their WingSpan celebration of learning.
One of the fundamental habits of excellence that our students embrace is that of Service and Compassion. All our students engage in a meaningful way in service to their community, such as a school wide lunchmaking event for a local shelter.
Another unique feature of our educational philosophy is the importance of a connection to the natural world through cultural arts electives called “Earth Matters” and “Adventure.”
Mission and Vision:
Our mission is to prepare students for citizenship by developing critical thinking skills, creative problem solving skills, self discipline, and a commitment of service to others in the community in which they live.
Programs:
Advisory
After School Programs
Arts Integration
College Preparatory
Direct Instruction
Dress Code
Experiential Learning / Project-Based
Extracurricular Activities: bucket drumming, Polynesian dancing, art club, Pokemon club, running club, basketball club, and board game club
Habits of Mind/Excellence
Portfolio Evaluations
PTA
Responsive Classroom
Restorative Practices
Student Service
Students in grades 4-8 go on a multi-day camping trip each year
TranZed School, honoring the individuality of children
Lottery preferences:
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staf
Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys
2525 Kirk Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21218
County: Baltimore City
Grades: 4 - 8
Phone: 443-642-5320
Principal: Archie Tyson
School #0375
What makes us unique?
Our academic and co-curricular program is designed to challenge our students to think critically, reason
analytically, communicate clearly and solve problems. These four pillars of excellence and mastery will
be accomplished through an integrated curriculum in which students investigate essential questions.
Students also participate in a number of extracurricular activities such as debate, robotics, ceramics,
chess, photography and global travel to enhance experiential learning.
Community:
Throughout the year Baltimore Collegiate hosts a number of events and opportunities to foster community engagement and partnership. Such events include, but are not limited to, Volunteer Day, Community Clean Up, partnership initiatives with area schools, sports camps and summer learning programs. Some additional examples are outlined below:
Professional development in collaboration with other schools/staff
Partnerships for annual student leadership summits
Hosting arts events for the surrounding community
Mission and Vision:
Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys provides the finest liberal arts education possible to Baltimore’s next generation of young men, ensuring that they will become responsible citizens trained to lead and serve our community, our nation, and our world.
Programs:
Advisory (Each boy is part of a small advisory group consisting of his peer and a staff member to discuss questions about areas of growth and development. At times, advisories may address personal questions or issues that a boy may face.)
Arts Integration (To develop love and appreciation for the arts: ceramics, art classes, illustration techniques, choir, dance, music and drama)
College Preparatory (rigorous coursework and advanced studies such as algebra and classical literature with the goal of getting every boy to and through college)
Debate (tool for gents to incorporate critical thinking and logic as a way to enhance their classroom lessons and expand their intellectual capacity. Boys participate in healthy, thoughtful verbal sparring)
Dress Code (One of our goals in the holistic development of every boy is to make sure that they are well versed in proper attire. The Collegiate uniform is not just a dress code. It is represents a form of identity, unity and discipline.)
Experiential Learning / Project-Based (Each year we dream big as we endeavor to develop our gents into global citizens. As part of our Global Expedition program, gents participate in experiential learning abroad in places such as London, Montreal and Australia.)
Extra curricular (art, field trip, or sports including: basketball, baseball, flag football, lacrosse, swimming, track & field)
Individualized learning (We know that all boys learn differently. For this reason, teachers receive professional development to offer differentiated lessons for all classes.)
PTO/PTA (Our parent group, The Villagers, serves as the backbone and biggest cheerleading section for our school. They work to support us to offer educational events, learning-centered activities and partnership with teachers and staff in all that we do. Our parents are a major part of our village. )
Responsive Classroom (Strategies to keep gents consistently engaged in academics, actively promote a positive school community, implement effective self management tools and foster emotional and developmental awareness. We push gents to be aware of who they are, where they are and their areas of needed growth.)
Restorative Practices (peer mediation and conflict resolution help to foster each boy’s emotional development)
Student Service (BCSB is built on service. Our core virtues, wisdom, courage, resilience, compassion and integrity, pave the way for our gents to put their best foot forward to be agents of change in servanthood and leadership.)
Summer Programs (focus on reading, math and science. We also incorporate activities such as dance, music and outdoor experiential learning.)
Lottery Preferences:
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
Founding Family
Baltimore International Academy East
4410 Frankford Ave., Baltimore, MD 21206
County: Baltimore City
Grades: K - 8
Phone: 410-426-3650
Principal: Elena Lokounia
School # 0335
Baltimore International Academy
What makes us unique?
Baltimore International Academy (BIA) has two signature programs, full Language Immersion and the International Baccalaureate. Language immersion program students learn core subjects (Science, Social Studies, Math, Target Language Arts) through one of five languages; Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin), Arabic, Russian or French. Students become fluent in speaking, understanding, reading and writing in their target languages. Beginning in the second grade, students receive one hour of English language arts daily to learn the mechanics of their native tongue. International Baccalaureate (IB) students learn through inquiry-based instruction, project-based assessments, and collaborative group work. The international mindedness and critical thinking skills they gain by learning through the IB programs is already setting them apart; their scores are higher than their City counterparts in the State’s reading and math assessments.
Community:
BIA hosts cultural and fund-raising events. We have a cultural event for each of our target languages (Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, French). We have donated funds and goods to homeless shelters, women’s shelters (in Baltimore area), to Puerto Rico, Haiti, and the Philippines (hurricanes and earthquake disasters).
Mission and Vision:
Baltimore International Academy is committed to providing an academically rigorous, internationally orientated and socially responsible learning environment that challenges all students to achieve. Our programs provide a culturally and linguistically diverse education to help our students develop the knowledge, understanding, attitudes and skills necessary to participate responsibly in a changing world.
Programs:
Advisory
After School Programs
Dress Code
EGATE Center
Extracurricular Activities
International Baccalaureate
Language Immersion
PTO/PTA
Student Service
Summer Programs
Lottery Preferences:
Siblings of current students
Baltimore International Academy West
Baltimore International Academy (BIA) is a free, public charter school chartered by Baltimore City Public Schools and open to all Baltimore City residents. BIA serves students in Grades K-8. Kindergarten and First Grade are the typical entry points for immersion programs. BIA is funded by Baltimore City Public Schools, the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) and the United States Department of Education grant funds.
Our Program
BIA offers both language immersion and is seeking candidacy for the International Baccalaureate (IB) program in the Primary and Middle Years Programames. Students choose one of five language immersion tracks (Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, or French) and become fully immersed in their target language for their entire career at BIA. By the end of the program, students are bilingual and biliterate in both English and their chosen target language. Students will also have the opportunity to take another language as an elective once they reach the Middle School level.
Language immersion programs originated in Canada in the 1960s and they are designed for students who are NOT native speakers of the target language. Over 95% of BIA students speak only English at home. Students typically enter the program in Kindergarten or First Grade and the vast majority do not have any background in the target language.
English
In Kindergarten and First Grade, BIA students are learning to read and write in their target language only. However, in 2nd Grade, English Language Arts (ELA) is introduced as a formal subject for one hour per day. Students will go to a separate teacher who specializes in English Language Arts. Students will continue to receive ELA for one hour per day from 2nd Grade all the way through 8th Grade. While BIA introduces English in 2nd Grade, some immersion programs wait until 5th Grade to introduce English.
Homework
Homework will come home in the target language. We do not expect our parents to be proficient in the target language, and we know that the vast majority of them are not! Homework will always be a review of what was already learned in class. Parents should provide a quiet place for their students to complete homework and encourage them to complete all homework to the best of their ability. It is the teacher's responsibility to check for understanding and make sure that the student is grasping the concepts being taught. However, the teacher will usually send a homework calendar home in English so that parents know what their children should be working on each night. Homework may also be posted on the BIA website.
Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women
128 W. Franklin St., Baltimore, MD 21201
County: Baltimore City
Grades: 6 - 12
Phone: 443-642-2048
Principal: Cristina Easton
School # 0348
What makes us unique?
Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women (BLSYW) is a college preparatory school with an emphasis on leadership and academic excellence and enrichment in a single sex environment. Our program demonstrates a strong commitment to math, science and technology – fields where women are underrepresented and where Maryland needs to cultivate a strong knowledge base and workforce – as well as to the arts and humanities which teach students to appreciate and engage critically the world that they will lead.
Mission and Vision:
The BLSYW Way embodies leadership, girl power, college readiness, high expectations and a strong support network. Through academics and social emotional learning, BLSYW students are taught to develop a strong sense of self, sisterhood, compassion, and good decision-making.
Programs:
Advisory: Leadership
After School Programs
Arts Integration: Arts & Athletics
College Preparatory: dual enrollment partnership with Baltimore City Community College and University of Baltimore. Advanced Placement classes
Dress Code
EGATE School
Extracurricular Activities: Play on Purpose, Competitive Middle & Upper School Cheer Leading, MS&HS Basketball & Volleyball, Competitive Dance, Competitive Step Team, Under Armour, MZ Sit Kidz, Competitive Robotics, BLYS Ambassadors, BOND@BLYS, Drum Line, Band, Chorus, National Council of Girl Schools, the Student Leadership Network Schools (Young Women’s Leadership Network).
Gender Equity
Internships: Urban Alliance, Rosedale Federal Bank
Portfolio Evaluations: Action Research Project (8) & Senior Capstone Experience (12)
PTO/PTA
Private/Public Collaborative: co-teach one class for grades 11-12 with Bryn Mawr
Restorative Practices
STEM: STEAM: Norfolk Grumman, Prometric, Bryn Mawr Collaborative, University of Baltimore, Balt City CC, BioEyes, NSA, Black Girls Who Code
Student Service
Summer Programs
Community:
The Arts: Center Stage Theater, Everyman Theater
Cultural Institutions: Enoch Pratt Central Library, Walters Art Museum
Lottery Preferences:
Other (Siblings of alumni)
Siblings of current students
Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School
1600 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202
County: Baltimore City
Grades: PK - 8
Phone: 410-528-5393
Principal: Allison Schecter
School # 0336
BaltimoreMontessoriCharter.org
What makes us unique?
Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School is a mission-driven school in Greenmount West, the urban heart of Baltimore’s Arts and Entertainment District. Together with our community partners and families, we transformed two vacant buildings and an empty lot, and opened our doors in 2008 as Baltimore’s first public Montessori school. Today, our school features beautiful spaces for learning and play, high quality learning environments for students beginning at age 3, Seed to Table - our thriving student-powered cooking and gardening program, supportive and visionary leadership, talented and dedicated staff, and a dynamic and engaged parent community.
Community:
Providing enrollment and outreach support for local schools looking to boost enrollment, through school partners directly and through advocacy groups like Live Baltimore.
Providing space and programming support for the Greenmount West Community Center Foundation.
Connecting families to comprehensive mental health supports through range of supports through A Better Tomorrow Starts Today, in addition to supports from Family and Child Services, and free parenting workshops through the Family Tree of Baltimore.
Mission and Vision:
Our mission is to build a diverse and respectful community of joyfully engaged learners by providing a holistic Montessori environment that supports individual fulfillment, compassion, self-discipline, lifelong learning, and a deep awareness of our responsibility to contribute meaningfully to our world.
Programs:
Advisory
After School Programs
Debate
Experiential Learning / Project-Based
Extracurricular Activities: 25+ after school clubs and activities, including chess, debate, Chinese and Spanish, mandolin, science, sports, Seed to Table, Student entrepreneurship, overnight camping trips
Free tutoring
Habits of Mind
Individualized Learning
Montessori
Responsive Classroom
Restorative Practices
STEM: STEAM
Summer Programs
Lottery Preferences:
Neighborhood
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
City Neighbors Public Charter School
City Neighbors Hamilton
http://cityneighborshamilton.org/
Baltimore City
Serving Grades K-8
Our Mission
The mission of City Neighbors Hamilton is to provide an extraordinary public school education with high academic achievement for all students. Our ultimate goal for our school is that through project-based learning, arts integration, parental involvement and community outreach, the students leave enlivened, with deep awareness of themselves, their families and the outside community, and with the capacity to be good citizens.
Our Educational Approach
The staff of City Neighbors Hamilton share the goal that every parent has for his/her child: to learn and be successful in school and in life. The educational approach at City Neighbors Hamilton focuses on teaching for thinking and understanding. Using the State Content Standards as an academic framework, we set high expectations for every child. We believe in a project-based learning environment where children can learn more in the process of exploring ideas, making predictions, building models of their ideas, and testing outcomes as they apply their knowledge. Through this process, we encourage children to be empowered by the construction of knowledge, by reflection upon their own lives, and through consideration of what is good for the community at large. As a result, our students become passionate learners as we engage them in work that makes sense to them.
Our Vision
At CNH our classrooms serve as individual model communities where issues are discussed, differences in perspectives are welcomed and children work cooperatively, rather than competitively. The CNH governance model – including parents, business and community leaders, teachers, students and the principal – reflect our commitment to cooperative governance, based on the principles of human dignity, consensus, and freedom. Our belief and experience is that when given a strong structure to support generative thinking as well as meaningful activities to perform, all children and adults strive for excellence. Because of this focus, CNH’s impact on the lives of students and families and the community will be powerful, positive and long lasting.
Our Philosophy
Our unique model combines a progressive education with a powerful governance model that relies on meaningful parent involvement, community outreach, and the inspiration of the schools of Reggio Emilia.
Our Statement on Diversity
Diversity is essential to who we are. In this spirit, City Neighbors Hamilton embraces the diversity within our school, community and world. We endeavor to create an environment that values all people of any ability, age, family structure, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status. We strive to create this environment through our curriculum, interactions, staffing, policies and procedures. As the families, staff, and students of City Neighbors Hamilton, we accept the responsibility to help every member of our school feel safe, respected, and valued.
What is Reggio Emilia?
Reggio Emilia is the name given to a teaching style that has evolved in the Northern Italian municipality of Reggio Emilia. Fundamental to this educational philosophy is the perception of children as being strong, intellectually rich, and possessing great potential. In this educational model, the teacher works with children to stimulate and deepen critical thought in a research partnership. In Reggio Emilia, knowledge is seen as something that is socially constructed and should be based on ideas and experiences that are real and meaningful to the child.
City Neighbors High School
Baltimore City
Serving Grades 9-12
https://www.cityneighborshighschool.org/
City Neighbors High School is a progressive and innovative model that challenges students to the highest level of academic excellence and the highest level of personal and communal good to create our school. We see our students as creative, powerful, and deserving of the deepest respect. We believe in each other at City Neighbors. Together we are creating a school where people are Known, Loved, and Inspired.
City Springs Elementary/Middle School
100 S. Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21231
County: Baltimore City
Grades: PK - 8
Phone: 410-396-9165
Principal: Rhonda Richetta
School # 0008
http://citysprings.school/
What makes us unique:
We believe that all students have talents and can learn through a variety of instructional experiences. We believe that Direct Instruction, Singapore Math, Core Knowledge, science, technology, and curriculum that is culturally relevant and focused on social justice are the best ways for our children to learn. We also believe that all students are unique, and their talents should be cultivated in a supportive and restorative environment that encourages students to find their voice and develop leadership qualities that foster self-esteem, self-motivation, and life success.
Mission and Vision:
To be an exemplary, model school where all students are meeting or exceeding academic standards in reading and math, students feel the joy of learning, parents are involved, and the entire community nurtures a solid partnership. With this vision, we promise an education for Education for Life.
Programs:
After School Programs
Athletics
Community School
Core Knowledge
Direct Instruction
Dress Code
Extracurricular Activities
Honors Courses
Mentoring Programs
Mindfulness Practices
PTO/PTA
Restorative Practices
ConneXions School for the Arts
Baltimore City
Serving Grades 6-12
http://connexionssfta.weebly.com/
What About ConneXions?
ConneXions School for the Arts (#325), is a public charter school founded in 2002 with a mission to cultivate academic and artistic excellence, cultural identity and community awareness. While we started out with 6th grade only, we now have 335 students enrolled from 6th-12th grade including a LifeSkills Program and have graduated Seniors since 2010.
We are located at 2801 N. Dukeland Street (the former Lemmel Middle School) and share the building with two other city schools. ConneXions’ Main Office is located on the ground floor of the building and our entrance is on the North side of the campus (next to the adjacent daycare playground.
Following the Coalition Of Essential Schools model, ConneXions helps students learn to use their minds well, through a philosophy of “depth over breadth” and an inquiry based approach. A tone of decency and trust allows teachers to build relationships with students, providing them with a personalized education and follows the idea of student as worker and teacher as coach. Every student is expected to succeed and is required to prove their mastery through exhibition.
Aside from rigorous academics, ConneXions boasts a host of electives that include Performing Arts like Drama, African Dance, Modern Dance, and African Drum in addition to the Visual Arts of Painting/ Drawing, Printmaking, Design, Audio Visual and Photography. The Performing Arts Travel Squad has gained a citywide reputation of excellence and has performed to rave reviews in both local and national venues. Students of the visual arts have exhibited work at The University Of Baltimore, The Creative Alliance and The Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center.
At ConneXions, we have a unique model of leadership. Co-directors are our version of principals. Rather than just acting in that role, co-directors have a variety of duties that take them from the classroom to the office and everywhere in between.
Coppin Academy High School
2500 W. North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21216
County: Baltimore City
Grades: 9 - 12
Phone: 443-642-5060
Principal: Aisha Almond
School # 0432
What makes us unique:
COPPIN ACADEMY PATHWAYS: Student will have the opportunity to embark upon an Academic Pathway that will prepare them for their future college and/or career goals. With Coppin State University’s renewed vision and support, your student will have opportunities and experiences unique in Baltimore City Public Schools.
Community:
We are a BUILD member (Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development) where organizers train and recruit student and parent leaders. We partner with Coppin State University to offer dual enrollment for students.
Mission and Vision:
Coppin Academy is committed to identifying those students from underserved communities to attend our school. We seek to improve academic performance and raise the competency level of each student. We will provide an assessment of each child's strengths and needs, and develop a personalized prescription of activities, services, and programs to foster intellectual, artistic, social, and emotional growth. As a result, students will receive an appropriate educational program which prepares them to enter the workforce or attend college without a need for remediation.
Programs:
Advisory (Used for SEL lessons and coach class with teachers)
After School Programs
College Preparatory (Early College Program; students have the opportunity to earn at least 15 credits toward their bachelors degree by graduation)
Dress Code
Extra-curricular
Internships (Paid internship for seniors with Urban Alliance)
PTO/PTA
Summer Programs
Lottery preferences:
Siblings of current students
Other (Founding members)
Creative City Public Charter School
2810 Shirley Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215
County: Baltimore City
Grades: K - 5
Phone: 410-642-3600
Principal: Traci Mathena
School # 0384
What makes us unique:
Place-based education uses the local community and environment as a vehicle for learning core skills and exploring questions that are relevant to Baltimore and to students’ lives. Place based education increases student motivation and performance, helps student develop stronger ties to their local environment, and allows the school to make positive change in the community. Place-based education is experience-based, and in kindergarten, play-based. Students will learn about the built environment, infrastructure, residents, businesses, culture, resources, challenges, and the history of the city around them. Examples of place-based projects that incorporate interdisciplinary Common Core standards in our school have included: Personal story-telling in Kindergarten, creating a Podcast about our community in Grade 1, creating an original puppet show featuring native wildlife in Grade 2, creating river otter habitats in Grade 3, and studying our business and government infrastructure will research and role-playing at BizTown in Grades 4 and 5.
Mission and Vision:
Creative City Public Charter School uses Baltimore City’s natural and built environments and communities as a learning foundation. Our elementary school, where teachers, students and parents share governance and cooperate on curriculum and community decisions, builds on the inquisitive nature of children to drive the project-based arts-integrated curriculum, developing self-directed critical thinkers.
Programs:
After School Programs
Arts Integration
Community School
Debate
Experiential Learning / Project-Based
Extracurricular Activities: Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, other clubs vary by year
Individualized Learning
Play-Based
PTO/PTA
Recess Daily
Responsive Classroom
Restorative Practices
Summer Programs
Community:
Ceasefire Partner School: host quarterly life-affirming events, provide Ambassador training, promote peaceful practice every day.
Partner school with Girl Scouts of Central Maryland in the Girls Rise in Park Heights program.
We work very closely with our nearest community association, the Towanda Neighborhood Association on meetings, advocacy, and fundraising.
Our Back to School BBQ and our year-end celebration called “Creative CityScape” are well attended by neighbors. We have partnered with MECU, Safe Streets, and the Northwest Bulldogs football league.
Walters Art Museum: ALL Creative City students have at least one piece of art on display for a full week, culminating in a family reception and celebration.
Lottery preferences:
Neighborhood
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
The Empowerment Academy
851 Braddish Ave., Baltimore, MD 21216
County: Baltimore City
Grades: PK - 8
Phone: (443)984-2381
Principal: Ashley Moore
School # 262
https://www.theempowermentacademy262.org/
What makes us unique?
The Empowerment Academy boasts a rigorous academic program that has high expectations for student learning. We currently use the Common Core State Standards to deliver high quality and rigorous instruction to students. In addition to academics, we teach our students the 6 pillars of character using the Character Counts curriculum.
Mission and Vision:
The mission of The Empowerment Academy is to place students, educators, and families directly in the center of learning. The Empowerment Academy is a school dedicated to character development while meeting the academic and cultural needs for students of the 21st Century. We believe…
In realizing each learner's individual and intellectual potential.
That the student, family, staff, and community together create the educational partnership and share responsibility for learning.
That safe, trusting, and respectful relationships and environments best serve learning.
That student achievement requires an effective teacher in every classroom.
That a focus on instruction and effective programs and strategies will result in excellence.
That all students can and will learn and achieve.
Programs:
After School Programs
Arts Integration
Direct Instruction
Direct Instruction
Dress Code
Extracurricular Activities: Robotics, Dance Ensemble, Theatre Club, Running Club, Yoga Club, Art Club
PTO/PTA
Restorative Practices
STEM
Student Service
Community:
Host arts events for the surrounding community
Serve as a neighborhood food pantry
Host educational workshops for families in the community
The Baltimore Curriculum Project’s Leading Minds Series
The City Neighbors Progressive Education Summit
Lottery preferences:
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
Frederick Elementary School
2501 Frederick Ave., Baltimore, MD 21223
County: Baltimore City
Grades: PK - 5
Phone: 410-396-0830
Principal: Harold S. Henry, Jr.
School #0260
What makes us unique:
Frederick Elementary School offers an extensive list of programs and activities including:
Eureka Math for a deep understanding and application of math skills
Core Knowledge for exposure to essential ideas and concepts in Science and Social Studies
CHAMPS classroom management program
NWEA assessment and data monitoring
Visual Art
Physical & Health Education Library Media Science
Girl Scouts
Enterprise Network Women's Mentoring Program
Biztown Financial Services Boys and girls support and development groups
The Walking School Bus
HEART Market for families and community members
Adult education opportunities
Community:
Frederick Elementary School partners with Bon Secours Community Works (BSCW) to provide wraparound services to students and their families. BSCW works to enrich West Baltimore communities with programs and services that contribute to the long-term economic and social viability of neighborhoods.
Mission and Vision:
At Frederick Elementary School, we educate and develop future leaders to use wisdom in solving complex problems and leading change, for themselves and their communities. Through intense commitment to the growth and development of team members, who are self-aware, critically reflective, wise, and driven learners, we cultivate a dynamic learning environment free of bias and the limitation of assumptions.
Programs:
After School Programs: STEM, jewelry making, culinary arts, photography, theatre
Community School
Direct Instruction
Dress Code
Extracurricular Activities
Habits of Mind
PTO/PTA
Restorative Practices
Lottery preferences:
Neighborhood
Furman L. Templeton Preparatory Academy
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., Baltimore, MD 21217
County: Baltimore City
Grades: PK - 5
Phone: 410-396-0882
Principal: Evelyn Perry
School # 0125
FurmanTempletonPrepAcademy.com
What makes us unique:
Furman L. Templeton Preparatory Academy through the utilization of a year-round schooling model, provides more consistent opportunities to engage in instruction at the school level. Moreover, the year-round schedule allows the school-based teams time to utilize data to more frequently provide targeted support during the times between sessions to meet the individual needs of the students. The focus on technology allows students the opportunity to interact with hardware not current and/or relevant in many of the homes in the surrounding area. All students have the opportunity to utilize 21st century technology as students in grades 2nd-5th have their own Netbook to assist with accessing the curriculum. Students in Pre-K-1st grades have class iPads and grade level computer labs Our afterschool program provided by The Child First Authority includes intramural sports, academic enrichment, and fine arts activities for all students.
Community:
For many parents in the community, the school is a critical resource and support throughout the early years of their child’s life. Since 2012, we have partnered with the University of Maryland School of Social Work through the Promise Heights Initiative, to improve the educational, health and developmental outcomes of children from birth to young adult in the West Baltimore community of Upton/Druid Heights. FLTPA is one of four schools receiving the comprehensive services of this program. The key partners of the program include: B’More for Healthy Babies, Little Flowers Early Childhood Care, YMCA Head Start, and Reading Partners. Promise Heights also hosts two Parent University groups: one for parents of children 0-3 and one for children 3-5. These partners and structures bring continuity, considerable resources and stability to the families in the community
Mission and Vision:
Furman L. Templeton Preparatory Academy is in the Upton community endeavoring to lay the foundation for success in middle, high school, college, and the 21st century workplace for our students. The comprehensive educational programs for students and families include a Head Start Program, Pre-K, and a kindergarten to fifth grade which creates a pipeline to support academic outcomes. The programs within the school are designed to support the students and their families We aim to increase the academic achievement of all students, in partnership with the community to ensure that our students have the attitudes, skills, and proficiencies needed to be successful at each of these stages. Our mission is to accelerate the opportunities and outcomes for our children by demanding nothing, but excellence form the students, staff, and community. The school leaders, staff, and parents at FLTPA believe that great outcomes for our students can be achieved using the Learn, Love, Live framework. Learn: We combine a rigorous academic curriculum with research-based instructional practices, data-driven decision-making, partnerships with community resources and technology. The school uses the latest technology to engage and motivate students and to help teachers deliver the academic experience. Love: FLTPA actively promotes and embraces core values to help our students to resolve conflict and create a solid foundation on which to build relationships. We use the model of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) to identify, adapt and sustain effective school-wide behavior support practices. Live: All students have the opportunity to take advantage of multiple field trips: one trip is out of state. These trips introduce our students to new environments and expose them to a broader world. The school climate is one that encourages learning, supports educator development, and parent engagement.
Programs:
After School Programs
Arts Integration
Community School
EGATE School for our Gifted and Advanced Learning Program
Extracurricular Activities: Basketball, Cheerleading
Gifted & Talented Program
Intervention Program for students in grades 1-5
Partnership with Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Emerging Scholars Program
PTO/PTA
Restorative Practices
School Year-Around
Lottery preferences:
Neighborhood
Siblings of current students
Govans Elementary School
900 Woodbourne Ave., Baltimore, MD 21212
County: Baltimore City
Grades: PK - 5
Phone: 410-396-6396
Principal: Bernarda Kwaw
School # 0213
What makes us unique:
Govans Elementary has many unique qualities. One of those qualities include a highly effective staff that have worked at Govans for most or all of their career. This longevity provides a quality education and consistency for students and their families.
Direct Instruction is another quality that sets Govans apart from traditional Baltimore City schools. Direct Instruction allows us to instruct every student on their individualized performance level. The Direct Instruction curriculum is a tool that we use to provide rigor and high-level instruction. Baltimore Curriculum Project is the reason we are able to use such a well written, researched based successful program.
Community:
Our Community Schools Coordinator , Ms. McFadden, recently coordinated an event where our students created Mosaic tiles for a memorial garden, along with Loyola students, for the DeWees park.
Recently, Sara Moore and LaTasha Peaks (Govans/DAD staff members) took six students from our afterschool program to spend an afternoon with the residents of Broadmead Retirement Community creating intergenerational art projects.
Mission and Vision:
To develop, implement, and advocate for an innovative, sustainable, and replicable education model that improves student outcomes. In so doing, the Baltimore Curriculum Project will help to raise educational standards and opportunities for disadvantaged youth and Baltimore City schools.
Programs:
After School Programs: STEM based
Community School & Coordinator
Direct Instruction: Reading and Language
Dress Code
PTO/PTA
Restorative Practices: The school utilizes Restorative Practices to build community and resolve conflicts.
Green Street Academy
125 N Hilton St, Baltimore, MD 21229
County: Baltimore City
Grades: 6 – 12
Phone: 443-642-2068
Principal: Tim Gordon
School # 0377
What makes us unique:
The Green Street Academy student experience includes a focus on traditional academic success and pre-professional career training. All entering middle school students are assessed, their academic pathways planned, including remediation and counseling, and their progress monitored. The school’s goal is to ensure all students reach grade level in reading and math when they begin high school. High school students continue to fulfill their academic requirements as well as receive pre-professional training, leading to meaningful internships and certifications en route to either higher education or a career path of their choosing.
Mission and Vision:
The school’s mission is to prepare middle and high schools students in Baltimore City for college and careers in the 21st century economy.
Programs:
After School Programs: Chess, Instrumental Music, CURE Program through UMBC, Youth in Action through Kaiser Permante, Gardening, Forensic Science Alive
College Preparatory
Community School: Food Pantry, GED Classes, Monthly Parent Workshops
Dress Code
Experiential Learning / Project-Based: Community Based Urban Agriculture Program, Aquaponics, Hydroponics, Monthly Farmers Market
Internships: 313 Paid Internships for High School Scholars
PTO/PTA: School Family Council
Restorative Practices: Mindfulness Medication for Grade Six, Sound Therapy, Social Emotional Report Cards
Summer Programs: Let’s Grow Together – Inclusion Summer Program
Community:
Community Food Pantry Every Tuesday- Food Giveaway
Monthly Parent Event – ex. Literacy Night, Get Fit Night, Sustainability Night, Mathematics Fair
Community Career and College Fair for all residents within the community
Tour De Farms Community Biking Event- visit farms around the city- with GSA as the West Baltimore Community Stop
Project Pneuma – Building strategies for the local community to deal with trauma through meditation
Pop up Restaurant at R. House- workforce development skills for the community through a focus on culinary skills
Hosts field trips for elementary aged students to experience hands on science based activities
Serving as a neighborhood hub for service or advocacy projects. GED Program
Lottery preferences:
Neighborhood
Siblings of current students
Hampstead Hill Academy
Baltimore City
Serving Grades PreK-8
Vision Statement
Hampstead Hill seeks to be a safe, nurturing, diverse, family-friendly neighborhood school with rigorous, effective academic programs and exciting, engaging, extracurricular activities. We believe all parents want the same thing for their children: more and better opportunities for college and career. We believe in the importance of the arts, and we want our students to be great communicators, listeners and writers. Our students will be forward thinkers, persistent, responsible, caring, dependable and healthy members of the greater community.
Mission Statement
Hampstead Hill Academy is a neighborhood public charter school that exists to educate children living in both our attendance area and throughout Baltimore City. Our talented staff uses research-based curriculum to develop and implement rigorous lesson plans that continuously raise the academic bar for our students. Our whole school community is dedicated to working together to challenge our students to succeed in a fair, consistent, just and joyful learning environment.
KIPP Harmony Academy
2000 Edgewood St, Baltimore, MD 21216
County: Baltimore City
Grades: K – 8
Phone: 443-642-2027
Principal: Natalia Walter
School # 0347
https://kippbaltimore.org/schools/kipp-harmony-academy/
What makes us unique:
KIPP Baltimore is a member of the KIPP network, a national, non-profit network of more than 200 college-preparatory, public charter schools serving more than 100,000 students. Within the KIPP network, schools have a focus on providing students with more time learning. To enable our students to reach their academic goals, our schools feature an extended school day and extended calendar year. With this additional time, our teachers and staff support students to attain or exceed grade level proficiency in core subjects, acquire essential academic knowledge and skills, and become prepared for college and career choices. KIPP Baltimore’s longer day also allows time for children to experience key enrichment classes such as art, music, African American studies, and physical education. We have long been committed to ensuring that our students have access to these beneficial enrichment experiences, which increase the joy factor of the school day and foster the development of lifelong passions.
Mission and Vision:
The mission of KIPP Baltimore is, “to create and operate high-achieving, college preparatory schools that develop the knowledge, skills, and strengths necessary for our students to succeed in college and in life.”
We believe that educating our students in an environment that fosters a college-going culture helps build the mindsets, habits, and skills necessary for a choice-filled life. These mindsets, habits, and skills are combined with our organizational charge to hold ourselves and our students to high expectations, ensuring content mastery so that students can be successful in college preparatory high schools.
Programs:
Advisory
After School Programs: basketball, lacrosse, soccer, carpentry, anime, student ambassadors, leadership, KIPP singers, annual musical.
College Preparatory
Dress Code
PTO/PTA
Restorative Practices: culturally relevant, restorative and trauma-informed practices in grades kindergarten through eight.
Lottery preferences:
Siblings of current students
Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School
l2200 Sinclair Lane, Baltimore, MD 21213
County: Baltimore City
Grades: 5 – 8
Phone: 443-320-9499
Principal: Rosalind Fleming
School # 0371
What makes us unique:
Trust, respect, responsibility, and joy in learning are the tenants of our school culture. At LMCJ, scholars and teachers are engaged in work that is challenging, adventurous and meaningful. Our scholars are scientists, urban planners, historians and activists; they are investigating community problems and collaborating with peers to develop creative, actionable solutions. Scholars apply their skills and knowledge to real-world issues and make positive change in their communities. At LMCJ, we are committed to developing the whole girl, and helping each scholar achieve her wildest dreams.
At LMCJ, our scholars participate in an event called Celebration of Learning several times per year. They show evidence of the high-quality work they have produced during the previous semester. Our 8th grade students present passage portfolios before a group comprised of their families, teachers, and members from the greater community.
Community:
We provide weekend food bags to scholars in need through our partnership with Baltimore Hunger Project.
Mission and Vision:
Our mission as a charter school in Baltimore city serving girls in grades 5-8, is to offer a supportive 21st century learning environment for scholars to reach their maximum potential through rigorous academic course work, character development and leadership opportunities.
Programs:
Advisory
After School Programs
Debate
Dress Code
Experiential Learning / Project-Based
Extracurricular Activities: sewing, drama, mentoring, homework help
Habits of Mind/Excellence: Integrity, Collaboration, Active Citizenship, Perseverance, Responsibility, and inquiry
Mentorship Programs
Portfolio Evaluations
PTO/PTA
Responsive Classroom
Restorative Practices
STEM
Student Service: Scholar support team; social worker
Summer Programs: Middle Grades’ Partnership—Growing Girls and Gardens
Lottery preferences:
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
Midtown Academy
1398 W Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217
County: Baltimore City
Grades: K – 8
Phone: 410-225-3257
Principal: Suzanne Bell Penny
School # 321
https://themidtownacademy.org/
Student learning at Midtown is purposeful and intentional. Students are engaged through compelling topics and build an understanding of their impact on the world around them. Teachers have the autonomy to create learning investigations that engage their students while building the necessary skills for future academic success. Students are also engaged in monitoring their progress and setting academic goals. We want our students to understand that they are the key to their success in school.
Academic behaviors and learning strategies are taught and our students are guided to develop a growth mindset while persevering through academic challenges. The Midtown staff partners with parents to not only build academic competencies but social/emotional competencies as well. Empathy, assertiveness, cooperation, and responsibility are at the center of the skills and competencies we build in our students.
Mission and Vision:
Midtown is uniting diverse communities, igniting an enduring passion for learning and developing outstanding global citizens. Since its founding in 1997, Midtown Academy has brought together families from two diverse neighborhoods in a vibrant school community. Our students are at the heart of every decision we make. We use components of Expeditionary Learning, Responsive Classroom, and differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all of our students.
Programs:
Advisory
After School Programs
Arts Integration
College Preparatory
Community School
Dress Code
Experiential Learning / Project-Based
Extra curricular: Coding Club, Healthy Habits Program
PTO/PTA
Responsive Classroom
Lottery preferences:
Neighborhood
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
New Song Community Learning Center
Location: 1530 Presstman St. , Baltimore 21217
https://newsongcommunitylearningcenter.org/
OUR VISION
A nurturing, educationally challenging, equitable and inclusive environment providing exceptional academic and educational experiences forming the foundation of a healthy intellectual social and emotional set of skills for negotiating education and other pursuits important to the student and family.
OUR MISSION
New Song Community Learning Center (NSCLC) at the heart of Sandtown Winchester focuses on developing the academic, intellectual, social and emotional growth of students; strengthening the interpersonal dynamics of families for life-long learning, growth and development; and advancing community development and leadership anchored in social justice.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are the pillars supporting the educational pedagogy, academic objectives, social and emotional fabric of learning throughout a New Song experience for students, families and staff members. We are committed to supporting the strengths and dynamic creativity of our students while addressing the inter-generational inequities in institutions, systems and the community that have not provided a solid platform from which our children can succeed and flourish as global citizens. We purposefully open up a world of opportunity both for our students and their families with activities to assist in the daily challenges of life and also to embellish and enrich their lives with social and educational activities. We are also committed to embracing the diversity of the experiences within the community and beyond through partnerships, volunteers, and collaborations that open up as many opportunities as possible for our families.
OUR VALUES
Integrity and Accountability: demonstrate honesty, responsiveness, ethical and moral behavior in the execution of professional responsibilities
Leadership: guided by a clear vision and act accordingly, individually and collectively, to support others to make decisions and assume responsibility as well as building indigenous leaders.
Racial Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Social justice: ensuring that the organization affirms and respects — the racial identities, history and culture of its students, parents, staff; that there is fair and equitable involvement, and relationships; and that we embrace the best practices of social justice models in our conflict resolution for students, parents and staff
Learning: committed to continuous life-long learning and performance improvement for students, families and the organization/staff
Respect: demonstrate appreciation for the intellect, skills, talents, life experiences that every person brings to the workplace
Sustainability: strive to be self-sufficient by actively seeking support that will allow us to achieve success over the long-term
Patterson Park Public Charter School
27 N Lakewood Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224
County: Baltimore City
Grades: PK - 8
Phone: 410-558-1230
Principal: Chad Kramer
School # 0327
What makes us unique:
Academic achievement and growth remain at the core of what we deliver through a whole child approach, educating our students in an enriching environment that recognizes and celebrates their unique and multi-faceted selves. Our classrooms and learning spaces ensure we are challenging each child at a level commensurate with their ability and providing the necessary academic and non-academic supports and enrichment experiences to develop confidence and a love of learning. Our model of whole child education does not prioritize one interest area or enrichment program, but rather allows students to explore their passions and find their own voice with high quality adult facilitation and support via a range of unique, developmentally appropriate opportunities. The academic offerings reflect personalized learning that fosters curiosity and innovation accomplished through a loving, supportive environment achieved in partnership with our broader community.
At Patterson Park Public Charter School (PPPCS), it is our privilege to serve a diverse community and our responsibility to foster inclusivity. When we review our data, we recognize there are concerning trends that fall along racial lines. We want to assert these values as the foundation for nurturing all of our students, realizing our mission and preparing our students for success in a global society.
Community:
PPPCS manages over 40 partnerships including:
Baltimore City Health Department – provides flu shots to students
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra – Provides musicianship classes to PreK – 1st grade.
BB&T Bank – Provides financial literacy classes for families
Morgan Stanley – Provides volunteers for school beautification projects
Villa Maria Health Continuum – Provides on-site mental health care for 5 days a week
Mission and Vision:
The mission of PPPCS is to provide a community-centered learning environment that values diversity and embraces a whole child approach to develop well-educated citizens. The vision if PPPCS is Life-Long Learners, Healthy Families, & Strong Neighborhoods. The motto of PPPCS is The City is Our Classroom; The World is Our Future.
Programs:
After School Programs
Arts Integration
Community School
Dress Code
Experiential Learning / Project-Based
Extracurricular Activities
PTO/PTA
Responsive Classroom
Restorative Practices
STEM
Student Service
Summer Programs
Lottery preferences:
Other (low income for Pre-K students)
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
Southwest Baltimore Charter School
1300 Herkimer St, Baltimore, MD 21223
County: Baltimore City
Grades: PK - 8
Phone: 443-984-3385
Principal: Iffeisha Gordon-Toppin
School # 0328
What makes us unique:
Southwest Baltimore Charter School (SBCS) provides students with a rigorous academic program based on the Expeditionary Learning (EL) model. We teach and measure student achievement in three dimensions: mastery of skills and knowledge, Habits of Scholarship (HofS), and quality work. Learning at SBCS is active, challenging, collaborative and meaningful. We integrate the arts into our curriculum, and have a robust Fitness and Adventure program. SBCS also emphasizes the natural world and our students have many opportunities for fieldwork in parks and other natural settings.
Mission and Vision:
To create extraordinary learning experiences that inspire the thoughtful, courageous, compassionate citizen in every child.
Programs:
Advisory
After School Programs
Arts Integration
Community School
Dress Code
Experiential Learning / Project-Based
Extracurricular Activities: Varies but may include Middle Grades lacrosse, volleyball and other sports teams, chess club, dance club, coach class, aftercare program, etc.
Portfolio Evaluations
PTO/PTA
Responsive Classroom
Restorative Practices
Summer Programs (occasional)
Community:
We share our facilities with other schools and groups for meetings, school plays, and instructional programs, community yoga, and athletic leagues
Southwest Partnership
Southwest Sports and Fitness Alliance
Sowebo Landmark 5K run
Gilman School, Middle Grades Partnership
University of Maryland in Baltimore for the CURE program for competitive and rewarding research, STEM, and health care career opportunities.
Lottery preferences:
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
The Belair-Edison School
2800 Brendan Ave., Baltimore, MD 21213
County: Baltimore City
Grades: 6 – 8
Phone: 410-485-2102
Principal: Tiffany Halsey
School # 0337
What makes us unique?
We focus on the health of our students in the following three categories: academic/intellectual health, social/emotional health, and physical/nutritional health. The responsibility of all those connected with The Belair-Edison School—parents, teachers, administrators, board members—is to provide an effective learning environment in which our students can develop a strong sense of self, academic proficiency, and awareness of others.
By making the healthy, balanced lifestyle a core part of our mission, we recognize and celebrate the connection between being fit and healthy and being smart with a love of learning. It is our goal to prepare our students for the high school of their choice with these things in mind.
Community:
Named one of America’s Healthiest Schools by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation; Signature event each spring: The Afya Mile Run; Life Skills Program. Participate in the Baltimore CeaseFire movement, host community events, and work with Belair-Edison Community Association and Herring Run Park.
Mission and Vision:
Our mission is to teach Baltimore’s children to live healthy, balanced lives: intellectually, socially/emotionally, and physically.
At The Belair-Edison School, we believe that students need regular opportunities to think critically, be physically active, and interact constructively with peers to create and learn habits of mind and body that lead to their living healthy, balanced lives.
Programs:
Advisory
After School Programs
Community School: Family League of Baltimore
Debate: Baltimore Urban Debate League
Dress Code
Extra-curricular: Boy Scouts, WAP (Wellness Ambassadors Program), NAL (National Academic League), Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Indoor and Outdoor Track, Cross Country, Flag Football, Lacrosse
PTO/PTA: Student Family Council
Responsive Classroom
Restorative Practices: International Institute for Restorative Practices
Summer Programs: Free Summer Camp through 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant
Lottery preferences:
Neighborhood
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
The Crossroads School
802 S. Caroline St., Baltimore, MD 21231
County: Baltimore City
Grades: 6 - 8
Phone: 410-276-4924
Principal: Matthew Ebert
School #0323
https://thecrossroadsschool.wixsite.com/thecrossroadsschool
What makes us unique:
The Crossroads School is a public, charter middle school in Baltimore City’s Fells Point operated by Living Classrooms Foundation. Our instructional program emphasizes the mastery of standards-based skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and science and provides students with ongoing opportunities to apply these skills to relevant, hands-on learning projects. Technology, cooperative learning, critical thinking, and real-world application of knowledge are all essential components of the school's core curriculum. Crossroads has a strong school culture where everyone works together to support each other and adhere to the school’s Five Promises: Commitment to Quality, Honor and Integrity, Contribution, Perseverance, and No Excuses. Crossroads students also benefit from an after school program, tutoring, mentoring, student-mastery conferences, and individualized guidance counseling. Our small size, extraordinary faculty, community connections, and unwavering focus on the development of academic and social skills help prepare our students to be successful in high school and beyond.
Community:
Living Classrooms’ Turning the Corner Achievement Program (T-CAP) works closely with school leadership to provide Crossroads students with engaging enrichment programming in school and after school that supplements the regular academic program and supports student achievement. Tutoring, with an emphasis on reading and math skills, is a significant focus to assist students who are struggling in the classroom. Crossroads has an hour-long, bi-weekly Mentoring Program, recruiting enough volunteers from local businesses including Morgan Stanley, Constellation, Brown Advisory, and others, for all students to have an individual mentor. And lastly, the Yoga Action Project is another example of Crossroads’ community engagement initiatives, where students teach yoga to local professionals.
Mission and Vision:
The Crossroads School creates the space for children to evolve as individuals and as a community through urgency, rigor, expectations, and kindness.
Programs:
Advisory
After School Programs
Arts Integration
College Preparatory
Debate
Dress Code
Experiential Learning / Project-Based
Extracurricular Activities: art, music, career explorations, service, and sports, Finance, Guitar, Chess, Choir, Book Club, African Dance and Drumming, Girl Scouts, Diversity Spectrum, Snowboarding, Mission Fit, and Improvisation
Habits of Mind/Excellence
Individualized Learning
PTO/PTA
Responsive Classroom
Restorative Practices
STEM
Lottery preferences:
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
The Green School
2851 Kentucky Ave., Baltimore, MD 21213
County: Baltimore City
Grades: K - 5
Phone: 4104885312
Principal: Kate Primm
School # 0332
What makes us unique?
The Green School is dedicated to creating an educational community that promotes active and engaged learning in our natural environment. We have developed our curriculum so that students in each grade are engaged in a year-long study organized around an essential question, which culminates in an action project in the environment in or around the school. These hands-on environmental projects develop students’ stewardship for the environment while providing an authentic context for the reading, writing, math, science, and social studies concepts and skills learned in the classroom.
The year-long study at each grade is organized around different aspects of the essential question “How do the choices that we make on land impact water quality and life in and around the Chesapeake Bay?” As part of this study, our first graders raise diamondback terrapins; our 2nd graders learn about native plants and improve the schoolyard habitat by planting native plants in our many gardens; our 3rd graders study issues of sustainability and make recommendations for ways in which our school can be more “green”; our 4th graders raise oyster spat in the Baltimore Harbor; and our 5th graders become organic farming experts and plant and harvest our Organic Teaching Garden each year.
Community:
The Green School has deep roots in the community of Belair Edison and with local environmental organizations. We partner with Belair Edison Neighborhoods on a variety of projects in the neighborhood, including Art in the Park installations, painting storm drains, and neighborhood clean-ups. In support of our environmental missions, we participate in the National Aquarium ‘s Terrapins in the Classroom Project and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Oyster Restoration Project. We have a partnership with the Baltimore Algebra Project and are developing a partnership with Morgan State University to bring math tutors to our afterschool programming. We also partner with Towson University to bring student teachers to the school to support our Arts programming.
Mission and Vision:
The Green School of Baltimore is dedicated to creating an educational community that promotes active and engaged learning in our natural environment. With the world as our classroom, we encourage students to take risks, ask questions, explore, collaborate, and find solutions to relevant, real-world problems so they may cultivate their innate curiosity; become stewards of the environment; and begin their journey toward lifelong learning.
Programs:
After School Programs
Arts Integration
Debate
Dress Code
Experiential Learning / Project-Based
PTO/PTA
Responsive Classroom
Restorative Practices
STEM
Lottery preferences:
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
The Tunbridge School
5504 York Rd, Baltimore, MD 21212
County: Baltimore City
Grades: PK – 8
Phone: 410-323-8690
Principal: Sheila Adams
School # 0373
https://www.afyabaltimore.org/tunbridge/
What makes us unique:
Our school is operated by Afya Baltimore Inc. The word Afya is Swahili for health, and health is at the heart of what we do at our school. We focus on the health of our students in the following three categories: academic/intellectual health, social/emotional health, and physical/nutritional health. The responsibility of all those connected with Tunbridge—parents, teachers, administrators, board members—is to provide an effective learning environment in which Tunbridge students can develop a strong sense of self, academic proficiency, and awareness of others.
By making the healthy, balanced lifestyle a core part of our mission, we recognize and celebrate the connection between being fit and healthy and being smart with a love of learning. It is our goal to prepare our students for the high school of their choice with these things in mind.
Mission and Vision:
Our mission is to teach Baltimore’s children to live healthy, balanced lives: intellectually, socially/emotionally, and physically.
At Tunbridge Public Charter School, we believe that students need regular opportunities to think critically, be physically active, and interact constructively with peers to create and learn habits of mind and body that lead to their living healthy, balanced lives.
Programs:
Advisory: In grades 6-8, emphasizes connectedness to school and building and maintaining healthy relationships.
After School Programs: Before and after school paid program for all grades; homework support, physical activity, clubs, snack and supper
Dress Code
Extra curricular: Arts After Dark Talent Show, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, Middle School Musical, National Academic League (NAL), WAP (Wellness Ambassadors Program), First Lego League Robotics, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Flag Football, Soccer, Volleyball
Paths to Pax behavioral system that encourages positive behavior; enrichment through dance, drama, art, music and library, with musical and dramatic productions; digital citizenship; The Tunbridge Mile Run.
PTO/PTA
Responsive Classroom
Student Service
Summer Programs
Lottery preferences:
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
Wolfe Street Academy
https://www.wolfestreetacademy.org/
Our Vision
WOLFE STREET ACADEMY SEEKS TO EDUCATE ALL CHILDREN TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS, PROVIDING AN EXPERIENCE THAT DEVELOPS A LOVE OF LEARNING, A RESPECT FOR SELF AND OTHERS, AND THE WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HELPING CREATE A POSITIVE FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR COMMUNITY.
OUR MISSION
Great People
Recruit, develop and retain a highly qualified, diverse, deeply engaged staff with the singular focus of advancing student academic and social development through data analysis and differentiated strategies.
Create long term, trusting relationships with and between families, staff, partners, neighbors and other community members.
Great Programs
Identify and implement rigorous academic programming guided by data.
Provide professional development for all staff in academic and social-emotional learning for quality implementation of programmatic goals.
Great Strategies
Identify and leverage strengths and partnerships to meet community needs through the Community School Strategy.
Be an exemplar of successful Community School Strategy implementation for schools in Baltimore City, Maryland and the nation.
Watershed Public Charter School
6946 Dogwood Rd, Windsor Mill, MD 21244
Baltimore County
Grades: K - 6 (expanding each year towards K - 8)
Phone: (410) 944-1810
Principal: Janetta Jayman
School # 0219
What makes us unique:
Watershed Public Charter School (WPCS) emphasizes multidisciplinary project based learning that integrates environmental education and the arts. Students make frequent use of dedicated outdoor spaces and resources. The campus contains a micro farm and chickens! Students have the opportunity to learn by doing, celebrate diversity, and learn about fresh healthy food. Outdoor spaces, resident artists, scientists and farmers and afterschool programming relating to our mission all enhance the program.
Community:
WPCs has installed a community garden and partnered with Neighborspace and several environmental organizations to provide community programming. We hope to work with our landlord to implement a fresh food pantry. We also hope in the future to work with other schools in the Gwynns Falls Watershed on an artist book project. We will serve as a Professional Development hub for other educators with the assistance of the National Wildlife Federation.
Mission and Vision:
Watershed Public Charter School provides an interconnected learning environment, where hands-on exploration and creative expression foster the learning process. Our community promotes rigorous academic achievement, meaningful outdoor experiences and continuous growth for all students.
Programs:
After School Programs
Arts Integration
Community School
Experiential Learning / Project-Based
Extracurricular Activities
Individualized Learning
Internships
Portfolio Evaluations
Responsive Classroom
Restorative Practices
STEM
Lottery preferences:
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter School
7215 Corporate Ct, Frederick, MD 21703
Frederick County
Grades: PK - 8
Phone: 240-566-0600
Principal: Marilyn Horan
School # 0228
What makes us unique?
Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter School (CCMPCS) offers a Montessori-based learning environment as well as Spanish instruction for all students, ages 3 through 8th grade. Instruction includes Spanish, Physical Education, Music, Art, library, and computer lab. The beliefs of our school community rest strongly on Montessori principles. Adult and student behavior is intrinsic due to the independence provided to each member of the organization. Student learning is individual, student led, and self paced. Staff are given the autonomy to determine their professional needs and to initiate their own professional development.
Community:
Students participate in community service on an ongoing basis, collaborate about classroom norms and solve problems in community meetings, serve as role models to classmates and students in other levels, maintain the classrooms and school grounds, initiate micro-economies, and carry out recycling and composting throughout the school, dispose of litter at local city parks, and support Frederick County Rescue Mission
Mission and Vision:
CCMPCS’s mission is to build a community in which students, parents, and staff work together to educate the “whole child,” the sum of the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual parts. CCMPCS will implement a Montessori-based curriculum to give students the hands-on tools they need to be active learners both in and outside the classroom. By offering a content-based enrichment and conversational Spanish and English instructional program, students will develop strong language skills in both Spanish and English. CCMPCS will provide a unique opportunity for second language acquisition beginning at a young age, a critical component for development of language proficiency.
Programs:
Experiential Learning / Project-Based
Extracurricular Activities: Elementary and Middle School Performing Ensemble, Writing Club, Athletic Club, Yearbook, Garden Club, and Montessori Model United Nations
Montessori
Lottery preferences:
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Teachers and staff
Frederick Classical Charter School
Serving Grades K-8
https://frederickclassicalcharterschool.org/
Mission & Vision
The mission of the Frederick Classical Charter School is to provide elementary and middle school-aged children in Frederick County with a well-rounded, college-focused instructional program that develops students’ knowledge, reason, and self-expression.
The long-term vision of the Frederick Classical Charter School is to be nationally recognized as a replicable model for providing a traditional, rigorous liberal arts education using well-researched instructional approaches.
Monocacy Valley Montessori
Serving Grades PK-8
https://education.fcps.org/mvmpcs/
Mission Statement
The Monocacy Valley Montessori School is a small, intimate and democratic learning community where children learn actively, think critically, and solve problems creatively.
Students' innate desire to learn is fostered using the Montessori approach: a prepared environment, hands-on materials, mixed age classes, and self-directed learning.
We empower students to become responsible, confident, caring citizens who possess strong academic skills and an enduring love of learning.
Program Philosophy and Model
Monocacy Valley's program is based on the philosophy and methods of Dr. Maria Montessori.
Montessori emphasizes learning through all five senses, not just through listening, watching, or reading.
Children learn at their own pace and according to their own choice of activities.
Chesapeake Math and IT Academy North Public Charter
14800 Sweitzer Ln, Laurel, MD 20707
Prince George's County
Grades: 6-12
Phone: 3013506051
Principal: Gonul Ozturk
School # 1015
What makes us unique:
Chesapeake Math and IT Academy North Public Charter is the #2 public-charter school in the State of Maryland (US NEWS 2019) & one of only six statewide public charters to receive a four or five star rating in 2018-2019 from the MSDE. This 5 STAR rated MS/HS CMIT Academy North Public Charter offers tuition-free, innovative STEM education with expansive course offerings, dual enrollment, early college, and is backed by the Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation of schools’ non-profit Mission and Vision to deliver World Class Education Systems to unlock & maximize individual student potential. With the 4 STAR Elementary in walking distance, all local public K-12 general education requirements are met with increased opportunities to include: hands-on, project-based learning with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) support for all students. This includes scheduling extra STEM courses and coursework, including coding. By Middle School, students should be Microsoft Office Certified Specialists.
Once in High School, CLF Schools will offer Dual Enrollment, AP Courses, Information Technology Early College, and other college/university/career exposure to propel our students’ development of their own maximum potential through partnerships from global to local area businesses and education systems.
Community:
CLF supports its STEM schools with an array of staff, infrastructure, logistics, momentum, and financial solutions. CMIT has risen to not only meet the STEM challenges available and required by all eligible CLF schools to actively participate in Science Olympiads, Math Olympiads, our annual CLF MakerFEST, CLF CultureFEST, and CLF Black History Essay & Poster Contest, but often leads at these community events and winning at the local, state, national, and international competitions.
CMIT, like all CLF schools, offers the Ben Belucci Basketball Program, TRAC Bridge Building, SeaPerch Underwater Robotics, County-State-National STEM competitions, NSBE, First LEGO League (FLL), VEX Robotics, and the annual CLF CultureFEST, a massive multi-cultural event open to the public and where all CLF schools’ participate.
CMIT’s community contributes in the form of various student led clubs, sports teams, academic support, and philanthropic ways outside the classroom. The list is too numerous to list here.
Mission and Vision:
Chesapeake Math and IT Academy North Public Charter (CMIT), in partnership with students, parent, and the community, provides a rigorous and quality education for K-12 school students with a special focus on science, math, and technology. By incorportating math and technology in the classroom and encouraging students to participate in an informational society, CMIT students have the skills and experience to advance and excel in higher education and the workforce.
The Vision of CMIT is to foster collabortation among students, parents, educators, and the community in order to provide an educational environment sustained by a nurturing, disciplined, and dynamic learning culture. CMIT is committed to ensuring learning experiences that will assist our students in achieving their maximum potential, allowing them to excel in an increasingly technological, interconnected and global society.
Programs:
Advisory
After School Programs
College Preparatory
Community School
Direct Instruction
Dress Code
Experiential Learning / Project-Based
Extracurricular Activities
Individualized Learning
Internships
PTO/PTA
STEM
Student Service
Summer Programs
Lottery preferences:
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter
9822 Fallard Ct, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
Prince George's County
Grades: K - 12
Phone: 240-573-7250
Principal: Lara Asafa
School # 1351
What makes us unique:
Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter (CMIT South) is one of only six statewide public charters to receive a four or five star rating in 2018-2019 from the MSDE. This 4 STAR rated MS/HS missed its five stars by a single percentage point in 2017-2018. CMIT South offers tuition-free, innovative STEM education with expansive course offerings, dual enrollment, early college, and is backed by the Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation of schools’ non-profit Mission and Vision to deliver World Class Education Systems to unlock & maximize individual student potential. With our CMIT South Elementary expansion in walking distance, all local public K-12 general education requirements are met with increased opportunities to include: hands-on, project-based learning with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) support for all our students. This includes scheduling extra STEM courses and coursework, including coding. By Middle School, students should be Microsoft Office Certified Specialists. Once in High School, CLF Schools will offer Dual Enrollment, AP Courses, Information Technology Early College, and other college/university/career exposure to propel our students’ development of their own maximum potential through partnerships from global to local area businesses and education systems.
Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter operates under the CLF mission to maximizing the individual potential of each student. True to the Triad Success Model, we have high expectations for each branch of this Triangle: Student-Teacher-Parent. Each must be at and give 100% for the maximum potentials of our students to truly be realized. Each angle supports and requires support from the other team members. To help at each angle, CLF promotes the use of our learning center(s), tutoring, Saturday School, before/after school enrichment, PSAT/SAT Test Prep., home visits, college/career counseling, and participation in STEM/STEAM events.
Community:
CLF supports its STEM schools with an array of staff, infrastructure, logistics, momentum, and financial solutions. CMIT South has risen to not only meet the STEM challenges available and required by all eligible CLF schools to actively participate in Science Olympiads, Math Olympiads, our annual CLF MakerFEST, CLF CultureFEST, and CLF Black History Essay & Poster Contest, but often leads these community events. CMIT South also participates in local, & state competitions too numerous to list here.
CMIT South, like all CLF schools, offers the Ben Belucci Basketball Program, TRAC Bridge Building, County-State-National STEM competitions FIRST LEGO League (FLL), VEX Robotics, and most recently, CMIT South MS/HS was home to the 3rd CultureFEST in 2016, a massive multi-cultural event open to the public and where all CLF schools’ participate. The auditorium available is unique to CMIT South and CMIT South MS/HS has hosted several events to support the Liberal Arts of our community from art shows, plays, to the massive Annual CLF CultureFEST. The CMIT South community contributes in the form of various student led clubs, sports teams, academic support, and philanthropic ways outside the classroom.
Mission and Vision:
Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter (CMIT South), in partnership with students, parent, and the community, provides a rigorous and quality education for K-12 school students with a special focus on science, math, and technology. By incorportating math and technology in the classroom and encouraging students to participate in an informational society, CMIT South students have the skills and experience to advance and excel in higher education and the workforce.
Programs:
Advisory
After School Programs
College Preparatory
Community School
Direct Instruction
Dress Code
Experiential Learning / Project-Based
Extracurricular Activities:
Individualized Learning
Internships
PTO/PTA
STEM
Student Service
Summer Programs
Lottery preferences:
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
College Park Academy
5751 Rivertech Ct, Riverdale, MD 20737
Prince George's County
Grades: 6 - 12
Phone: 240-696-3206
Principals: Gordon Libby - High School / Steven Baker -Middle School
School # 2142
What makes us unique:
College Park Academy is one of only six statewide public charters to receive a four or five star rating in 2018-2019 from the MSDE. CPA offers a Blended Learning environment where students can take face-to-face courses and virtual courses with the most expansive course offerings in the state of Maryland. CPA uses the nationally-recognized Pearson Connections online curriculum in school and at home, allowing students to accelerate their learning. CPA offers dual enrollment with PGCC and concurrent enrollment with UMD. CPA also offers a robust “Signature Program. This gives students the opportunity for themed coursework and independent study aligned with colleges at the University of Maryland. Our students learn from leaders and researchers at UMD, collaborate with UMD students, attend field trips at UMD and complete their studies at CPA with AP Capstone.
CPA’s partnership with the University of Maryland makes it the premier charter school in Maryland. UMD faculty, staff and students infuse CPA with academic rigor. UMD Colleges from Education and Computer Science to Engineering, Public Health, and Arts and Humanities are active at CPA.
CPA was founded in 2013 by the College Park City/University Partnership as part of its Vision 2020 to create a top 20 college town. CPA’s Board is chaired by UMD President Wallace Loh and includes UMD deans, professors, and alums, as well as College Park Council members and community leaders.
Community:
We host professional development training in Blended Learning for PG CO Public Schools.
CPA will be working with local Elementary Schools on Green Team Projects in the community. CPA offers a robust after-school program - CPA Plus. College Park Academy Plus is a before and after school enrichment program that provides academic, athletic, and artistic extracurricular programs which supplement the growth and development of the student. CPA Plus provides a platform for UMD students and staff to provide STEM, tutoring, and fitness programs that enhance the academic aptitude, health, and well-being of the College Park Academy students. Through this partnership, the University of Maryland students are afforded service learning opportunities, internships, and paid positions which helps them to develop vocational and leadership skills for future employment.
Mission and Vision:
College Park Academy (CPA) features blended learning which will enable students to earn up to 60 college credits (including 25 credits at the University of Maryland) in Prince George’s County by High School Commencement.
College Park Academy’s mission is based on four fundamental beliefs:
We believe that our students thrive in an environment that offers rigorous academics and sets high expectations for student learning and achievement.
We believe that by the end of their 12th grade year, 100% of our students will graduate college and career ready, as defined by the State of Maryland
We believe that blended learning provides students with an individualized education and the opportunity to engage with the wider community, which prepares them for success now, in college, and beyond.
We believe that mutual respect and genuine care for our community members is vital to our success.
Programs:
After School Programs: CPA Plus
Arts Integration: UMD Partnership
College Preparatory: UMD Partnership
Direct Instruction: Blended and Virtual Learning Model
Dress Code
Extra-curricular (UMD supported): Robotics, Drama, Glee Club, Ballet, Golf, Woodwind Ensemble, Swimming, Creative Computing, Model UN, Gaming/Strategy, Sisters in STEM
PTO/PTA
STEM: Partnership with UMD and Amazon Future Engineers
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Neighborhood
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
Imagine Andrews
Serving Grades K-5
Our Mission
To serve our nation by providing our Imagine community with a well-rounded education and character development while meeting the needs of civilian and military families.
Our Vision
To create a school culture that prepares scholars for academic success and beyond as a leader to advance in a global community in which they live.
Imagine Foundations at Leeland Public Charter School
14111 Oak Grove Road. Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20774-8424
Prince George's County
Grades: K - 8
Phone: 301-383-1899
Principal: Sherilyn Reid-Williams
School # 1521
What makes us unique:
Imagine Foundations at Leeland Public Charter School provides a challenging learning environment for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. We are committed to:
Rigorous Curriculum
Positive Character Development
Welcoming Environment
High Expectations for Every Student
Certified and Professional Staff
Our Values can be broken down into what we term “The 3 C’s”:
Content Rich Curriculum: Through the adoption of the Core Knowledge sequence, we provide students with an integrated educational approach that places a heavy emphasis on classic literature, mathematics, geography, art, physical education, and music.
Culture That Shapes Character: We consciously and rigorously work to develop the character of every Imagine Foundations at Leeland student by dedicating the first 20 minutes of each school day to the teaching of positive character traits. We reinforce these teachings by incorporating character-forming rituals throughout the school day. Students also benefit from having monthly prominent character education speakers and award ceremonies.
Meaningful Community: We teach students the importance of community by working collaboratively with our parents, guardians, and local community stakeholders in pursuit of our mission.
Mission and Vision:
The mission of Imagine Foundations at Leeland is to develop dynamic individuals through hard work, academic achievement, and character education.
Our vision is to create a school environment that helps students gain academic confidence, strong character, determination, and the academic skills necessary for entrance into university.
Programs:
Advisory
After School programs
College Preparatory
Dress Code
Extra curricular
Individualized Learning
Internships
PTO/PTA
Restorative Practices
Community:
Imagine Leeland regularly participates in coat, food, and supply drives to help support the needs of those in our surrounding communities.
Imagine Foundations at Morningside Public Charter School
6900 Ames St, Morningside, MD 20746
Prince George's County
Grades: K - 8
301-817-0544
Principal: Jessica Johnson
School # 1522
What makes us unique:
Our educational philosophy is grounded in the belief that the content of what children learn is very important and that it is inadequate to focus primarily on teaching skills and techniques to pass tests. In order to help children thrive academically, learning must go beyond skill acquisition to the mastery of content that provides them with the ability to apply what they learn to new situations, solve problems, and create new ideas. This depth of understanding leads to a love of learning and an ability to independently develop innovative solutions to problems and create new knowledge.
Our curriculum is based on Common Core and Core Knowledge, with the staff meeting those standards using a variety of instructional programs. Common Core Standards are posted each day in "kid" friendly terms.
Reading is taught with the Balanced Literacy approach using the Journeys (K-5)/Collections (6-8) reading program.
Eureka Math is the new math program that is being implemented schoolwide.
Science and Social Studies are taught through project based learning models.
Differentiated instruction, which is built into the instructional program for all scholars to challenge every scholar at their individual performance level.
Response to instruction and intervention (RTI2), which is implemented school-wide during our Success Time block with Do the Math/Now and Leveled Literacy Intervention programs.
Field Trips aligned to classroom learning are strongly encouraged!
We are a new MicroSociety school which allows school to operate as society, a thriving, modern-day, mini-metropolis -- complete with a government center, entrepreneurial hub, non-profit organizations, consumer marketplace, University and community gathering spaces -- created and managed by students and facilitated by teachers and community mentors. It is the place where students are empowered to disrupt the status quo. It is learning at the highest end of Bloom's Taxonomy learning objectives -- application, synthesis, analysis and creativity. Student responsibilities and activities occur within seven MicroSociety Strands, each intentionally designed to connect societal activity and real world endeavors to standards-correlated academic content while making school relevant to kids' lives. Contrary to traditional academic disciplines which have no immediate application to daily life, the Strands -- Technology, Economy, Academy, Citizenship and Government, Humanities and the Arts and HEART -- are based on the professions and create a practical relationship between knowledge and experience.
Afterschool Clubs/Sports: Basketball, Cheerleading, Step Squad, Band, Choir, Advanced Reading Challenge, Math 24, Green School, Creative Writing, Running, Drama and Student Government Association.
Vision and Mission:
Within our MicroSociety, we provide rigorous learning experiences in a restorative environment to prepare scholars for 21st century citizenship.
Establish: Imagine Foundations at Morningside's mission is to establish a restorative environment where all stakeholders live our Shared Values.
Equip: We are committed to creating daily opportunities for our scholars to explore Justice through rigorous, differentiated learning.
Engage: In the spirit of Fun, scholars will lead their learning and engage in 21st century experience within our MicroSociety.
Evaluate: Scholars' academic success is measured by the assessment of skills needed to be college and career ready in the 21st century.
Programs:
Advisory
After School Programs
College Preparatory
Dress Code
Experiential Learning/Project Based
PTO/PTA
STEM
Student Service
Lottery preferences:
Siblings of current students
Teachers and staff
Imagine Lincoln Public Charter
4207 Norcross Street, Temple Hills, MD 20748
Prince George's County
Grades: K - 8
Phone: 301-808-5600
Principal: Jennifer Gerwig
School # 0662
What makes us unique:
At Imagine Lincoln we work on building character and ensuring that our scholars have their needs met through Social Emotional Learning and also Restorative Practices. We also have STEM initiatives through Patriot Technology. We hold monthly character assemblies to highlight scholars hard work around building character and kick off a new trait each month.
Community:
We are engaged with the community through local service activities such as clothing drives and food drives. We also are working on building a garden with the community design center and our neighboring church. The Patriot Technology group is also a local organization with whom we work.
Mission and Vision:
Our educational philosophy is grounded in the belief that the content of what children learn is very important and that it is inadequate to focus primarily on teaching skills and techniques to pass tests. In order to help children thrive academically, learning must go beyond skill acquisition to the mastery of content that provides them with the ability to apply what they learn to new situations, solve problems, and create new ideas. This depth of understanding leads to a love of learning and an ability to independently develop innovative solutions to problems and create new knowledge.
Programs:
After School Programs
Extracurricular Activities
Dress Code
PTO/PTA
Restorative Practices
STEM
Chesapeake Public Charter School
EXCEL Academy Public Charter School
Serving Grades K-8
http://excelacademypcs.org/
Opened in 2006, EXCEL Academy Public Charter School is one of the first public charter schools in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Located in Landover, MD, EXCEL Academy serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
The mission of EXCEL Academy Public Charter School is to provide its students with a standards-based, wholistic, college preparatory education. We cultivate every student’s academic and social learning potential through a rigorous academic program, and partnerships with all stakeholders.
Legends
9700 Philadelphia Court, Lanham, MD 20706
Prince George's County
Grades: K – 5 (year one, adding a grade per year until reaching 8th grade)
Phone: 301-327-4927
Principal: Courtney Aldridge
School # 2023
What makes us unique?
Legends Charter School has a school departmentalized design. Departmentalization is the practice of dividing the instructional responsibility of teachers according to the content area. Through this model, students receive daily instruction from a combination of teachers who specialize in and teach a specific content area. By concentrating on fewer disciplines, teachers can better craft rigorous and engaging lessons for students. Departmentalization goes beyond delivering content and increasing test scores; it allows teachers to collaborate on curriculum and student progress and share their passions for a subject. Departmentalization maximizes available resources to ensure teacher effectiveness.
Legends Fellow supports our innovative school design above and beyond the duties and expectations of traditional teacher aides and paraprofessionals. The Legends Fellow's role is to support Legends Social-Emotional Learning Programming specifically, students' attendance, behavior, culture, and academics. The Legends Fellows will be trained and led by the Director of Social Emotional Learning (DSEL) and the Student Support Team to add value to the classroom's support.
Legends Director of Social Emotional Learning (DSEL) will lead the school's holistic approach to Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) that serves as the backbone of our culture. It utilizes the Teacher Fellow to cascade the implementation of Legend's desired culture. The DSEL provides direct support and interventions to students, consults with Fellows and Teachers, families, and other school employed mental health professionals to improve support strategies, work with school administrators to enhance school-wide practices and policies, and collaborate with community providers to coordinate needed services. The DSEL will consult on complicated cases where there are significant needs or risk factors.
Legends Charter School will incorporate a unique focus on financial literacy, introducing the Legends Full Circle of Financial Education. This exceptional financial education offers Legends Financial Literacy Curriculum, Legends Circle of Investing Enrichment, and Legends Virtual Stock Simulation Enrichment. The financial literacy curriculum, in line with State of Maryland Financial Literacy standards, addresses areas of knowledge and understanding fundamental to financial literacy: earning income, buying goods and services, using credit, saving, investing, protecting and insuring. Legends will offer scholars a unique one hundred percent voluntary enrichment opportunity to establish investment accounts with TD Bank's sister company TD Ameritrade. Legends Scholars will additionally be able to participate in the TD Virtual Stock Simulation, where they will be allowed to invest in the market through a stock simulation. This program will be led by the Legends Financial Literacy Director and a TD Bank Instructor who will not be responsible for the student's academic progress.
Mission and vision:
In partnership with students, parents and Prince George’s County community, Legends Charter School will provide an advanced liberal arts college preparatory education, incorporating financial education and supplemented with Blended Learning to personalize scholars learning experience and establish robust financial portfolios.
Programs:
After School programs: Extended Day Learning Programming, Girls on the Run, Chess
College Preparatory: Advanced Liberal Arts
Uniform free
Community:
In addition to the TD Bank Wow! Zone curriculum, Legends will offer the scholars a unique enrichment opportunity to establish investment accounts with TD Bank's sister company TD Ameritrade. This will be facilitated by the Legends Financial Literacy Coordinator and a TD Bank Instructor. Families will also have access to free TD Bank and TD Ameritrade resources. Additionally, for families who choose additional support, they will have an option to speak with certified Financial Planners. We will hold monthly brown bag sessions to provide information on what it means to have an investment account and facilitate opening the account. Families that participate will be responsible for signing authorizations and waivers. A yearly calendar of monthly speakers and topics will be developed in conjunction with our stakeholder's needs and interests. Legends will provide continued on-site and online support for parents, guardians, and the Legends community. We also own Equity Now Inc's Facebook Circle of Investing Group, https://www.facebook.com/LegendsSchools/, to foster a discussion around the creation of Generational Wealth through investing in the market!
Lottery preferences:
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Teachers and staff
Phoenix International School of the Arts
Sabillasville Environmental School
Clay Hill Public Charter School
Pimlico Elementary/Middle School
New Village Academy
Friendship Aspire Stem Academy