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Michelle Wirth

On Thursday, Nov. 16, Lake Oconee Academy students, teachers, administration, families, board members, and the community took part in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new high school campus. The high school […]

Centennial Academy Centennial Academy saw a more than 20-point increase from the previous year on the Georgia Department of Education’s 2017 College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI). The conversion […]

On Monday, Nov. 13, Gov. Nathan Deal announced Latin Grammar School and five other grant award winners were selected for the Innovation Fund Accelerator: a competitive grant program to support the scaling, planning and implementation […]

Congratulations to the seven schools eligible for the 2018 Georgia Charter School of the Year Award:  Amana Academy Baconton Community Charter School Dekalb PATH Academy GLOBE Academy Lake Oconee Academy Museum School of […]

IPA Celebrates Impressive Gains On College And Career Ready Performance Index by admin | Nov 6, 2017 | Kirkwood for Girls News | 0 comments ATLANTA — Administrators at Ivy Preparatory Academy Kirkwood School for Girls will […]

Georgia Charter Schools Association congratulates the member charter schools that performed better than the local districts where they are located or the counties where students reside on Georgia’s 2017 College […]

Amana Academy recently entered into a partnership with ATL Urban Farms. The unique partnership allows Amana Academy students to become urban farmers and produce food for the school and local charities. ATL Urban Farms is a Georgia-based producer of seedlings for Tower Garden©, an eco-friendly vertical garden made out food grade plastic. The garden technology uses 90 percent less space and grows plants more quickly.

On Friday, Nov. 3, 100 teachers, staff, parents and community members worked to build a KaBOOM! Playground at The Main Street Academy. 200 volunteers from Cox Enterprises also assisted with the creation of an outdoor play area. In addition to the new playground equipment, volunteers built an outdoor classroom, a music wall, picnic tables, trellis benches and an outdoor bowling alley. 

On Thursday, October 19, members of the Georgia Charter Schools Association’s Board of Governance gathered at The Garage in Atlanta’s West End for a board governance orientation meeting. The Garage is the newest location for Monday Night Brewing, which was co-founded by CEO Jeff Heck, the husband of GCSA Board Vice Chair Hannah Heck.

Resurgence Hall Charter School in College Park has only been open for a few months, but Kindergartners at the charter school are already making noticeable progress in reading. In August, Kindergartners took the Strategic Teaching and Evaluation of Progress (STEP) literacy assessment. In October, Kindergartners were retested. 70 percent the students grew by one reading level and 30 percent grew by two or more levels.

Oglethorpe Charter School Teacher Nicole Wofford Dillon has been selected as a finalist for Savannah-Chatham 2019 Teacher of the Year award. Dillon currently teaches English Language Arts at Oglethorpe and has worked at the Savannah charter school for four years.

APS Charter Enrollment Climbs A new enrollment share report released this week by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools found that 17 percent of all students enrolled in Atlanta […]