Bexar County School Districts
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ACADEMY OF CAREERS AND TECHNOLOGIES CHARTER SCHOOL
The Academy of Careers and Technologies vision is to become a premier training hub for technology-based education. ACT will provide a top quality, technologically-based education to each student so that they will graduate with above average academic and technological skills to compete and excel in today's rapidly changing technology world. The mission of the Academy of Careers & Technologies is to educate students while igniting a life long interest in technology. ACT will provide an adaptive and effective learning environment which will prepare students to succeed in school, at home and in the workplace.
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ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD
Geographically, AHISD is one of the smallest school districts in the state, covering only 9.4 square miles. The district serves students from the communities of Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills, Olmos Park, and a portion of North San Antonio. Our Mission: The Alamo Heights Independent School District, the heart of our community whose passion is excellence, will educate and empower every student to excel academically and as a confident, compassionate citizen with impeccable character and a global perspective through engaging, personally challenging, and relevant experiences that inspire learning for life.
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BEXAR COUNTY ACADEMY
At Bexar County Academy, our mission as parents, educators, and community is to promote academic excellence. Our school incorporates entrepreneurship, technology, and the skills necessary to raise student achievement and to ensure that our students become productive members of society.
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BROOKS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Brooks Academy of Science and Engineering is a Texas State accredited public charter school. We offer a unique teaching approach to foster high expectations, self-motivation and success for every student.
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CITY CENTER HEALTH CAREERS
CCHC was designed for middle and high school students who want to be a part of San Antonio’s rapidly growing health care industry. Our public charter school is also a great place to receive a high-quality—college preparatory—high school education. CCHC students are immersed in a rigorous and relevant curriculum, including advanced science and health career classes in both middle and high school. Our program includes personalized education plans, tailored tutoring and teachers who are passionate about the success of our students. Individual attention to students is a critical aspect of a CCHC education. Our highly qualified teachers provide personalized and tailored tutoring. When possible, students may be accelerated. In fact, core high school courses may be completed in middle school, so that students can focus on an advanced course of study, dual credit courses, or internships in high school. CCHC students are committed to increasing their role of serving those in need and helping establish a systemic change through direct action in the community. We, the students, have taken on the challenges that are present in our community and in a global environment. At CCHC, our students are instilled with a strong work ethic and a belief in their own abilities. They also learn the importance of social and global awareness. Through this process, students develop strong interpersonal relationship skills that will be critical both in college and in their future professional lives. We need your commitment, support, and trust to help your child succeed. We are committed to ensuring your child is college and career ready, and helping them to develop the skills they need to succeed in life and work.
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EAST CENTRAL ISD
We believe that ...... the mission of the East Central Independent School District is to prepare students to become SUCCESSFUL, RESPONSIBLE, and PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS. ... a SUCCESSFUL STUDENT works to his/her full potential, has excellent attendance, possesses self-worth and projects a positive self-image, enjoys life and gets satisfaction out of whatever he/she is doing, acts as a positive leader, establishes realistic goals, and makes good decisions. ... a RESPONSIBLE STUDENT learns marketable skills to make him/her employable and self-supporting, handles constructive criticism well, exhibits a cooperative attitude, accepts the consequences of his/her actions, leads a healthy lifestyle, honors commitments, and respects the rights and property of self and others. ... a PRODUCTIVE STUDENT becomes involved in school, club, and community activities, attains his/her goals, assists peers with their problems, makes a positive contribution to the community, does more than is required, and always strives for excellence.
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EDGEWOOD ISD
MISSION: To successfully prepare present and future generations in the District for college and career pathways by establishing a culture of educational excellence.
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FT SAM HOUSTON ISD
FSHISD educates the children of active military personnel. The district is coterminous with the Fort Sam Houston Installation, meaning it has the same boundaries as the installation. We are diligent in our efforts to maintain a strong partnership with the Installation for the sake of our military-connected children. District Vision: Our vision is to promote a quality education, where every student is a learner, every learner is a graduate, and every graduate is a success. District Mission: The mission of the Fort Sam Houston ISD is to develop the hearts and minds of all students, empowering them to become successful, active contributors in a changing global community.
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GEORGE GERVIN ACADEMY
The George Gervin Academy (GGA), a charter school operating since 1995, serves grades Pre-K to 4th and 9 to 12th grades. The school will be adding grades 5th and 6th during school year 2009-2010 and grades 7th and 8th in 2010-2011. The adopted curriculum for the district is the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Vision: George Gervin Academy provides innovative pathways that motivate today’s students to become tomorrow leaders. Mission: To provide innovatively designed comprehensive services that are holistic in nature as well as culturally sensitive, to impact the lives of troubled youth and their families, particularly those youth facing special concerns. Primary focus of the programs is to assess and meet the needs of the whole person, specifically recognizing the needs of at-risk youth in resolving critical issues surrounding family relationships, school achievement, social attitude, employment, teen pregnancy, substance abuse, drug trafficking, teen suicide, school/neighborhood and gang violence, self esteem and homelessness.
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HARLANDALE ISD
Mission Statement: Harlandale: A family working together to create a high quality education where all students graduate to become productive and successful citizens for the 21st century. District Goals: Provide staff development programs that prepare our employees to provide an exemplary teaching and learning environment. Foster a culture that prepares students for higher education and work force readiness. Effectively and efficiently use all district resources to maintain sound fiscal policies and practices. Create innovative instructional facilities that engage the evolving needs of our students. Embrace community involvement and effectively promote "The Harlandale ISD."
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (SAN ANTONIO)
Harmony Science Academy San Antonio is a K thru 12, model elementary and middle school in San Antonio, TX. In 2006, Texas Education Agency granted a charter to Harmony Schools and the new school joined the K-12 Harmony Science Academy Schools in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth, El Paso and Austin. Harmony Science Academy – San Antonio is a tuition-free college prep school opened by Harmony Schools System. Harmony Elementary emphasizes five elements to ensure a successful learning experience. SAFETY and DISCIPLINE; EXEMPLARY CHARACTER; ADVANCED CURRICULUM; GIFTED and TALENTED PROGRAM; EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
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HENRY FORD ACADEMY ALAMEDA SCHOOL FOR ART + DESIGN
Henry Ford Academy: Alameda School for Art + Design (HFA: ASAD), San Antonio's only college preparatory art and design high school shares this vision through our commitment to graduate 100 percent of its students and send 100 percent of those graduates on to a college or university. Today, HFA: ASAD students have the unique opportunity in San Antonio to attend a college preparatory high school that embraces art and design as a core subject and equips students with a process for developing possible solutions to real-world problems. Highly qualified teachers, a small school structure, small class sizes, a culture of tolerance and respect, and a hands-on approach support teaching and learning growth. Learning extends out into the community, incorporating San Antonio's people and its resources. Visits to college campuses, guest speakers, including professional artists and designers, and exploration of local cultural institutions, such as The Museo Alameda, help students create real world connections. Student and staff artwork is visible throughout our school, and projects are showcased at public exhibitions. Competitive sports programs and school-wide projects provide a well-rounded student experience.
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HIGGS CARTER KING GIFTED & TALENTED CHARTER ACAD
Higgs, Carter, King Gifted and Talented Charter Academy …Provide a secure, nontraditional environment enhancing every child’s academic, emotional, physical, and social growth through a partnership between our community, parents, students, and educator; ensuring our students success in their future endeavors. HCK ensures each student’s success.
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JOHN H WOOD JR PUBLIC CHARTER DISTRICT
The strategic plan of the John H. Wood, Jr. Public Charter District is to serve at-risk students who live in residential settings (juvenile detention centers or residential treatment centers) with exceptional and exemplary educational resources. We provide an environment in which students are encouraged to develop their intellectual, linguistic, social, emotional, civic, and physical abilities. The ultimate goal is to transition and integrate these students back into their home schools and society and to ensure they are capable of full participation in the process of family, employment, and community. In addition to the mandatory Texas courses for credit, which we offer, there is also a common theme of character development, personal and social responsibility, vocational discovery, personal economic and financial responsibility, civic and community involvement, technology literacy, and reading improvement. OUR Mission: To inspire students to create a life worth living.
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JUBILEE ACADEMIC CENTER
JAC is a non-profit corporation established to operate an open-enrollment Texas charter school district serving PK(4) through 12th grade students. The State Board of Education authorized JAC in January 2000 with 60 students on one campus in Bear County. Current geographic boundaries include the Rio Grande Valley Region, Coastal Bend Region, South Central Region, and Central Texas Region. The district serves nearly 2,500 students within its boundaries. OUR MISSION: Provide a nurturing community, focused on leadership and educational excellence.
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JUDSON ISD
The JISD encompasses 55.87 square miles and currently serves the incorporated cities of Converse, Kirby, and Selma as well as portions of Live Oak, Universal City, San Antonio, and Schertz. The Judson Independent School District is the fourth largest school district in Bexar County. The district is fully accredited by the Texas Education Agency. Vision: Judson ISD is Producing Excellence! Mission: All Judson ISD students will receive a quality education enabling them to become successful in a global society.
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KIPP SAN ANTONIO
KIPP Aspire Academy is a free public middle school (grades 5th - 8th). Our mission is to help our students cultivate the academic skills, intellectual habits, and character traits necessary to be successful in the top quality high schools, colleges, and the competitive world beyond. Aspire Academy's goal is that every student will go to college. To make this happen, we have an undying expectation that all of us will learn. Through the belief that there are no excuses, students learn the benefits of hard work ethics, being nice and what it means to be part of a team and family.
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LACKLAND ISD
District Vision: The premier leader in educational excellence. District Mission: Providing world-class instructional programs that promote lifetime success for the military child.
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LIGHTHOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL
Campus Vision Statement: Lighthouse Charter School provides students with the skills needed to completely select and pursue satisfying and successful careers in the future. Campus Mission Statement: Lighthouse Charter School will develop academically, socially, emotionally, and physically skilled students capable of functioning successfully in a changing world. This will be accomplished by providing an educationally challenging curriculum in a proper and conductive learning environment.
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NEW FRONTIERS CHARTER SCHOOL
New Frontiers Charter School is a community-based, open enrollment charter school serving children in kindergarten through eighth grade on the south side of downtown San Antonio, Texas. Mission: New Frontiers Charter School is dedicated to educating and growing our students and their character. By compassionately reaching out to people in our own community, we give students a sense of pride and purpose, inspiring them to become tomorrow’s leaders. Vision: To be the school of choice in the minds of the people in our community and those that extend beyond it. To be recognized by the city at large as the institution that cares just as much about enriching the community as providing educational excellence to our students.
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NORTH EAST ISD
MISSION STATEMENT: We challenge and encourage each student to achieve and demonstrate academic excellence, technical skills, and responsible citizenship.
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POR VIDA ACADEMY
Por Vida, which translates to "for life," defines our commitment to our students to educate young adults and provide them with knowledge, self-respect and skills that will be with them for life. When our students graduate from one of our schools, they know they will not be forgotten and that they will always have our resources to support them in their life path. Our Charter District has grown significantly since we first opened the doors of our San Antonio campus - Por Vida Academy - in 1995. Since then, we have added Corpus Christi Academy (2001) and Cesar E. Chavez Academy (2007). Although we have grown, we strive to keep a cohesive group of students, parents and staff members across the district. We keep the spotlight on student success, community involvement and fiscal responsibility. Charter schools were designed to offer parents and students an alternative to traditional public schools to meet varying social and educational needs. We here in the Por Vida district work very hard to provide you with an excellent alternative. Mission Statement: To prepare students for life beyond high school. Vision Statement: We support success through education by providing our students an innovative educational experience.
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RANDOLPH FIELD ISD
The purpose of education in the District is to prepare individuals to be continual learners who are successful, productive, responsible citizens. To achieve this purpose, students shall access and process information, solve problems, and communicate, working as individuals and as team members, using technology to facilitate their learning.
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REG 20 EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER
Education Service Center, Region 20 (ESC-20) positively impacts the learning community through high quality, cost effective products and services. Our vision is to be the definitive choice for leadership, innovation, and the advancement of learning. Quality performance is a commitment to excellence by each employee - achieved through teamwork and a process of continuous improvement. We believe: in service first; our employees drive our success; collaboration maximizes results; in purposeful and effective communication; change is opportunity; in cultivating strengths; and learning is life-long.
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SAN ANTONIO ISD
For more than 100 years, San Antonio Independent School District has been educating some of San Antonio’s most notable citizens – those whose contributions have made the world a better place. Today, SAISD serves more than 54,000 students and is the third largest public school system in the Bexar County area. SAISD provides a comprehensive instructional program and related services for students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, including a college preparatory curriculum, Magnet programs and specialized schools as options for middle and high school students, career and technology education, bilingual education, special education, and a variety extracurricular opportunities. Mission: To transform SAISD into a national model urban school district where every child graduates and is educated so that he or she is prepared to be a contributing member of the community.
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SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY & CREATIVITY
San Antonio School for Inquiry and Creativity is a free tuition arts-infused Public Charter School located at 4616 San Pedro San Antonio, TX 78212. San Antonio School for Inquiry and Creativity is one of two campuses of the Democratic Schools Research Institute- an educational and research based non-profit overseeing San Antonio School for Inquiry and Creativity School and Monticello Academy, a K-2 grade Montessori-infused school. San Antonio School for Inquiry and Creativity's mission focus on the importance of all art based endeavors to encourage a lifelong passion of learning, pursuing creative college and career paths; instilling in the individual a humble sense of giving back to the community is everyone's responsibility. Providing students this alternative to learn in the unique, innovative and exploratory way has empirically increased state mandated test scores, annual graduation rates, and retention percentages including a recent dropout rate of 0%. Mission Statement: San Antonio School for Inquiry and Creativity's mission is to provide a quality educational experience which endows all students with skills, knowledge, critical thinking, creativity and values in a positive, safe and academically challenging art-infused learning environment, fostered by high expectations and a cooperative effort between students, school, parents and community.
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SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION
Mission: The School of Excellence in Education Charter District challenges young people to strive for excellence in every aspect of their lives: academically, socially, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Vision: The School of Excellence in Education, a diverse community that insists on life-long learning for all stakeholders with a nurturing and persistent environment for excellence through a Philosophy of Possibilities.
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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
We educators at School of Science and Technology continually strive towards maintaining the high academic standards that will powerfully propel us into the 21st century. Because of our supportive parents, the faculty and staff have guided our students beyond all community and state mandated expectations. The faculty, Staff and Administrators at SST are caring, competent, dedicated and willing to assist you. We are working very hard to provide the best possible learning climate to our students. The mission of the School of Science and Technology is to create a safe and healthy learning environment that nurtures, motivates, and enables our middle and high school youth to develop into mindful and responsible people who contribute to their community and to the diverse society in which we all live. Our program is characterized by the cooperative presence and unified support of caring families, businesses, as well as educational and civic groups, with whom our students will interact. Our instruction guides students through development of creative and critical thinking and learning skills, and enables them to apply these skills through cooperative and interactive instruction in the core curricular areas.
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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY
We educators at School of Science and Technology-Discovery continually strive towards maintaining the high academic standards that will powerfully propel us into the 21st century. Because of our supportive parents, the faculty and staff have guided our students beyond all community and state mandated expectations. The faculty, Staff and Administrators at SST-Discovery are caring, competent, dedicated and willing to assist you. We are working very hard to provide the best possible learning climate to our students. The mission of the School of Science and Technology-Discovery is to create a safe and healthy learning environment that will nurture, motivate and enable our middle school youth to develop into mindful and responsible, contribute people who their community and the diverse society in which we all live. Our program is characterized by the cooperative presence and unified support of caring families, businesses as well as educational and civic groups, with whom our students will interact. Our instruction will guide students through the development of creative, critical thinking and learning skills and enable them to apply these skills though cooperative, interactive instruction in the core curricular areas.
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SOMERSET ISD
The Mission of the Somerset Independent School District is to ensure that each and every student has access to quality education that challenges them to achieve their fullest potential with the necessary knowledge and skills to excel in a global economy and exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Achievement of this Mission will be accomplished in an optimum learning environment where all stakeholders assume responsibility for learning as a lifelong process. At the Somerset Independent School District, we believe that by providing an environment conducive for learning with appropriate technology, and staff development support the learning potential for the children can be maximized. The welfare, education and safety of all students are of utmost importance. The issue of over crowding at all levels must be addressed. Education must be valued highly by all stakeholders; there must be mutual respect between and among students and staff. Communication between community, administration, and the board must always exist.
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SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD
The South San Antonio Independent School District encompasses 21 square miles in the south and southwest portion of San Antonio. Portions of the school district adjoin Lackland Air Force base and Kelly USA. Total student enrollment in South San Antonio Independent School District is about 10,000 students. Ten elementary schools serve approximately 5,600 students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. More than 2,100 students are enrolled in four middle schools. The district's high school has an enrollment of over 2,100. Students are also enrolled in the Career Education Center and Alternative Center. THE DISTRICT MISSION: Working together for a brighter future for every child. THE DISTRICT VISION: Where academic excellence is achieved and education is forever.
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SOUTHSIDE ISD
SOUTHSIDE ISD MISSION STATEMENT: Southside Independent School District provides engaging, dynamic and relevant experiences that develop and empower all students to become exceptional and productive members of society.
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SOUTHWEST ISD
The Vision of Southwest Independent School District: Southwest Independent School District will be the leader in education innovation. The Mission of Southwest Independent School District: Southwest Independent School District will identify and develop the potential of all individuals.
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SOUTHWEST PREPARATORY SCHOOL
In 1998, Southwest Preparatory School opened its doors to 23 students and today there are over 800. We have become the largest charter high school in Bexar County with four campuses located in the populated areas of the Northeast, Northwest and Southeast sections of San Antonio, Texas. The mission of the Southwest Preparatory School is to provide an adaptive and effective learning environment that will prepare high school age youth to succeed in the workplace and/or college. The Vision for each student is to develop into a graduate who is self-motivated, employable, self-reliant, and optimistic about the ability to learn and possess citizenship and decision making skills as a result of incorporating the principles learned in character education.