The Appoquinimink School District, located in southern New Castle County, Delaware, serves more than 9,300 students in grades PK-12. At Appoquinimink, students, parents, educators and the community share a common vision about high achievement, a fact which has helped our students earn one of the best academic records in the state.
The mission of The Charter School of Wilmington is to engage highly motivated high school students with an interest in math and science by providing a challenging college-preparatory curriculum in a safe, friendly, and nurturing environment that integrates practical learning opportunities, sets high expectations, develops social responsibility, and promotes a global perspective.
The Christina School District is Delaware's largest public school system, serving 16,800 students and employing 2,500 people. Our district currently serves the City of Newark and its surrounding suburban areas as well as a portion of the City of Wilmington.
Goal: Our goal is to improve the academic achievement of all students.
We strive to
Work collaboratively with parents and community members
Provide a variety of instructional experiences based on district and state standards
The FFA mission is “To acknowledge the learning differences of each individual child and nurture the uniqueness of each family structure.” The school was established to nurture each student, acknowledging that there are learning differences among children. Just as each child is unique, so is each family structure. Through a holistic approach to the child and the family, provided in a small school environment that is intimate and supportive, FFA can help each child achieve his or her maximum potential.
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Kuumba Academy is an innovative learning environment focused on the whole child in grades kindergarten through Fifth grade. Kuumba Academy directors, staff and parents share a core belief that parents are the primary educators of their children. Parents in partnership with teachers and administrators believe that every child can maximize their learning potential given the opportunity to do so.
MOT Charter School provides a challenging curriculum in a safe and nurturing environment where all children learn and flourish. By utilizing diverse teaching techniques and exposing students to a wide variety of educational experiences, we ensure that each child participates in, understands, and enjoys the process of learning.
The New Castle County Vocational Technical School District is a public school system dedicated to providing each student the opportunity to reach his or her potential as a productive and successful member of the community. This is accomplished by offering students an innovative curriculum, which combines academic instruction, career training, and structured work experiences designed to bridge the gap between classroom learning and workplace skills.
Charter Schools are independently operated public schools. Families choose to send their children to charter schools instead of being assigned there. Charter schools are financed the same way as traditional public schools, but charter schools are able to operate free of many regulations and constraints imposed at the state and local levels.
Odyssey Charter School is a publicly-funded Kindergarten through 5th grade elementary school located in Wilmington, Delaware. Since its inception in 2006, Odyssey Charter School has provided the families of Delaware with a first-class public school education.
The Pencader Business & Finance Charter High School is committed to providing students in grades 9 – 12 an innovative and challenging academic atmosphere. Our school curriculum is a unique combination of academia and character education, as well as business and finance courses that will enable students to meet or exceed the Delaware Performance Requirements for graduation. Upon graduation, students will be equipped with the skills needed for employment in the business and finance industry and/or to pursue studies at a post secondary level. Business courses will focus on current and accepted business practices and modalities. They are designed to equip students with an awareness of the rapidly changing and increasingly interconnected world economy.
Prestige Academy was created to offer a tuition-free, public middle school alternative to students in Wilmington and surrounding Delaware communities. In order to address the severe academic underperformance and low college matriculation rates of boys from these communities, the school offers a highly rigorous, college-preparatory curriculum supported by a structured school culture. We opened our doors to 103 fifth graders in our first year, and will grow one grade per year until we reach grade eight. We ultimately expect to serve over 400 boys in fifth through eighth grade by 2012.
Reach Academy for Girls was created to help children to develop academically by using innovative, research-validated strategies.
Our program goals are to invest each student in their own personal growth and development, to teach them how to plan and map out strategies with milestones to help them achieve their goals, in fun and creative ways.
We hope to increase each student's spirit, soul, and body through a greater awareness of health, nutrition, and fitness as part of personal development.