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Friendship Public Charter School operates six public charter schools and, in partnership with Baltimore City and District of Columbia Public Schools, manages four turnaround schools, serving nearly 8000 students from pre-school (three years old) to 12th grade.
Since its inception in 1997, Friendship Public Charter School has enabled thousands of students in underserved communities to become real achievers. Friendship applies its unique educational model with winning results to improve academic performance, educate the "whole child," offer families wrap-around social services, and direct students to college and a solid, rewarding future.
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The Community Academy Public Charter School (CAPCS) Online of Washington DC uses the K¹² curriculum to offer Washington DC students in grades K-8 an exceptional learning experience. With individualized learning approaches, CAPCS Online and K¹² provide the tools kids need to succeed—in school and beyond.
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The teachers, administrators and staff at Center City PCS constitute a professional learning community of adults dedicated to the mission of the organization. Each member of our staff is valued for the work that they do on behalf of students and our organization. We employ high standards in hiring and supporting employees through rigorous professional development once they join our team.
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The César Chávez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy provide a high quality public school option for young people residing in the District of Columbia’s most impoverished and underserved communities. The Chávez schools prepare D.C. students to succeed in competitive colleges so that they can use their lives to make a positive difference in the world.
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DC Prep Public Charter School is changing public education in Washington.
With a program of rigorous academics and character education we prepare students for success in college-preparatory high schools.
Over the next decade DC Prep will expand to bring an excellent education to more than 3,000 preschool, elementary, and middle school students in Washington.
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Our Mission
Capital City Public Charter School enables a diverse group of students to meet high expectations, develop creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, achieve a deep understanding of complex subjects, acquire a love of learning, along with a strong sense of community and character. We will graduate young adults who are self-directed, intellectually engaged and committed to personal and civic responsibility.
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STARTING EARLY, SOARING HIGH...
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Eagle Academy Public Charter School’s mission is to build the foundation for a promising future for all students in a rich, robust learning environment that fosters crea
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The mission of Paul Public Charter School is to educate our students and to develop in them the capacity to be responsible citizens, independent thinkers, and leaders.
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AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter School (AELPCS) is a public charter school authorized by the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board open to all three- and four-year olds in the District of Columbia. AELPCS’s mission is to provide young children with the social, emotional, and cognitive foundations that will enable them to succeed in school.
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Washington Latin Public Charter School provides a challenging, classical education that is accessible to students throughout the District of Columbia.
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The Arts & Technology Academy will provide an academically challenging, technologically rich, child-centered environment, where each student develops a strong intellectual, moral, environmentally conscious, and artist foundation.
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Excel Academy Public Charter School will provide pre-school through eighth grade girls a solid academic foundation and enrichment opportunities to prepare them to succeed in high school and college and to develop the skills and confidence they need to make healthy, positive lifestyle choices.
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Achievement Prep offers a college-preparatory, tuition-free middle school option to students in Washington, DC, with a focus on communities East of the Anacostia River. Our program is intentionally and strategically designed to combat the fourth-grade slump by beginning our enrollment at this critical educational stage, providing students with a rigorous college-prep program focused on literacy intervention, remediation and acceleration.
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The mission of Meridian Public Charter School is to instill within our students a passion for learning and to build self-confidence and self-respect through academic achievement. It is our goal to ensure each student achieves the highest possible level in Reading and Mathematics. The love of learning and the foundation of knowledge and skills that our students acquire will serve them throughout their lifetime!
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Mission To nurture a diverse group of students to become lifelong, active participants in their own education, develop a sense of self and community, and become responsible and compassionate members of society.
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Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School aims to spark the fire of lifelong learning by providing a world class education for students in our nation's capital. The first public school in Washington, DC, to offer Chinese language immersion, Yu Ying combines language immersion with the inquiry-based curricula of the International Baccalaureate Organization.
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Our mission is to create learning communities in lower income urban areas where all students, particularly those who have not succeeded in traditional schools, can reach their potential and prepare for college, career, and a lifetime of success. At Maya Angelou our students develop the academic, social, and employment skills they need to build rewarding lives and promote positive change.
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The Mission of WEDJ PCS is to provide a rigorous, college-preparatory academic and artistic learning environment that challenges students to reach their maximum intellectual, social, emotional and artistic development as rapidly as their talents permit. Combining a rigorous program with high educational standards, the school is committed to graduating well-rounded, responsible young men and women.
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CentroNía's DC Bilingual Public Charter School is a learning community where high academic expectations are held for all students in both Spanish and English. Children are the heart of DC Bilingual. We cultivate a nurturing, engaging, multicultural environment where young leaders become bilingual and bi-literate in Spanish and English. At DC Bilingual the school-home relationship is key to children’s academic and social success. Using an integrated approach, we aim to graduate culturally responsive leaders prepared to serve their local and global communities.
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The District’s oldest charter school, Options, serves children in Grades 6-12. Since 1996, Options has been recognized for providing a high-quality, unique educational experience for students in danger of dropping out of school because they are underachieving, truant, have behavior problems, or have exceptionalities requiring therapeutic special education services.
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The Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School prepares 320 culturally diverse elementary school students in the District of Columbia to be leaders, scholars and responsible citizens who are committed to social justice. Stokes teaches children to think, speak, read, write and learn in two languages: English and French or English and Spanish. With a dual focus on academic excellence and community service, the Stokes School accomplishes its mission by creating an environment of achievement, respect and non-violence.
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The SEED School of Washington, D.C. (Public Charter School) is a public college-preparatory boarding school whose primary mission is to provide an outstanding, intensive educational program that prepares children, both academically and socially, for success in college.
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WMST Mission Statement
To provide a rigorous education that integrates mathematics and science instruction with technology resulting in highly self-motivated students.
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National Collegiate Preparatory was founded to provide students an excellent high school educational experience that would include broadening their life experiences and understand the global community in which they belong.
The philosophy of National Prep is to create young men and women who are capable of doing new things having new academic experiences and opportunities; not simply repeating what other generations have done, but learning from those previous generations and becoming young men and women who are critical thinkers and discoverers.
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The Academy is committed to academic excellence for all students. We will achieve individual measurable academic outcomes through a rigorous, engaging, and safe learning environment designed to prepare students to gain entry into selective high schools—No exception, No excuses!
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Latin American Montessori Bilingual Public Charter School's mission is to foster bilingualism in a self-directed learning environment in which children build a foundation of knowledge essential for a lifetime of learning.
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The Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science (MS)² is a public charter school committed to academic excellence, with a specific focus on mathematics and science.
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The Tree of Life Community Public Charter School provides holistic academic and nonacademic programs and services for children and families of the District. The school offers small classes of 18-20 students for grade levels pre-kindergarten through eight.
A content-rich, child-focused, culture-rich and relationship-focused curriculum model is utilized to achieve higher academic performance and develop productive behaviors and skills for one's contribution to the world community. The integration of academic content (and individualized instruction), particularly reading and literacy, within the context of stronger family/community services is emphasized. The school is free and open to the DC public.
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It is the mission of Early Childhood Academy Public Charter School to foster the academic and social/emotional growth and development of each student in a safe and holistic learning environment that will equip all students with the knowledge and tools to become high achievers, proficient readers, and critical thinkers who will thrive for a lifetime as productive and caring citizens.
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Our mission at Bridges Public Charter School is to provide an exemplary, individualized early childhood educational program for all preschoolers, with and without special needs. Our developmentally appropriate, family and child-centered educational program nurtures students and expands their skills and abilities, building a foundation for life-long learning
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The mission of the Integrated Design Electronics Academy (IDEA) Public Charter School Military Academy is to develop young people with the academic, social, leadership and occupational skills to compete successfully in post secondary education/training and enter challenging careers in the technical fields of work.
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The mission of St. Coletta of Greater Washington is to serve children and adults with intellectual disabilities and to support their families. At St. Coletta we believe in the immeasurable value of the individual human spirit and the right of each individual to live as full and independent a life as possible. We respect the dignity of all persons entrusted to our care and our goal is to serve them in an atmosphere that encourages their talents, celebrates their successes and builds their self-esteem.
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The Hospitality High School requires that all students complete a full academic course load, as well as four credits in hospitality courses. Each year all of our students are exposed to the hospitality industry not only through course work, but through hands-on industry exposure. The students complete job shadowing, have guest speakers from across the hospitality industry, complete "soft skills" training and have both paid and unpaid internship opportunities, as well as compete for summer jobs in local hotels.
The school is a DC public charter school and is primarily funded through the Federal and State government, but is supplemented by grants from hotel companies and foundations.
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As an academically oriented vocational school, our mission is to educate students in grades 9-12 and adults for construction and building trades and prepare them for life-long learning.
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The Mission of Roots Public Charter School is to:
• Promote and secure the connection of Mother Africa within our children;
• Prepare students to break the chains of psychological conditioning that attempt to keep them powerless in all phases of society;
• Provide students with a strong African-centered learning environment;
• Guide students toward academic excellence, exemplary character and social responsibility;
• Encourage success leading to self-reliance and economic, social/political contributions to society.
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Our mission is to transform the lives of out-of-school youth by offering, in English and Spanish, an academic
and vocational program, employability training, and an opportunity for youth to perform community service by
creating housing for the city’s low income residents. The students at LAYC YouthBuild PCS transform their lives
while building the community.
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