|
Seacoast
Charter School |
 |
Contact:
PO Box
892,
Exeter,
NH 03833
Phone:
603-772-5019
|
Ages/Grades:
Grades 3-5
2005
Status: Opened
September 2004 and had a fabulous year
|
| Email:
Emily Hamilton, Head
of School/Lead Teacher |
Web Site:
Click
Here |
|
Students
Served:
School opened with 1 elementary class serving grades 3 & 4--this
due to great difficulty locating a space before September; the school
will grow over the 5 years of the charter to 120-130 students.
In 2005-06 SCS will have 2 classes + 35 students. There
were so many aplications that SCS had to conduct a lottery. There
is a waiting list. .
|
|
Abstract:
The Seacoast Charter
School was the vision of teachers and parents--to have a small upper
elementary school that was academically challenging for students
but also project oriented and small enough to adapt to individual
student talents and interests.
Seacoast Charter School's Board of Trustees is fully functioning.
The school is recuiting faculty for 2005-2006 and is now identifying
all the part-time volunteers and artists needed to develop the unique,
year-long arts program. Head Teacher/Director Emily Hamilton brings
a wealth of upper elementary teaching experience and so curriculum
development and planning is very strong in this school. Core
Knowledge curriculum is used in part but not exclusively; however,
the school is based on young students having an academically-challenging
program.
The mission of Seacoast Charter School is to provide excellence
in core academics and also the arts while cultivating the individual
qualities and strengths of each child.
-Provide a rigorous core academic program with a thematic approach
to curriculum;
-Cultivate the individual qualities and strengths of each student;
-Offer a comprehensive, multidisciplinary arts program that allows
students to explore new ways of thinking, behaving, and learning;
-Support student achievement by creating an inclusive learning community
that actively engages parents;
-Promote character development and good citizenship.
|
|
|
Cocheco Arts
& Technology Academy |
|
|
Contact:
PO Box 666
Dover, NH 03821
Phone: 603-516-2282 |
Ages/Grades:
Grades 9-12
New
Student Application: Click
Here
|
|
Email:
Maria Minickiello
Director |
Web Site:
Click
Here |
|
2005
Status: Opened
January 24th, 2005 w/21 9th Grade Students. The school
has advertised for staff for the 2005-06 school year and
has many students
seeking enrollment. CATA has not received its state-allowed funds
from all areas schools as of the first week of June 2005. |
|
Students
Served:
Cocheco (CATA), as a state-authorized charter school, l opened
its doors to any high school student serious about attending an
arts
and
arts-related
technology high school. Most pioneering new-school students were
from the immediate Dover area; however, students may apply and
attend
from anywhere in the state. On a space-available basis, out-of-state
students will be considered. The 2004-2005 program took 9th- and
10th-grade students. In 2005-2006, the school's second 9th grade
class will be admitted and the school will then have 9th, 10th,
and 11th graders. The school will eventually serve approximately
160 students grades 9-12.
|
|
Abstract:
The Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy provides:
- A
basic academic program in mathematics, science, English, humanities,
and other subjects.
- Arts
and technology offered as majors as well as be integrated into
the whole curriculum.
-
Community Involvement: We will build our educational program
around the diverse cultural resources in the community.
|
|
|
Great Bay
eLearning Charter School |
|
 |
Ages/Grades:
The
original charter included only grades 8 - 10. The school was so
successful, an amendment was approved October 2005 to include grades
11 and 12.
Area Located:
Exeter,
NH. The eLearning Academy is housed inside Exeter High School.
2005 Status:
2005 Status:
Opened January 24th, 2005. |
|
Contact:
Cheryl
McDonough - Teaching Principal |
Web Site: Click
Here |
|
Students
Served:
This charter was written to serve students from towns served by
School Administrative Unit #16 (Exeter and surrounding towns). According
to the project coordinator, this charter school may at some time
expand and consider students from other communities. |
|
Type
of School: A
technology-oriented charter school, which meets all local, state,
and national standards for education and which captures the interests
of students in a rigorous learning environment. Distance learning
and video conferencing technology is used, but students come to
school.
From Their Website:
The
Great Bay eLearning Charter School will blend on-line learning
and video conferencing technology with a project based approach
to instruction. Students will engage in a thick, rich, differentiated
program that emphasizes the depth of knowledge needed to
solve "real-world" problems. Using the
EBAM model developed
by
Dr. Chris
Moersch,
students who attend the Great Bay eLearning Charter School will
find themselves participating in a project-based curriculum aligned
with New Hampshire state curriculum standards. Not constrained
by the limitations of the traditional comprehensive high school
curriculum, teachers at the Great Bay eLearning Charter School
are free to facilitate instruction based on student interest,
learning and thinking styles, and student developed action plans.
The
Great Bay eLearning Charter School will be a leader in student
technology access. It's one-to-one computer to student ratio,
coupled with it's Linux open source environment means that students
will have access to all applications and resources whether at
home or at school. All content will be available through
the school's secure online environment so that the curriculum
is available to students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days
a year. Students who do not have a computer with internet
access at home, will be provided with one at no cost.
The school will use other forms of technology as well. In
addition to digital cameras (both photo and video), classes will
employ handheld computers and Vernier probeware for real-time
data collection and management. Computer applications will
allow students to browse websites, create documents and spreadsheets,
author websites, edit digital images and video, develop presentations
all in a free, open-source environment. Similar to the Charter
School's promise to connect all students at home, any student
who does not have needed computer applications will receive them
for free.
Possibly the most exciting technology found at the Great Bay eLearning
Charter School will be the ability to video conference any where
in the world at any time. Such technology will allow students
to take virtual field trips to zoos, museums, and national parks;
interview national and global experts in various fields; network
with other students and classes with the possibility of conducting
"joint" classes with other schools
|
| Portsmouth
Charter School |
|
|
Ages/Grades:
Undetermined
at this time; potentially high school.
Area
Located:
2005
Status: At
this time, June 2005, no charter school application was developed
and submitted for authorization. This group has asked for an extension. |
| Contact:
Susan
Hollins
|
Web
Site: N/A |
|
Students
Served: The
Portsmouth School District’s charter school design grant is based
on district interest in new ways to serve the most at-risk, high
school students in the City of Portsmouth. |
|
Abstract:
This charter school planning grant will allow Portsmouth to study
models of charter schools across the country, to complete a needs
assessment within the Portsmouth community, and to visit outstanding
programs in New England. The vision of the school’s administrative
team is a chartered public school model that focuses on math, science,
and/or technology while also providing an excellent inclusive approach
to students who do not thrive in the current public system, including
but not limited to special education students.
The
Portsmouth School District wishes to develop widespread community
support for their venture and would be pleased to hear from interested
parties, other charter school designers, and others. The forming
committee, consisting of board members, teachers, administrators,
parents, students, and community members, was planning to make a
presentation to the community in the summer of 2004.
|
|
| Piscataqua
Classic School |
|
|
Ages/Grades: 5-8
Area
Located: Portsmouth
Area
2005
Status: At
this time, June 2005, no charter school application was developed
and submitted for authorization. This group has asked for an extension. |
| Contact:
Susan
Hollins
|
Web
Site: N/A |
|
Students
Served: The
Portsmouth School District’s charter school design grant is based
on district interest in new ways to serve the most at-risk, high
school students in the City of Portsmouth. |
|
Abstract:
This pre-charter planning grant was funded to design a charter application
according to a vision. The vision combines a classical school and
a Montessori school approaches, with grades 5-8 having more emphasis
on thinking and logic approaches to curriculum.
No
charter application has been developed. The pre-charter planning
grant was awarded late May so there will be updates on this project.
At
this time, further information can be obtained by contacting the
Charter School Office at the Department of Education or by contacting
the Center for School Reform.
|
|
|
