12/13/2005
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Mayor to kickoff construction of Challenge Foundation Academy Charter School
INDIANAPOLIS - Mayor Bart Peterson will join Challenge Foundation Academy leaders, teachers and board members to kickoff the construction of the new Challenge Foundation Academy. The academy is one of five new Mayor-sponsored charter schools opening next fall.
WHEN: TODAY, Tuesday, December 13, 2005
1 p.m.
WHERE: Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School
Multipurpose Room
3960 Meadows Drive
The Challenge Foundation Academy is supported by the Challenge Foundation and benefits from the foundation’s financial resources and expertise in the Core Knowledge curriculum. The Challenge Foundation Academy will serve 264 students in kindergarten through 5th grade in its first year. In year four, the school will reach maximum enrollment of 396 students in kindergarten through 8th grade. The school will be located in the Meadows neighborhood adjacent to the Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School, which serves grades 7-12. Features of the 38,000 square foot campus include 18 classrooms, a multipurpose room that also will serve as a gymnasium and a media center and computer lab that will be available to the community.
The Challenge Foundation Academy’s mission is to offer students in the Meadows neighborhood a "first class education" with high academic standards and a commitment to engaging the whole family in a partnership for learning. The Academy will use the Core Knowledge Sequence, which is aligned with the Indiana State Academic Standards for reading/language arts, history, and science courses. The Core Knowledge Sequence presents carefully ordered facts, historical figures, and concepts by grade level.
In addition to Core Knowledge, the school will implement strategies such as Direct Instruction and Reading First specifically designed for students who are reading below grade level. For math, the Academy will use Saxon Math curriculum, which features continual review and practice of skills. Math classes will be accelerated one year so kindergarten students will complete the first grade math curriculum. The acceleration of the math program may allow advanced 8th graders to take Algebra II in 8th grade, preparing them for AP Calculus by 12th grade. The school will use the Character First! curriculum and all middle school students will be required to participate in community service projects.
Enrollment begins in January 2006. For more information please contact Donna Birdsong at 460-7147.
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