6/29/2005
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Mayor to speak at 21st Century Charter School at Fall Creek Ceremonial Groundbreaking
INDIANAPOLIS - Mayor Bart Peterson will join 21st Century Charter School at Fall Creek leaders, teachers, students and board members at a groundbreaking ceremony. 21st Century Charter School at Fall Creek is one of the first charter schools authorized by Mayor Peterson. The school opened its doors to 124 students in grades K-6 in 2002 in Union Station and is now will continue its growth in its new location on the city's northeast side. The school currently serves 300 students in grades K-9.
WHEN: TODAY, Wednesday, June 29, 2005
1:30 p.m.
WHERE: 21st Century Charter School at Fall Creek
2540 N. Capital
21st Century Charter School at Fall Creek is dedicated to ensuring that all students show growth in character, academics, life skills, the arts, and wellness using teaching shills tailored to meet the needs of each student. The school is guided by a philosophy that each skill must be mastered before new skills can be learned. Teachers work with each student to achieve mastery of each skill in sequence before the student moves on to the next task.
21st Century offers multi-age classrooms where students are with peers within a 2-3 year age range, yet work at their individual instructional levels. At this school, students work to master skills at their own pace - no two students are ever in the same place at the same time in any subject. Parents receive weekly reports documenting the lessons their children completed, the scores they received on assignments, and their mastery of new skills in each subject.
The school is in session seven and a half hours per day for 196 days. The school's leaders believe the longer than average school day and year allow for greater student success. As the student matures, the school provides opportunities for service learning, internships, and experiences designed to prepare students for college and post-secondary education and training.
Mayor Peterson has chartered 15 schools. Thirteen are open for the 2005-06 school year and two are approved to open in 2006. Charter schools are public schools that are freed from most of the regulations governing traditional schools. They control their own curriculum, staffing, organization and budget. In exchange for this freedom, they must meet the highest academic standards.
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