WA Public Charter Schools Initiative Now State Law
Dear I-1240 supporters: The Washington Public Charter Schools Initiative (I-1240) became state law today after the November 2012 election was officially certified. We’d like to…
Recent Updates
Filter by topic
Update Archive
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- March 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
Fact: 72 % of parents support charter public schools. Among communities of color, support is particularly strong.
For four years, so many students were well-served by SOAR Academy's committed educators and its fully inclusive, arts-focused model.
To SOAR families, faculty, and board: Your deep care, love, and unwavering commitment to students is a testament of your community's unwavering courage and grace.
Charter schools are putting kids first by giving passionate teachers the flexibility to create dynamic lesson plans tailored to kids’ individual needs! #CharterSchoolsWeek
Watch this great video from the Gates Foundation on how education after high school can be life changing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRs9rmojCY4&feature=youtu.be
On Wednesdays Excel Public Charter School students participate in seminars to enrich and enhance the skills used in the classroom. Check out this seminar using computational thinking methods to create paper roller coasters! #STEAM
Charter schools are community for the students, parents, teachers, leaders, and communities they serve! #CharterSchoolsWeek
Hear from an Rainier Prep Public Charter School 2018 graduate, Dawit Ewnetu who is now attending Phillips Exeter in New Hampshire.
Check out these Rainier Prep Public Charter School 8th graders who visited the King County South Wastewater Treatment Facility.
This week is National Charter Schools Week — a celebration of public charter schools across the country! Join in the celebration #CharterSchoolsWeek
ICYMI, meet Joseph, a senior at Summit Sierra.
PRIDE Prep Public Charter School students use cans, plants, slabs of wood and statistics to build wall planters to measure soil moisture, temperature, and light intensity and create their own lab! Science, students will propose hypotheses on what variables will impact plant growth while math students will run statistical analysis of real-life data that they gather.
Read this post about Student Parliament at Rainier Prep Public Charter School by students David Fleming and Krystel Ferris.
ICYMI - Meet Ashley a senior at Summit Sierra in Seattle. She was a founding 9th grader at Summit. She will be among the first charter public high school graduates in Washington state.