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Senior Spotlight: Elizabeth Chase, Innovation High School (PRIDE), Spokane
Finding Community at Innovation Who says math and the humanities don’t mix? Not Elizabeth Chase. Her love for art, people, and math blends seamlessly through her high school career and into her future ambitions. Elizabeth is graduating from Innovation High School, a charter public school within the PRIDE public schools in Spokane. At Innovation, Elizabeth … Read More
Senior Spotlight: Amari Troutt, Innovation High School (PRIDE), Spokane
If Amari Troutt could impart one piece of wisdom to younger scholars at PRIDE Schools, it would be to take advantage of all the opportunities afforded to them. Amari is graduating this spring from Innovation High School, part of the PRIDE charter public schools in Spokane. She started her journey in the charter public schools … Read More
Helping Muslim Students and Families Feel Seen, Heard and Valued During Ramadan
By Erum Mohiuddin, Director of Operations at Whatcom Intergenerational High School Prior to moving to Washington state, where I am the Director of Operations at Whatcom Intergenerational High School in Bellingham opening to students and families this fall, I was a Principal of an Islamic School in Michigan. Being a mom and educator, I know Ramadan … Read More
Our statement on the most recent acts of police violence
Our hearts are with the grieving families of Adam Toledo, Daunte Wright, and all victims of racist violence and their loved ones. Our systems of policing are making a continued statement that Black and Brown lives do not matter. For Black and Brown folks this loss, grief, and trauma is generational and ongoing. At WA … Read More
Our Statement on the March 16th Atlanta Shooting and Attacks on the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community
We are heartbroken and sickened by the violence that occurred yesterday in Atlanta, GA, resulting in serious injury and tragic loss of life. We send out our deep condolences to the Asian American and Pacific Islander community and every family and individual impacted by this senseless act of violence and terror. This is not an isolated incident. In our nation, Asian, … Read More
One Year of COVID-19: What the Pandemic Means for Scholars’ Mental Health
March 2021 marks a bleak milestone – one-year of COVID-19-caused closures of school buildings across the country. When Washington’s public charter schools started closing and shifting their programs online, they also stepped up to support the needs of scholars, families and the wider community with food, necessities, transportation and open communications to support scholars’ mental and emotional … Read More
Game Changers Suzet and Tiara: Demonstrating School Values in Every Lesson
Spokane International Academy (SIA), a charter public school in Spokane, promotes a global, values-centered education in its elementary and middle school programs. Suzet Teodoro and Tiara Pschaida, are delivering this vision with passion and fun for their scholars every day. Suzet teaches fourth grade and Tiara teaches Spanish for SIA’s third, fourth, and fifth grades. … Read More
Spokane International Academy Approved to Expand from K-8 to K-12
For Immediate Release: February 23, 2021Contact: Maggie Meyers at maggie@wacharters.org or (724) 263-9826 Spokane, WA – Yesterday, The Washington State Charter School Commission announced that it approved a grade-level expansion for Spokane International Academy (SIA), to grow from a K-8 to a K-12 program, starting in the 2021-22 school year. SIA is one of four charter public schools that the state Commission … Read More
State Commission Unanimously Approves Renewal of Four Washington Charter Public Schools, Cites a Track Record of Success
For Immediate Release | December 21, 2020Contact: Maggie Meyers at maggie@wacharters.org or 724.263.9826 Olympia, Wash. — Last Saturday, the Washington State Charter School Commission voted unanimously to renew contracts for all four of the Commission-authorized charter schools that were up for renewal, citing that all four met rigorous standards for positive student outcomes. The four schools are Rainier Prep, Spokane International Academy, Summit … Read More
On the Biden and Harris Inauguration
Today, the United States participated in one of the most fundamental pillars of our democracy – the peaceful transition of power. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been sworn in as the 46th President and Vice-President of the United States in an inauguration ceremony unlike any we’ve seen before. What makes today’s inauguration unlike any … Read More