Blog
Spokane high school student pinned by falling tree in North Idaho; prepared classmates carry the day
The boys kicked the dead tree, tempting the 90-foot widow-maker with each stomp, caught in the exuberance of outdoor adventure. They were deep in the backcountry of Idaho, north of Priest Lake and 3 1/2 miles from the nearest forest service road, a bumpy affair miles...
Good news for parents on the waitlist for Spokane International Academy
SPOKANE, Wash. - There’s some good news for parents across Spokane who are looking to get their kids into the city's largest charter school. Spokane International Academy is getting ready to expand. If you ask the teachers, parents, and kids at SIA, they'll tell...
Spokane International Academy seeks expansion as charter school popularity grows in region
Hundreds of kids are on the waiting list to gain admission to Spokane International Academy, which is no surprise to the students and teachers in the city’s largest charter school. In Ashley Peak’s eighth-grade class, students are writing well-researched letters to...
Charter schools are having their moment in Spokane and the rest of the state
These are exciting times for charter schools. Spokane International Academy is preparing for a major expansion next year. Innovation High School won a nationwide STEM contest, and along with its sister school, PRIDE Prep, has a long waiting list. Next fall, downtown...
Our Statement on Ashé Preparatory Academy
For Immediate Release | October 16, 2019 WA Charters CEO Patrick D'Amelio released the following statement, in response to the news of Ashé Preparatory Academy's closure. “We were deeply troubled to learn that Ashé Preparatory Academy has suspended operations for the...
SBAC Summary 2018-19
Based on end-of-year testing data, Washington’s established charter public schools demonstrated strong academic outcomes for systemically underserved students in the 2018-2019 school year. Sector-wide: Low-income students outperformed their traditional...
Meet the Aspiring Leader: Louis Guiden
By Louis Guiden, WA Charters 2019 Aspiring Leader A Louisiana native, I’ve been in Seattle for 26 years. I came to the Northwest hoping to escape some of the realities of the South. I didn’t want to be held down by the racism I experienced growing up. I had dreams of...
A charter public school saved my life – and could change yours
By Karla Soto Mullins I was born in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, the fifth of eight children. My mother became a widow at a very young age, and when I was four years old, she had the opportunity to come to the United States so that she could provide a better life for...
Meet the Aspiring Leader: Karla Soto Mullins
By Karla Soto Mullins, WA Charters 2019 Aspiring Leader I know first-hand that our country’s educational systems are profoundly inequitable. My own education was defined by inequities until I had the opportunity to attend a charter high school. That experience was...
Scholars Achieve Excellence at Impact Public Schools
Last month, Impact Public Schools, Washington state’s first “homegrown” charter public school network, released 2018-19 academic results for its flagship elementary school – Impact | Puget Sound Elementary, in Tukwila. Impact | PSE launched in August 2018, with 178...