Stay informed on the latest news about public charter schools. Learn more about what’s happening at the Washington State Charter Schools Association (WA Charters) and with public charter schools in Washington.
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…
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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 |…
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Join us November 14!
Join WA Charters for our second annual Game Changers Breakfast, a fundraiser and celebration for Washington’s growing sector of innovative charter public schools. Designed to…
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Meet Oscar.
I never planned on going to a charter public school. A friend who enrolled at Summit insisted that I try it out for the first…
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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…
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Meet Ashley.
My name is Ashley. I am a senior at Summit Sierra in Seattle. I was a founding 9th grader at Summit. And this Spring, I…
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Meet Chris.
Before I came to Summit Olympus, I didn’t really care about school. I was just doing the bare minimum to get by. My 8th grade…
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Spokane International Academy Finds New Facility for Primary and Middle School
Spokane International Academy (SIA) announced that it has found a new facility to bring their two campuses together. Located on East Magnesium Road in Spokane,…
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Our Statement on Ashé Preparatory Academy
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…
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Washington State Charter Schools Association Awarded Federal Charter School Grant
For Immediate Release: September 24, 2019 Contact: Maggie Meyers at maggie@wacharters.org or (724) 263-9826 Funds will support new, innovative school models, and replication and…