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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 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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Meet George.
I’m a founding student and eighth grader at Rainier Prep. I live in Burien with my brother and our parents, who immigrated from Vietnam. My…
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Meet Shauna.
We need to shift away from the expectation of failure to seeing teen parents as the amazing hard-working, strong adults that they are capable of…
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Meet Chastity.
My role makes it possible for my school to serve the whole student, the whole family. As Director of Operations, my role covers everything outside…
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Ashé Prep Leader Receives Prestigious International Scholarship
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 9, 2019 | Contact: Maggie Meyers at maggie@wacharters.org Monique Harrison Manuel One of Eight Women Honored Worldwide by Delta Kappa Gamma…
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Meet Ayanna.
To me, being a leader is all about activating the leadership in others. I’ve been working in public education for eleven years, first as a…
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Meet Jessica.
This is my seventh year teaching, and my third time being part of a founding team at a charter public school. My heart just goes…
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Our Statement on SOAR Academy’s Closure in June 2019
The Washington State Charter Schools Association issued a statement following SOAR Academy’s announcement that they will cease operations in June 2019: “We want to recognize…
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For Second Year in a Row, Washington’s Charter Public School Law Ranks Third in the Nation
For Immediate Release: January 22, 2018 | Contact: Maggie Meyers at maggie@wacharters.org or 724-263-9826 OLYMPIA, WA — Today, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released its…
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Recent Updates
- Back to School Season in Full Swing for Washington’s Charter Public Schools
- Ashé Preparatory Academy Opens Doors to Students
- Join us November 14!
- Four Washington Schools Join Prestigious NewSchools Venture Fund Cohort to Reimagine K-12 Learning
- Lumen High School Approved to Open Charter Public High School for Teen Parents in Spokane
- Newest Cohort of School Leadership and Design Fellows Announced
- Our Statement on Green Dot Destiny and Excel Public Charter School Closure Announcement
- State Commission Authorizes Four New Charter Public Schools