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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...
Una escuela pública autónoma me salvó la vida y podría cambiar la suya
de Karla Soto-Mullins Nací en Culiacán, Sinaloa, México, la quinta de ocho hijos. Mi madre se quedó viuda a una edad muy temprana, y cuando yo tenía cuatro años, tuvo la oportunidad de venir a los Estados Unidos para poder brindarnos una vida...
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 close systemic opportunity gaps, Washington’s charter public schools are...
Meet Dawit, Rainier Prep ’18 Alum
I graduated from Rainier Prep in 2018 after attending Rainier Prep for its first three years. I now attend Phillips Exeter in New Hampshire. Rainier Prep has a very friendly environment where student voices are heard. One way of this happening is...
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 year, I transferred from one district to another because I was getting into trouble. Then my mom’s friend told her about...
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 parents are constantly pushing me to be something better, to become the independent man they believe I can...
Meet Shauna.
Shauna Edwards, Founder, Lumen High School "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 becoming." As a 22-year old, I mentored a teen parent, and...
Meet Chastity.
Chastity Catchings, Founding Operations Director, Green Dot Rainier Valley Leadership Academy 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 of...
Meet Ayanna.
Ayanna Gore, Vice Principal of Instruction and Culture, Summit Sierra 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 high school science teacher, and then...