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Beyond Land Acknowledgments: Supportive Action for Indigenous Youth
Saturday, May 6, 2023 was WA Charters Sixth Annual Conference! Click below to listen to our event's land acknowledgement video shared by Representative Debra Lekanoff. We are honored to learn from Rep. Lekanoff AND we must go beyond learning and...
Natalie’s Story
By Natalie Hester, Co-President, External Affairs When I think about my “education story” it is impossible for me to think just about my own K-12 and higher education years. As a mother raising two brilliant daughters in South Seattle – a joyful,...
Catalyst Bremerton Families: Why We Love Our School
Catalyst Public Schools | Bremerton is a K-8 charter public school, founded and launched by Amanda Gardner and Tatiana Epanchin. The Bremerton community expressed demand and need for an additional public school option for families, and the school...
Anessa Rodriguez (Lumen High School): Charter school students deserve equal funding
Source: The Spokesman Review, Spokane WA “We should be heard. We should be seen. We deserve better.” — Anessa Rodriguez, Charter public school student at Lumen High School By Anessa Rodriguez From the day they’re born, as they grow and learn, every...
Why Not You Academy Highlight: Build 2 Lead hosts successful Melanin in Medicine Event!
Source: Build 2 Lead Build 2 Lead hosts successful Melanin in Medicine Event! Build 2 Lead, in partnership with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH), the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and Why Not You Academy (WNYA), hosted the first annual...
Fundraising Learning Series: Donor Newsletter Tips from Charter Public Schools Communications Specialists
See their bios here. What are your school’s communications strategies to cultivate and steward donors? Rowena (Impact Public Schools): E-news is one part of our donor cultivation strategy. We include donors in our e-newsletters where we highlight...
Fundraising Learning Series: Q&A with James Heugas, Washington State Charter School Development
Facility Financing 101 Facility Financing Charter school operators require access to different forms of project funding over the course of facilities development. Beyond typical fundraising, which generally acts as a leave-behind equity...
Favian Martinez (Rainier Prep) at Pathfinders 2022
By Favian Martinez I am a proud founding student from Rainier Prep’s Class of 2019. I am currently a senior at O’Dea High School. My sights are set on Seattle University to study psychology and to play on their soccer team. As I...
Kaleeya Balwin (Lumen High School) at The Power of Student Voice – LEV Foundation Virtual Event
Source: League of Education Voters Celebrating the Power of Student Voice!Students know best when it comes to reimagining our education system and they are not afraid of speaking up to address the many areas of inequity. LEV organized a virtual...