Highville Charter School

Highville Charter School, for the second straight year, is proud to offer our families an opportunity to learn about all of our school practices, expectations, educational/extracurricular programs and future initiatives through our Family Learning Nights (FLN) series. The FLN's are designed to invite parents to learn more about the happenings at Highville, while having the opportunity to participate in learning activities with your child. In addition to participating in these interactive programs, the full intent of these FLN's are to seek input from our parents and community members to help us make the best decisions for our school and community. As many of you are aware, every five years, Highville Charter School goes through the charter renewal process to continue our existence as a certified, charter school open choice program. This time around, due to our implementation of ninth grade in the 2013-2014 school year, we have asked to have our renewal visit moved up a year so we may request the addition of grades ten through twelve which will complete our Highville Change Academy. The Highville learning community seeks to promote and advance the intellectual, physical, social, and moral development of students in becoming responsible, contributing world citizens. Students learn to work and live together constructively respecting, honoring, and appreciating their own uniqueness and that of others. As we strive to implement our vision to provide a challenging, supportive and comprehensive educational program for our students, the foundation of our program is our Mission Statement and Program of Studies. Education is more than a direction or a destination; it is a process which recognizes, enhances, and celebrates individual accomplishments. Highville Charter School, in the breadth of its curricula and the variety of its approaches to facilitate learning, provides an environment which nurtures and stimulates the intellectual development, insight and curiosity of all individuals. Highville's synergistic atmosphere reflects the blending of tradition with the reality of an interdependent, interconnected world. Our program is propelled by a committed and experienced staff and supported by an involved parent community. As a continuation of the great success Highville has demonstrated over the past years, we are committed to expanding our program offerings to include academic grades ten, eleven and twelve to our already existing grade nine in the Highville Change Academy which was established in 2013. The Change Academy at Highville Charter School is a global studies academy that focuses upon world language, history, culture, community service and activism. The Change Academy is intended to work in conjunction with Highville Charter School on the mission of creating globally literate citizens. While it is the elementary schools goal to infuse global concepts into core subjects to create an understanding of the interconnectedness of the world and to teach students to identify their place in it, the High School will require that students apply that knowledge by motivating change within their communities. Highville Academy of Change will provide the practical experiences needed to create leaders.