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You Have Options For Your Child’s Education—Columbus OH
Daytime Columbus with Gail Hogan
As the School District Agonizes Over Cuts, Imagine Prepares to Almost Double in Size
“Imagine Schools operates 73 public charter schools in 12 states, including 17 schools in Florida. One of those is Imagine’s Town Center campus, open since 2008. Even as population and student growth stalled in Flagler County, Imagine’s enrollment has grown each year as parents have sought out its alternative to the traditional public school setting. These days Imagine’s K-8 school …
Sun City Grand seniors’ mural rejuvenates Phoenix school
“A group of seniors spent the week rejuvenating a Phoenix charter school’s playground. About 90 volunteers led by Joann Fennell, 60, of Sun City Grand and her friend, Dodie Ballantine, painted a four-scene mural at Imagine Schools at Cortez Park, 3535 W. Dunlap Ave. One-third of the volunteers are artists, while the rest are Fennell’s golf partners and neighbors in …
Imagine Prep teacher makes impact with Teach For America
“Amanda Badali knows she’s making a difference in the classroom when students get those ‘a-ha’ moments and begin to ask thoughtful and engaging questions on various assignments designed to enhance cognitive thinking and prepare them for 21st century skills. As a Teach For America corps member, Badali works long hours — sometimes 12-hour days — in order for her students, …
Imagine South Lake Named A National School of Character for Second Year
“The Character Education Partnership (CEP) has named Imagine Schools at South Lake in Clermont, Florida a National School of Character for the second consecutive year. ‘We know that amazing things happen at schools of character–students treat one another and their teachers with more respect, violence and bullying decrease, teacher morale and retention improve, school pride and parental involvement increase and …
Students Undertake Service Learning Project (AZ)
March 11, 2011 Third Graders Participated in Service Project Earning 1000 Books to Benefit Neighboring School SURPRISE, ARIZONA-Third grade students at Imagine Rosefield recently completed a service learning project that allowed them to earn free books for students at Imagine Avondale by reading books, themselves. This innovative program was developed in cooperation with Read for a Need and Opportunity for …
Surprise families take to charter schools
“Tucked in the back of a Surprise office complex, out of sight from the intersection of Greenway and Reems roads, is the city’s only “excelling” high school. Across the parking lot is a CVS Pharmacy, some insurance agencies and a self-storage center. There’s no football stadium. No marquees or murals. Only a small blue banner above the entrance—”PHHS”—indicates this is …