Imagine Schools in the news

“The Imagine MASTer Academy school board approved a $6.9 million budget Wednesday that school officials are calling conservative. The board also discussed student achievement. Principal Jim Huth said the budget accounts for a possible 4 percent funding cut from the state. As the budget stands now, revenue will exceed expenditures by about $19,000. By the end of the year, Huth …

“VERO BEACH — Students at the Imagine School at South Vero had a special lesson on the environment Thursday, thanks to the efforts of classmate and fourth-grader Lilly Tougas from Fort Pierce. The Wyland Foundation brought its Clean Water Mobile Learning Center to the school to reward the environmental activism of 9-year-old Lilly, who has been selling “cupcakes for the …

“Everyone knows you can’t bring your dog to school. But at Imagine Classical Academy at Indigo Ranch, that’s just one of the many things that are different. Along with the 700 students and 28 teachers who walk through the front doors every day, Lilly the Yellow Lab, age 6, trots happily into school next to her owner, Vice-Principal Jeff Ribitski. …

Check out this October 15, 2010 article in the West Valley View highlighting the 21st Century Grant awarded to Imagine Avondale Elementary School.

PA Parent and supporter Jim Carmine lends his voice in support of bringing an Imagine charter school to Penn Hills, PA. “Liberto seems to have forgotten, we are talking about Our Kids, Our Money, Our Schools! Look, this is mere political subterfuge. If our children continue to leave the traditional public schools at the rate they now are leaving, the …

News Channel 5 got a jump start on covering the ribbon cutting celebration at the new Imagine Schools Chancellor Campus in Boyton Beach, FL. The school now serves 910 students.  

“Imagine Prep at Surprise’s first ever cross country team has already qualified members for the state cross country meet. ‘This is Imagine Prep’s first cross team and we are off to a great state,’ stated Coach Cliff Hymel. ‘The kids are working hard, learning how to run as a team, and setting personal records at every meet.’” Read the full …

“A company that operates 71 charter schools, including one in Regent Square, is helping parents who want to open a school in Penn Hills. Arlington, Va.-based Imagine Schools is developing an application for a school that would employ a ‘micro-society’ approach, which focuses on helping students develop skills they need to become entrepreneurs, a company official said. It is seeking …