The Academy for Science and Design
Charter School is geared toward 450 students in grades
7-10 who are interested in pursuing careers in the math and
sciences. Students in their junior and senior years will be
able to major in a subject as they would in college. Among the
choices: aeronautics and aviation, chemistry and biomedicine,
and space, astronomy, and astronautics.
STATUS:
Opened January 24, 2005
Arts and Technology, Grades 9 - 12
The mission of Cocheco
Arts and technology Academy is to provide excellence in secondary
education in fundamental academics and performing arts, fine
arts and technology related to the arts...creating an educational
community where each student thrives, exploring personal interests
in an atmosphere that encompasses different learning styles,
individual learning opportunities, smaller class sizes and multiple
methods of learning assessments.
Students that
are becoming disengaged, or have become disengaged who would benefit
from an individualized program that meets their needs, grades
9 - 12
The CSI (Competencies,
Skills, Interests) Charter School plans on using current student
academic competencies and work-based skills as the entry point
for the development of individualized plans that allow students
to meet essential academic and work-based competencies.
Integrated units will be developed that create student interests,
meet high standards of achievement, and provide students authentic
opportunities to demonstrate the competencies. Meeting
these high standards will allow students to successfully transition
after graduation to a work setting or continue their education
at the post-secondary level. This Charter School is characterized
by being very small, student interest centered, and supported
by project-based learning and technology.
The school is designed to
help students reach their own individual potential by embracing
high self-expectations and developing their own positive vision
for their future. The career academy is adapted from a nationally
recognized charter high school career academy in Providence
R. I., The Textron Chamber of Commerce Charter School.
STATUS: Opened January 3, 2005
Under-served students , Grades 8 - 12
An alternative approach to learning aimed to meet the needs
of middle performing students who need an alternative approach
to learning, the eLearning center will establish a state of
the art charter school that is technology oriented, and presents
new and exciting methods of engaging students in their own education
with the goal of maintaining student interest, increasing academic
achievement, and more fully addressing the needs of students
who are at risk. GBECS will incorporate two forms of distance
learning technologies-content use on the Internet-asynchronous
streaming and web based learning which will allow students to
work independently with material delivered at to the desktop
and interactive content that will be developed and delivered
over distance learning/video conferencing technologies, allowing
students at both local and remote sites to freely interact asking
questions and receiving answers in 'real time' and in essence
creating a virtual classroom. Content created by GBECS will
be offered free, or at a minimal cost, to all interested schools.
STATUS:
CLOSED June 30, 2006
School for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or Hearing Students who use
ASL
Grades 1 - 8
Laurent Clerc Academy
seeks to provide one of the highest achieving and well-designed
bilingual (ALS-English) education programs in the United State.
This unique academy will provide a choice school for New Hampshire
students who need a linguistically-accessible environment, often
considered the least restrictive environment for deaf students.
The academy will create a challenging, safe, and empowering
learning environment designed to meet the intellectual and social
needs of deaf and hard of hearing students. The school will
provide a highly visual environment for students whose learning
style is primarily visual.
To serve under-performing
and/or disengaged students in grades 9 - 12
Ledyard
Charter Academy will prepare students for their futures, both
academically and socially, in a rigorous academic program that
stresses the importance of community and allows students to
apply their learning in context. Ledyard will provide opportunities
for under-engaged students to re-focus on their strengths and
interests and will provide highly motivating and relevant learning
opportunities, much of which will be based in service learning
in the community, internships, and a strong academic core. The
Charter Academy takes its name from John Ledyard, a curious
and self-motivated Dartmouth College student who arrived at
Dartmouth College in the Spring of 1772. He spent four
summer months living (and learning) among the Iroquois as a
college ambassador and became dissatisfied by the constraining
academic offerings at Dartmouth upon his return to the college.
He built his own canoe and paddled the length of the Connecticut
River. He became an acclaimed world traveler, explorer,
and a lifelong hands-on learner.
The Equestrian Academy Charter School is designed to meet the needs of high school students with specific interests in both college academic preparation and also training in the equine industry. The academic program is a high standards college-readiness program requiring 4 years each of English and mathematics, 3 years each of science and history/civics, and 2 years of world language for all students. In addition, students would be required to have 3 credits in entrepreneurial business courses with real experiences and specific courses with real hands-on training in equestrian studies. Students will have apprenticeships in equestrian industry businesses. Students who graduate from this program will be prepared for specialized workforce positions as well as for post-secondary education.
New Heights Charter Academy
C/O Goffstown High School
27 Wallace Road
Goffstown, NH 03045
STATUS: CLOSEDJune 30, 2007
Business and Technology, Grades 11 - 12
The mission of the the New Heights Charter Academy is to provide a rigorous career-focused platform for students in grades 11 and 12 to succeed in the world of business and technology through: student-driven personal learning plans, meaningful relationships with a mentor/advisor/coach/sponsor, flexible programming to best accommodate student success, project-based curriculum connecting to real world opportunities and learning experiences and student empowerment through self-governance and decision-making while modeling a set of core values essential in a democratic and civil society.
STATUS: Opened July 1, 2004
At-Risk of Dropping Out Students, Grades 7 - 12
A choice high school program that aims to serve 60 high school students in two centers divided into morning and afternoon sessions and two classrooms per center, 15 students per teacher/session. While the credits that are needed will be earned, students' day to day learning activities will not reflect an adherence to a traditional school syllabus but will be structured for the Ombudsman Catalog of Competencies based on the student's academic levels.
STATUS: Opened July 1, 2004
Core Curriculum and the Arts, Grades 1 - 6
The mission of Seacoast Charter School is to provide excellence in core academics and the arts while cultivating the individual qualities and strengths of each child. An upper elementary charter school in the Exeter NH area serving grades 3-6 beginning with grades 3 and 4 and increasing one grade each year…to approximately 130 students (6 classrooms) by the fifth year of operation.
The Strong Foundations Charter School is designed to develop early literacy in all children, including those at risk for reading disabilities. The founders will incorporate Orton-Gillingham instruction and develop children's phonemic processing skills as needed in order to do that. The school would have a maximum enrollment of 105 students, grades K-4, but will open with a smaller number of students and grow to this size. The curriculum will be comprised of a full elementary school program, and the emphasis will be on increasing the percentage of students who reach grade-level or above competency in reading, writing, and math. The program will use research-based programs and differentiate instruction, areas of specialty for the founders. The school will offer all academic subjects, including computer skills. Strong Foundations proposes an individual plan for every student to develop areas of weakness and strength. Systematic and sequential instruction is the primary instructional approach, with frequent skill development monitoring to assure progress.
The Surry Village Charter School will be available for students grades K-8. The goal of the Surry Village Charter School is to provide a high quality elementary school in Surry as a choice for Surry children, as well as students from other communities within the Monadnock Region. The philosophy of the school would be community-oriented, strong academic program, and teaching children skills of self-sufficiency, bringing in many community members to work with children. The charter school will create a supportive, personalized small learning environment. The school will use multi-age and multi-grade teaching, and, over time, may evolve into a center for multi-grade teaching so more small schools have technical assistance.
The Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS) uses new and emerging distance learning technologies to provide any time any where access to a rigorous personalized education that helps students learn today, graduate tomorrow, and prepare for the future. The educational mission of VLACS integrates the philosophy of the New Hampshire Department of Education's Follow the Child initiative with the power of distance learning technologies. The VLACS will be able to meet the needs of a wide variety of students and foster 21st century skills such as global awareness, self-directed learning skills, information and communications technology literacy, problem-solving skills, time management, and personal responsibility. The flexible scheduling of VLACS courses will meet the needs of non-traditional students as they design alternative learning plans to meet their unique needs. The school offers programming to both full-time and part-time students.
