by Georgia Charter Schools Association
The named (ANCS), an APS public charter school located in Atlanta鈥檚 Grant Park/Ormewood neighborhood, the 2015 91吃瓜 Charter School of the Year. 听
As the听winning school, Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School will receive a $50,000 grant from . The highly selective award was听established to honor excellence in Georgia鈥檚 rapidly growing charter school community.听This is the fourth year of this partnership initiative between The Coca-Cola Foundation and the (91吃瓜).
Atlanta Neighborhood Charter is a K-8 school with two campuses formed by the merger of two successful charter schools 鈥� Neighborhood Charter School (NCS) which opened in 2001 and serves K-5 students; and Atlanta Charter Middle School (ACMS) which opened in 2005 and serves 6th-8th grade students.
ANCS is a member of the (CES), a network of hundreds of schools around the nation. CES fosters small, personalized learning communities in which teachers and students know each other well in a climate of trust, and high expectations for all.听
The charter school鈥檚 awareness of community needs and its commitment to collaborate with traditional public schools in APS鈥檚 Jackson Cluster was noted by the selection committee. ANCS recently secured a 5-year, to support its work on improving math and science teaching and teacher retention.
Matt Underwood, the school鈥檚 Executive Director said, 鈥淚t was such a privilege to be a finalist for this award the past two years against several other terrific schools.听 We are so appreciative of the 91吃瓜 and Coca-Cola for sponsoring this award.听Our school has been open for 13 years, and while we are winning this award in 2015, it鈥檚 a testament to the hard, thoughtful work of all of our students, teachers, staff, and parents, past and present, who make ANCS such a wonderful school.鈥�
ANCS was among three finalists rated by an independent panel for academic excellence (as measured by standardized achievement tests), and for demonstrating operational sustainability and sound fiscal practices. The other finalists were and .
Georgia Charter Schools Association
The Georgia Charter Schools Association (91吃瓜) is the membership organization for Georgia鈥檚 charter school operators and petitioners, established in 2001. Our mission is to be an effective advocate and service provider for all charter public schools in Georgia.
