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Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School

Building Character and Achieving Academic Success

Topics:	School Mission School Culture and Classroom Management Practices Organizational Capacity
Mission:	The mission of Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School is to empower urban students of all racial and ethnic backgrounds to achieve their full intellectual and social potential by combining the best of the East - high standards, discipline and character education with the best of the West - a commitment to individualism, creativity and diversity.
Goals:	The goal of the “Keeping the Promise” dissemination and replication project is to document and disseminate best practices from five high performing charter schools serving high need communities.
Summary:	Building Character and Achieving Academic Success. The Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School attributes its success and the success of its students to the consistent application of the complimentary components of its program. Primary among these are high academic standards, a rigorous curriculum, and academic support systems; a character education component; and its small community built upon strong relationships and dedicated faculty. Keeping the Promise: The Massachusetts Charter School Dissemination and Replication Project” is sponsored by a National Leadership Grant of the U.S. Department of Education’s Charter School Program in the Office of Innovation and Improvement. This project was envisioned and convened by the Massachusetts Charter School Association, which applied for federal funding support project activities. In addition to Academy of the Pacific Rim, four other high performing charter schools in Massachusetts were selected to participate in the three-year dissemination project, including Boston Collegiate Charter School, Community Day Charter Public School, MATCH Charter Public High School, and Roxbury Preparatory Charter School. Each school wrote and published a paper highlighting effective practices, and will host school visits and workshops for other schools and educators. Educators from around Massachusetts and the country will visit the schools and attend workshops facilitated by the five participating charter schools, including Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School.
Partner(s):	Various district partners through Project for School Innovation and the Massachusetts Charter School Association
Dates:	01/01/2006 01/01/2007 01/01/2008
Contact:	Piel Hollingsworth, Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School (phollingsworth@pacrim.org/617-361-0050, ext. 114) Cindy Snow, Massachusetts Charter School Association (snow@masscharters.org/413-625-0135)
Resources:	Whole School Paper: “Building Character and Achieving Academic Success” (www.masscharterschools.org/wholeschool/docs/174/APR.html) Documentary Film (currently in progress) Workshop session materials provided to school visitors
Federal Charter Schools Program Funds?	MCPSA Keeping the Promise

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