DE Charter School Network


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Academy of Dover Charter School 104 Saulsbury Road Dover, DE 19904 Leonard Litzi, Director Phone: (302) 674-0684 Fax: (302) 674-3894	The Academy of Dover Charter School was established to provide students with essential skills needed for a quality education. The school has a focus on an entrepreneurial curriculum with a business and technology approach. In the school year 2006-2007 the school will have approximately 475 students in grades K–6.

Campus Community School Patricia Hermance, Elementary School Administrator 21 North Bradford Street Dover, Delaware 19904 Phone: (302) 736-3300 Fax: (302) 736-3390 Heidi Greene, High School Administrator 350 Pear Street Dover, Delaware 19904 Phone: (302) 736-0403 Fax: (302) 736-3390 www.campuscomm.k12.de.us	Campus Community School was established in 1998 to provide a unique learning environment to students in grades 1–8. Campus Community School now serves 580 students in grades 1-11. The school will expand to grades 1–12 next school year. It is located at two sites - one at 21 North Bradford Street in Dover and a second at 350 Pear Street in Dover. The building on Pear Street houses the high school program.

The Charter School of Wilmington 100 North duPont Road Wilmington, Delaware 19807 Ron Russo, President Phone: (302) 651-2727 Fax: (302) 652-1246 www.charterschool.org	The Charter School of Wilmington was established in 1996 to provide a strong academic program, especially in mathematics and science, to students in grades 9–12. CSW has an estimated enrollment of 900 students.

Delaware Military Academy 112 Middleboro Road Wilmington, DE 19804 Charles Baldwin, Commandant Phone: (302) 998-0745 Fax: (302) 998-3521 www.demilacad.org	Delaware Military Academy's mission is to prepare young men and women for their next level of education in a structured and highly disciplined environment providing the foundation for good citizenship, scholarship and sound leadership practices. DMA opened in September 2003 with 310 cadets. DMA expanded to grade 11 in the 2004- 05 School Year and will add grade 12 in the 2005-06 School Year.

East Side Charter School 3000 N. Claymont Street Wilmington, Delaware 19802 Dave Distler, Executive Director Phone: (302) 762-5834 Fax: (302) 762-3864 www.k12.de.us/eastside/	Opened in September 1997, East Side Charter School was established to provide a strong learning atmosphere and educational program to at-risk students. The school's charter was recently renewed for five more years. The school population includes 252 in Grades K-8.

Family Foundations Academy 1101 Delaware Street New Castle, DE 19720 Dr. Tennell Brewington, Director Phone (302) 324-8901 Fax (302) 324-8908 www.familyfoundationsacademy.org	Opened September 2006 in New Castle, Delaware, Family Foundations Academy serves grades 1-4. FFA was established to nurture each student, acknowledging that there are learning differences among children. FFA offers a holistic approach to learning, focusing on strategies to help families participate in their children’s learning. The school will occupy a new building near the intersection of Route 9 on Rt. 273


Kuumba Academy Charter School 519 North Market Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Dr. Sondra Shippen, Director Phone: (302) 472-6450 Fax: (302) 472-6452 www.kuumbacyberkidz.com/	Kuumba Academy Charter School opened in 2001 to provide a stimulating innovative learning environment in the city of Wilmington. The school’s core educational foundation focuses on the whole child and rests on the belief that parents are primary educators of children. Kuumba Academy Charter School has 250 students in grades K-5.

Marion T. Academy Charter School 1121 Thatcher Street Wilmington, Delaware 19802 Bill Brunson, Head of School Phone: (302) 575-1190 Fax: (302) 575-1425 www.mariont.groupfusion.net Middle School 1200 Northeast Blvd. Wilmington, Delaware 19802 Phone (302) 428-1213 Fax: (302) 428-0979	Marion T. Academy Charter School was established in the City of Wilmington to provide a unique educational environment. The morning program focuses on the core curriculum, which cultivates skills essential to academic success and excellence. The afternoon program includes the Core Knowledge Curriculum and also the arts, Spanish, and technology which prepares students to be creative, intuitive, and analytical. Enrollment is approximately 650 students in grades K–8. Grades 6-8 are now housed in a new middle school across the street from the elementary school campus.

Maurice J. Moyer Academy 97 Vandever Ave Wilmington, DE 19892 Theopalis Gregory Sr.,President/ CVEO Phone: (302) 428-9500 Fax: (302) 428-9506 www.moyeracademy.org	Located in downtown Wilmington, Moyer Academy will serve 655 students in grades 6-12. The school emphasizes total development of each student by offering: a safe learning environment with smaller class sizes, school uniforms and high standards for behavior, life skills training, and "Small Learning Communities" in technology and health science. In August 2006, grades 6, 7 and 9 will be offered. Remaining grades will be added in subsequent years.

MOT Charter School 1156 Levels Road Middletown, Delaware 19709 Linda Jennings, Head of School Phone: (302) 376-5125 Fax: (302) 376-5120 www.motcharter.com	MOT Charter School provides students with a well rounded education that includes a rigorous curriculum of all core subjects and a well rounded arts program that includes music education, art education, and Spanish. The school opened with approximately 600 students in grades K–7 and currently enrolls 675 students in grades K–8.

Newark Charter School 2001 Patriot's Way Newark, Delaware 19711 Greg Meece, Director Phone: (302) 369-2001 Fax: (302) 368-3460 www.k12.de.us/ncs	The Newark Charter School was established to provide students with a rigorous and academically challenging education. Newark Charter School opened in September 2003 in a new building which houses 648 students in grades 5 – 8.

Odyssey Charter School 3821 Lancaster Avenue Building 40 Wilmington, DE 19805 Tony Skoutelas, Director Phone: (302) 994-6490 Fax: (302) 994-6915 www.odysseycharterschooldel.org	Opened in September 2006. The Odyssey Charter School is established to prepare Kindergarten through Grade 5 students for a lifelong enthusiasm for learning, a keen awareness of world citizenship, and an ability to think independently and creatively through participation in a focused foreign language immersion program. At Odyssey, children will be taught a critical subject matter, Math, in both English and a classic language, Greek, for a portion of the day which reinforces the learning as taught in English. This focused language immersion instruction method builds key reasoning techniques, language arts skills, and significantly strengthens the mathematical comprehension and performance of our students. The school is approved to open with 131 students in grades K-2 and expand to 290 students in grades K-5 by its fourth year of operation.

Pencader Business & Finance Charter High School 170 Lukens Drive New Castle, DE 19720 David Jones, Director Phone (302) 472-0794 Fax (302) 472-0796 www.pencadercharter.org	Pencader Business and Charter High School has been established to provide educational opportunities for students wishing to pursue a high school education with a business and finance concentration. The school is projected to have an enrollment of 350 students in grades 9 and 10 and is scheduled to expand to 800 students in grades 9-12.

Positive Outcomes Charter School 193 South DuPont Highway Camden, Delaware 19934 Ed Emmett, Director Phone: (302) 697-8805 Fax: (302) 697-8813 www.k12.de.us/positive	Positive Outcomes Charter School opened in 1996 to serve at-risk students in grades 7–12. The school has an enrollment of 120 students.

Providence Creek Academy Charter School 355 West Duck Creek Road Clayton, Delaware 19938 Audrey M. Erschen, Administrator Phone: (302) 653-6276 Fax: (302) 653-7850 www.k12.de.us/pca/pca/PCA	The Providence Creek Academy Charter School was established to provide students with an education focused on linkages among academics, technology, and careers. The school enrolls approximately 664 students in grades K-8.

Sussex Academy of Arts and Sciences 21777 Sussex Pines Road Georgetown, Delaware 19947 Dr. Patricia Oliphant, Executive Director Phone: (302) 856-3636 Fax: (302) 856-3376 www.sussexacademy.org	Sussex Academy of Arts and Sciences was established to provide a strong educational program to middle school students in southern Delaware. The school has 325 students in grades 6–8.

Thomas A. Edison Charter School 2200 North Locust Street Wilmington, Delaware 19802 Alina Colombus, Principal Phone: (302) 778-1101 Fax: (302) 778-2232 www.thomasedison.charter.k12.de.us	Thomas A. Edison Charter School was established to provide a strong educational program to a diverse student population in the Wilmington area. The school has approximately 825 students in grades K–8.

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