FloridaToday.com visits Imagine West Melbourne on the first day of school.
Year-round school starts at Imagine
Year-round school starts at Imagine: wane.com “FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Students at Imagine on Broadway went back to class Tuesday and started year-round school. The new calendar is designed to give kids a three week break about every eight weeks. It’s the only school in our area to launch that type of schedule. ‘I’m super excited,’ said parent Amber …
Charter school begins year on new calendar
“FORT WAYNE – Alden Laughlin, 6, walked down the halls of Imagine Schools on Broadway on Tuesday bearing the weight of a new Batman backpack he’d been showing off to his fellow first-graders. He and his classmates, wearing uniforms yet to be sullied, were in the midst of a dismissal drill. Teachers asked for peace and quiet, but students couldn’t …
Charter schools gaining momentum in valley, statewide
“Growth linked to higher level of teaching flexibility A new school designed for abused or abandoned children is the latest among a growing number of charter schools that have opened or plan to open in the Coachella Valley. Father’s Heart Charter School expects to serve about 70 students when it opens Aug. 29 in Thousand Palms. The free, public school …
Imagine Schools experience “Great Growth” (Toledo, OH)
“Imagine Clay Avenue Community School and Imagine Madison Avenue School of Arts have been growing by leaps and bounds. Both schools are adding more classrooms for this fall. Imagine Madison Avenue School of Arts is adding 26,000 square feet of learning space at its current location at 1511 Madison. It will include 10 new classrooms, new art and music space …
Imagine School Land O’ Lakes breaks ground for permanent home
“The air was charged with a sense of excitement as children and adults gathered under a big tent last week at a site on Sunlake Boulevard to celebrate the groundbreaking of Imagine School at Land O’ Lakes. ‘Welcome to what we thought would never happen,’ said Principal Kathy Helean, recounting efforts that began in 2005 to create a charter school …
Charter schools receive extended time for petitions (GA)
MARIETTA — Cobb County School District board members have extended the petition timeline for local charter schools requesting renewal or a start-up. The board initially addressed the renewal of charter school petitions for Imagine International Academy of Mableton and Imagine International Academy of Smyrna, and the start-up petitions for STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math) Charter School and Turning …
Imagine Town Center earns two national awards
“The following is adapted from a press release from Imagine Schools. Competing against 72 other Imagine schools from 12 states and the District of Columbia, Imagine Town Center received national recognition by winning the 2010-2011 Imagine Schools School of the Year Award for Shared Values and the Imagine Schools Runner-Up Award for Positive Character Development. The awards were announced this …