“INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The Indian River County School District has maintained its A grade for the 2010-11 school year, with 15 out of 21 elementary and middle schools earning “A” grades and the other six getting B grades from the Florida Department of Education, which released its district report cards Thursday morning. The biggest improvement came from Imagine Schools …
Imagine Mableton Will Rally to Save School This Afternoon
“Imagine International Academy of Mableton is rallying to save the school, since its charter renewal is being considered by the Cobb Board of Education. Students, parents and other supporters of Imagine International Academy of Mableton packed the meeting room during the Cobb Board of Education’s June 8 work session. Cobb Schools Superintendent Fred Sanderson recommended rejection of the IIAM’s charter …
Charter school supporters rally at State Capitol
Imagine Schools leaders join the rally in support of charter schools in Georgia after the GA Supreme Court ruling invalidated the state authorizing commission.
A Playground and a Picnic with Congressional Families
“Earlier in the day, First Lady Michelle Obama joined congressional families and AmeriCorps volunteers to help build a playground during the Congressional Family Service Project in partnership with KaBOOM!, a national non-profit organization that promotes activity for communities across the country. As the First Lady said before getting started, the playground they helped build at Imagine Southeast Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. …
Michelle Obama helps build DC school playground
“WASHINGTON (AP) — First Lady Michelle Obama mixed and poured concrete, attached swings to a swing set and raked mulch for an hour Wednesday at a charter school in a low-income Southeast Washington neighborhood. By the time she and hundreds of other volunteers were finished, the school had a new playground on what previously was barren land. The first lady …
First Lady Helps Build Playground At DC School
“First Lady Michelle Obama is not afraid to get her hands dirty. Mrs. Obama will join 400 volunteers to help build a playground Wednesday at the Imagine Southeast Public Charter School on Alabama Avenue in Washington, D.C. The event is spearheaded by the national non-profit group KaBOOM!, which is dedicated to saving and creating play space within walking distance for …
Mobilizing the Playground Movement
“On Wednesday more than 500 volunteers will gather at the Imagine Southeast Public Charter School, in Congress Heights, one of Washington’s poorest neighborhoods, to help construct the 2,000th playground led by KaBOOM!, an organization that has turned community playground building into the modern-day equivalent of barn raising. Among those assembling slides and swing sets alongside residents and Americorps volunteers will …