“Imagine Schools has had many reasons to celebrate this spring. Imagine Clay Avenue Community School had one of its teachers advance to the national level for Teacher of the Year and three of its students place in a national essay contest. Imagine Madison Avenue School of Arts has had several of its graduating students accepted to the Toledo School of …
Imagine second-grader raises relief funds
“On Thursday, representatives from Imagine School of North Port presented the Southwest Florida American Red Cross with checks totaling $467. The funds were raised by students ranging in age from 5 to 7 years old to support Red Cross disaster relief. In the days and weeks following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, students and their families made and …
Imagine Schools’ Character Initiatives Recognized with Fourteen Promising Practices Awards
ARLINGTON, VA (June 6, 2011) – The Character Education Partnership (CEP), the leading national advocate for character education, notified Imagine Schools leaders recently that they had won fourteen Promising Practices awards, recognizing two national initiatives and twelve campus-based initiatives. CEP reviewed nearly 500 applications and honored 260 initiatives. Imagine Schools garnered more honors than any other educational organization. Promising Practices …
MASTer Academy off probation
“FORT WAYNE – About 18 months after its school board faced censure for lax governance, local charter school Imagine MASTer Academy is officially off probation. Ball State University, which authorized the school’s charter, sent a letter Monday commending the board for taking steps to improve its oversight of the Wells Street school. ‘I was very pleased,’ school board President Pat …
Imagine MASTer Academy off probation
“Imagine MASTer Academy has made suggested improvements and been released from probationary status by Ball State University Office of Charter Schools. The board completed a list of 10 requirements outlined in a February 2010 Corrective Action Plan Letter, and OCS Interim Director Robert A. Marra notified school board members Monday of the status change, according to a news release. The …
Riverside County grants Imagine Schools charter
“The Riverside County board of education granted Imagine Schools a countywide charter Wednesday, but it can’t expand beyond a first school in the Coachella Valley until it gets board approval. About three dozen Coachella-area residents applauded the vote. The board voted 4-2 for a three-year trial charter on a motion by trustee Lynne Craig, who said she wants to see …
Imagine MASTer Academy released from probation
“FORT WAYNE, IN – The Ball State University Office of Charter Schools (OCS) is applauding the Board of Directors of Imagine MASTer Academy (IMA) in Fort Wayne for making major improvements to its policies and practices. Having determined that the board successfully completed a list of ten requirements outlined in a February 2010 Corrective Action Plan Letter, OCS Interim Director …
Lake releases its FCAT scores
“Among Lake County schools’ most impressive accomplishments from the first release of FCAT 2.0 results were reading performances in grades 4-8: FOURTH GRADE — Fifteen of 27 elementary schools exceeded or met the state Mean Scale Score of 323 in reading (Grassy Lake, Villages, Seminole Springs, Round Lake Charter, Treadway, Minneola Charter, Astatula, Lost Lake, Groveland, Pine Ridge, Cypress Ridge, …