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They did it! Imagine Town Center named a 2013 Florida School of Character
With state designation, school moves on to national character competition PALM COAST, FL (January 18, 2013) — Today, Imagine School at Town Center received notification from the Florida Intentional Character Partnership (FICP) that the school is officially a 2013 Florida School of Character. Imagine Town Center is well-known in Flagler County as a high performing [...]
Imagine Master Academy partners with the National Network of Digital Schools
FORT WAYNE, IN, Jan. 17, 2013 – Through a partnership with the National Network of Digital Schools (NNDS), school officials at Imagine Master Academy offer their students an exciting instructional alternative to the traditional classroom experience. Combining the flexible pacing options of online curriculum with the support of a facilitator in the classroom, Imagine Master [...]
Columbia police preparing schools for worst case scenario
Article published January 11, 2013. Video news story also available on MidlandsConnect.com. COLUMBIA (WACH) - Nina Strigle teaches fourth and fifth grade students at Imagine Columbia Leadership Academy. After December’s school shooting in Newtown Connecticut, Strigle knew her new lesson plan would be teaching students to be ready for emergencies. “It can happen in any school district or any grade [...]
Increasing number of students opting for charter schools
Article published on December 26, 2012 by TribLive.com A growing number of Western Pennsylvania students attending taxpayer-funded charter schools is changing public education, as parents take advantage of school choice. “We‘re competing with the cyber schools, and we think we can do it better,” Joseph Clapper said, superintendent at Quaker Valley School District, which draws [...]
Palm Beach County charter schools take varied approaches
Article published on December 22, 2012 by the Palm Beach Post. BOYNTON BEACH — At the Imagine School’s Chancellor campus here last week, Principal Susan Onori decided that it was time to practice and plan for the worst. “I’m changing a lot of things at my school,” Onori said at the small, charter elementary. She [...]
Special Celebration Honors Students for Academic Achievement
Columbus, Ohio (December 18, 2012) – Over 250 students, parents, and administrators packed into the crowded gymnasium at Imagine Groveport Community School on Monday morning for a very special ceremony. The assembly was an Academic Achievement Celebration that was held to recognize and honor students at Imagine who achieved academic progress gains of one year [...]
Imagine West Gilbert wins Trim the Table School Challenge
Article and video posted on December 21, 2012 by AZfamily.com Fry’s and 3TV announced the winner of the Trim the Table School Challenge: Imagine Schools West Gilbert PHOENIX – Collecting more than 7,800 cans of green beans helped clinch the Trim the Table School Challenge title for the students of Imagine Schools of West Gilbert. [...]
Imagine on Broadway Individualizes Instruction
FORT WAYNE, IN (20 December 2012) — Imagine Schools on Broadway held a focused and informative academic parent meeting for all parents of students in the third, fourth, and fifth grades. Imagine staff presented its plan for students’ academic success for the balance of the school year. Lindsay Omlor, Assistant Principal and Title I Coordinator [...]
Retired Marine stands guard at his daughters’ school in N. Colorado
Article published on December 20, 2012 by Fox31 Denver. FIRESTONE, Colo. — A retired U.S. Marine, and father, was moved to stand guard at his daughters’ school Thursday, in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut last Friday. The oil worker put on his fatigues and gave everyone at Imagine Charter [...]
Imagine Columbia: No Funny Money
Article published in the December 2012 MicroSociety newsletter. As the newly appointed president of Imagine Columbia Leadership Academy’s Micro bank, fourth grader Sam oversees dozens of transactions every day. But one day, after cashing his paycheck and receiving a freshly counted bundle of Micro bills, Sam had a strange thought. He leaned over to the [...]
Imagine Weston: Mayor’s Get Fit Challenge Cup
Article and photos published City of Weston Newsday Tuesday. Imagine Charter students were out in full force trying to defend their 2011 Mayor’s Challenge Cup victory. Were they successful? IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON for the second year in a row with over 500 participating from their school alone. The Mayor’s Challenge Cup drew 1,000 participants. [...]
Imagine Charter School (at Weston) Selected as a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School
News Release from the City of Weston published on Dec. 4, 2012. Imagine Charter Weston received the unprecedented distinction of being honored as a National Blue Ribbon School, one of only 7 public and private schools in the State of Florida selected for this prestigious honor in 2012. The Blue Ribbon School Award is considered [...]
West Melbourne students take charge, form ‘MicroSociety’
Article published on December 3, 2012 by FloridaToday.com Fourth-grader Debra Fortes spoke into the microphone Thursday, addressing the new MicroSociety “citizens” at Imagine Schools at West Melbourne. “It’s our voice and our choice,” the 10-year-old said before taking the presidential oath of office. “We are Imagine! Thank you.” The school started the MicroSociety program last [...]
Owners of Imagine visit
Article published on November 8, 2012 by The Weekly Challenger. BY DEXTER MCCREE and ISABELLE OPPER ST. PETERSBURG — The vision of new principal, Carolyn Wilson, of Imagine Schools at St. Petersburg is in full view. The owners of the school, the Bakke family, made a recent visit to watch the excitement take place. Student [...]
Imagine Weston Named a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School by the US Department of Education
WESTON, FL (November 5, 2012) — Imagine Charter School at Weston has a new reason to celebrate. School leaders received official notice that the U.S. Department of Education has named the public charter school a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School. Affirming what is well-known within Broward County and the state of Florida, the prestigious national [...]
Flagler Schools’ Overall Enrollment Flat For 4th Straight Year as Charters Keep Growing
Article published on Nov. 2, 2012 by FlaglerLive.com Overall enrollment in the Flagler County public school district remained essentially flat for the fourth straight year, according to preliminary figures released by the district. But for the fourth straight year, enrollment in the district’s traditional public schools fell, while enrollment in charter schools exceeded 1,000 for [...]
Imagine North Manatee: Portrait of Success
Article published on October 25, 2012 in the Bradenton Herald. At Imagine Schools North Manatee, it’s all about “emphasizing academic excellence and character development as the essential elements of life-long success,” according to Principal Jennifer Lucas. Imagine Schools North Manatee opened in Palmetto in 2006, and serves pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The tuition-free charter school teaches students with varying types of learning abilities, including education for [...]
Iman Ali: A Journey of Learning and Giving Back
Article published on October 24, 2012 by GlobalArizona.com After just a short conversation with Iman Ali, you leave encouraged, challenged, and inspired. Based on her eloquence and comfortable manner of relating, you would never suspect that years ago, her English was limited to “yes” and “no”. Iman came to America as a Somali refugee in [...]
Imagine School Sharks rally late to shock Bradenton Christian
Article published on October 6, 2012 by the Bradenton Herald. BRADENTON — The homecoming tradition states the home team usually schedules an opponent it feels it can overmatch. With a roster of only freshmen and sophomores, Imagine School of North Port seemed to fit the bill Friday for Bradenton Christian. However, sophomore do-it-all quarterback Anthony [...]
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