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Charter schools report test-score growth, program highlights at board work session
Summary
Five charter schools gave annual updates to the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District board, reporting MAP growth and describing community partnerships, curriculum changes and program highlights such as place-based learning, elder integration and arts-based instruction.
Five charter-school principals reported academic gains, program highlights and community partnerships at the district's work session Tuesday, citing MAP growth measures, new curriculum adoptions and expanded community ties.
Watershed Charter School principal Jared Decker presented a one-page report and said the school is revising its mission as part of a strategic plan; APC chair Sina Gilbert described finalizing objectives, reviewing bylaws and focusing on stewardship and place-based learning. Decker highlighted project-based learning and winter-to-winter MAP growth figures and described monthly service activities, including a fifth-grade program at Pioneer Home.
Effie Cochran principal Josh Snow told the board Effie's charter had been renewed for 10 years by the state and described flexible credit-recovery…
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