2011 marked Ty’rion Richards’s introduction to Crescent City Schools, when she began attending Harriet Tubman Charter School as an eighth grade student. Although Ty’rion had spent her previous middle school years at another school in the city, the connections she made with Tubman staff and teachers helped her to thrive in her new school environment…
Osborne’s Thomas Baker and LaShawnda Alexander both received the New Schools for New Orleans Excellence in Teaching Award. This award is a recognition of teachers from public schools in New Orleans public school and includes a $1,000 classroom excellence grant. We recently sat down with Thomas and LaShawnda to learn more about their teaching background,…
CCS is proud to have Johmyrin Johnson serving on its Board of Directors. A New Orleans native currently working as a pharmacist and a pastor, Johmyrin is passionate about education and giving back to the New Orleans community. Keep reading below to see our Q&A with Johmyrin and learn more about his past work in…
Charlie DePietro has held a number of positions in his past thirteen years as an educator, from fourth grade math teacher to Director of Curriculum and Instruction. But there is one position that, until now, Charlie had not yet held: Principal. That all changed in Spring 2023, when Charlie was chosen to be the principal…
As the end of the academic year rapidly approaches, I’m writing today to share some news about how our network will be growing – and changing – in the near future. As of July 1st, we are merging Akili Academy with Mildred Osborne Charter School and assuming operations for the newly merged Osborne Charter School.…
On May 2nd, more than 320 donors raised $23,665 for Crescent City Schools on GiveNOLA Day, a regional day of online giving organized by the Greater New Orleans Foundation. These funds donated on GiveNOLA Day go directly to the five campuses in the CCS network: Harriet Tubman Charter School, Tubman Montessori, Akili Academy, Dorothy Height…
Crescent City Schools is a proud partner of Reach University, a nonprofit university that employs job-embedded learning to help communities grow their talents and earn their degrees. Director of Human Capital Amanda Hollman became aware of Reach University in Summer 2021 and knew immediately that this type of programming would be of interest to CCS. …
Imagine a school day where students can use a 3D printer to create prototypes of their own designs, participate in an immersive virtual reality experience, and hold holograms in the palm of their hands. For the scholars at Dorothy Height, this is their reality. Thanks to a partnership with Verizon, Heart of America, and Arizona…
As part of a citywide effort to ensure schools are inspiring places for all students, Paul Habans was renamed the Dorothy Height Charter School. They celebrated their new name, which honors educator and social activist Dorothy Irene Height. To learn more about Dorothy Height’s legacy, click here!
Although Mary Jo Capra is an Alabama native, and a current Florida resident, she knows what it means to miss New Orleans. Capra first visited New Orleans in 1975 and has loved the city ever since. “I’ve been going to Jazz Fest for 35 years, since 1985, and have only missed three weeks of Jazz…