When Mariyam Salley first moved from New York to New Orleans nine years ago to teach at Crescent City Schools, becoming a principal wasn’t part of her plan. “I had never even seen myself past being an excellent teacher,” Salley reflects. “I wanted to be the best teacher for kids.” That dedication to teaching excellence…
Harriet Tubman’s music program has grown fast in the last six years, involving around 500 students across elementary and middle school. Third and fourth grade students all take elementary music together, while the fifth through eighth graders can choose to participate in either a brass band or drumline. Through these music programs, Tubman staff member…
Although Jaila Jones had always wanted to work with children, she didn’t know where that interest would eventually take her. Initially, Jones thought about working in the field of children’s health. However, when a college roommate shared information about TeachNOLA with Jones, her interest was piqued. TeachNOLA is a teacher preparation program that offers certification…
Chris Dufour is a man who wears many hats. He’s the CEO of Esplanade Energy, sits on the advisory board and finance committee of AMCREF Community Capital, and has been a Crescent City Schools board member since October of 2015. “When my family moved back to New Orleans after Katrina, I really wanted to give…
Crescent City Schools is excited to share more about Dr. Jennifer Baudy, the new Director of the Aurora Program. For the past decade, Dr. Baudy has been a constant presence in the Crescent City Schools network. Starting as a social worker at Harriet Tubman Charter School in 2014, Dr. Baudy quickly became an integral part…
Crescent City Schools is excited to welcome students back to Harriet Tubman Charter School, Tubman Montessori, Dorothy Height Charter School, Mildred Osborne Charter School, and the Aurora Program for the 2024-2025 academic year. We begin this year excited to build on the progress our students made last year. As their 2024 LEAP scores indicate, the…
In May, students from Dorothy Height Charter School took their history and civics lessons beyond the walls of their classrooms and embarked on a trip to our nation’s capital. Their journey to Washington D.C. was filled with new experiences and unforgettable memories. The end of year D.C. trip was reinstated in 2023, after a three-year…
On May 7th, hundreds of CCS supporters helped the network set a new record! Thanks to the generosity of 395 donors, more than $29,000 was donated to 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…
In late 2023, Adam Lownik was introduced to a new project that aimed to change how the school approached reading intervention – a partnership with Amira Learning, a program that uses artificial intelligence to help students improve their reading fluency. As the Director of Intervention with eleven years of teaching at Tubman under his belt,…
Two years ago, Barbara Blackwell stepped into the position of Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) Coach at Harriet Tubman Charter School. Thanks to CCS’s participation in the VILS program, every fifth through eighth-grade student has had access to a wifi-enabled computer that they can use both in school and at home since the Fall of…