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…
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…
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!
Teaching students to read is not easy, and the research has shown that for decades teachers throughout the country have been using methods that were not grounded in the science of reading. As a result, many students struggled to learn to read. The “science of reading” refers to a set of teaching practices that have…
In the summer of 2022, CCS rolled out a new benefit to its staff – a partnership with Modern Health that allows staff members and their dependents to easily access a range of free mental health services. Even in the best of times, teaching is a challenging profession. It is no easy task for staff…