Crescent City Schools proudly welcomes all its students and staff back for the new year. We’re looking forward to the 2022-23 school year, and we’re excited to have everyone back and ready to learn! We’ve got over 350 staff ready to teach New Orleans youth. At CCS, we believe that every scholar deserves a great…
CCS is proud to welcome Raquel Kraushar as the new principal of Tubman Montessori. A veteran teacher who has worked at CCS for 7 years, Raquel is very focused on literacy for this school year. CCS is very excited to have her as the principal of Montessori, and we’re looking forward to an amazing school…
On May 3rd, more than 320 donors raised $25,156 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 four campuses in the CCS network: Harriet Tubman Charter School, Tubman Montessori, Akili Academy, and Paul…
The Habans Stormwater and Nature Center gives enrichment teacher Kevin McDunn many opportunities to use nature itself as his classroom. From identifying bird calls to keeping outdoor journals, scholars are able to engage with the outdoors in new ways. To learn more about how Kevin uses the Stormwater and Nature Center as part of the…
It’s not every day that students receive a surprise visit from professional football players while at school but Thursday, February 3rd, was such a day for more than 70 students at Harriet Tubman Charter School. Unbeknownst to Tubman students, the school was selected by the New Orleans Saints and UnitedHealthcare to be the new home…
Director of Evaluation and Appraisal Katherine Chenier has been with CCS since her Doctoral level internship when she began working at Akili Academy in 2013. Katherine is now a licensed psychologist, working in the school system that she grew up in. “At CCS, I feel like everyone is always working together with the best…
One of the reasons that CCS is so unique is because its staff, parents, supporters, and board members believe in the unlimited potential of each child. Connie Labat, one of our newest board members, is a native New Orleanian who attended and taught at William Frantz school, now home to Akili Academy of New…
Despite the pandemic turning the landscape of school upside down, Tubman’s Montessori hybrid model has proven its ability to fight against learning loss. Tubman’s model is a multi-age Montessori hybrid, meaning that each classroom has two teachers- a math teacher and an ELA teacher – as well as ten kindergarteners, ten first graders, and ten…
Dear friends, I am writing to provide you with an update on the Crescent City Schools network – its staff, students, and campuses – in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. If you are a local New Orleanian, then you have personally witnessed the hurricane’s impact – on your own home, your neighbor’s home, or your…
Paul Habans Charter School’s music program just got a major upgrade! Thanks to the Save The Music Foundation, Habans will soon receive $49,000 worth of new musical instruments and related materials to enhance its existing band program. Habans will receive 36 instruments as part of this grant, including flutes, clarinets, alto saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and…