In New Orleans, February usually means it’s time to catch a Mardi Gras parade and learn about Black History Month. For the educators at CCS, they were tasked with bringing in the Mardi Gras season for their scholars who have had an unprecedented school year while paying homage to the Black history that surrounds…
Crescent City Schools Chief Operating Officer, Chris Hines, was featured in an article published by The Lens earlier this month that focuses on the financial impact of COVID-19 on schools. The article discusses how the pandemic-driven declines in sales tax revenue would reduce a special district per-pupil allotment on top of a projected overall…
Crescent City Schools Director of Special Education Kevin Lapinski was featured in a national article about how New Orleans schools are serving special education students after the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent closure of school buildings. Lapinski explained how CCS staff addressed the services their scholars missed while learning in a digital learning environment and how…
Harriet Tubman Charter School’s Karen Johnston was featured in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Teachers in America Podcast, which focuses on the ever-changing learning landscape. Guests on the podcast share stories and explore ideas and innovations that will improve the future of K-12 education. Johnston has been with Tubman for more than 9 years, serving as a…
Not even a global pandemic can keep the Akili band down! The band, which currently has 15 members, worked to find new ways to continue to play and share their music with the community while abiding by COVID-19 protocols and procedures. Akili Dean of Enrichment and Band Director Tryphena Hughes spearheaded the changes to ensure…
Habans staff members were excited to welcome middle schoolers back to in-person learning in late October. Due to the abrupt closure of school buildings in mid-March, distance learning was the only option for Spring 2020 and for the first months of Fall 2020. The teaching staff began strategizing for the return to in-person learning over…
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…
During the 2016-17 academic year, CCS began its Aurora Program, an alternative education program that provides additional educational and behavioral support to some of its highest-need students. The program initially served scholars from kindergarten through 3rd grade but has expanded to include scholars up to 8th grade. After three years in temporary facilities, the Aurora…
Crescent City Schools has partnered with the Verizon Innovative Learning Initiative to provide 1,250 Chromebooks with built-in WiFi to all scholars in grades 5-8 at all of its campuses. “It is the game changer,” Akili Academy Principal Allison Lowe said. “We’re now able to make sure all our families are connected and ready to learn.”…
Born September 8th, 1954, Ruby Bridges was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in the Upper 9th Ward. Ruby was escorted to the William Frantz School, now home to Akili Academy, by federal marshals and through more than 500 protestors on November 14th, 1960. She spent most of her…