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Achievement Preparatory Academy Community Day Featured in the
Washington Afro-American
This Saturday, May 5th, 2012, Achievement Prep will be hosting its very first Community Day at Oxon Run Park (corner of Wheeler Rd and Valley Rd SE) from 12 noon until 3pm. The event will feature a wide range of social service resources for families, as well as free food from Hill Country BBQ, face painting, relay races and a variety of other fun games for the whole family. The Washington Afro-American posted a great article about our school and the event. Check out the full story here.
APA 5th Grade scholar Kevin Akers participated in festivities in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on January 16, 2012.
Check out his photo below, from USA Today's website!
Check out his photo below, from USA Today's website!
U.S. Park Ranger Jeff Jones and Kevin Akers, 9, lead a march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial. The march for children and families marked the first year the King site in Washington, D.C. is open for the King holiday.
Achievement Preparatory Academy Announced as a
Tier 1 Charter School in the District of Columbia
The District of Columbia unveiled its first ranking of public charter schools on December 6, 2011. Achievement Prep was recognized as one of only 22 schools to be ranked in Tier 1. Mayor Vincent Gray held a press conference at Achievement Prep to announce the rankings. Click here for a Washington Post story about the rankings. Click here to watch the full press conference.
Achievement Preparatory Academy Receives National Recognition for
Driving Dramatic Student Achievement Gains
We are proud to announce that Achievement Prep has received the EPIC Silver-Gain Award for our high gains in student achievement. Achievement Prep was one of only 18 charter schools from around the country selected as an award-winning school in the New Leaders for New Schools Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC). This honor allows us to identify best practices contributing to our high student achievement gains and to document those practices on the EPIC Knowledge System, a powerful web-based professional development resource documenting the real-life practices of urban schools driving significant achievement gains. Click here for a full press release.