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| Sojourner Truth Academy | |
|---|---|
| Motto | "Each One Teach One" |
| Established | 2008 |
| Type | Charter school |
| Principal | Channa Mae Cook |
| Founder | Channa Mae Cook and Kristin L. Moody |
| Faculty | about 40 |
| Students | about 300 |
| Grades | 9, 10 & 11, adding 12th this upcoming school year |
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America |
| Campus | inner city |
| Colors | Burgundy/Black |
| Athletics | Basketball, track [1] |
| Mascot | Jaguars |
| Website | [1] |
Sojourner Truth Academy[2] (STA) is an open-enrollment charter high school in New Orleans, Louisiana that opened in August 2008. It is run under the auspices of the Recovery School District. This NOLA school should not be confused with the public charter k-6 elementary school located in Minneapolis, MN. Please see www.sojournertruthacademy.org to learn more about this Minneapolis, MN school.[2]
Sojourner Truth Academy is affiliated with New Schools for New Orleans and has an operating philosophy geared toward college preparation for its students. Enrollment in STA is free, and students are not required to meet any academic admissions benchmarks beyond those required by Louisiana law.[3]
STA opened its doors to one hundred ninth graders for the 2008-2009 school year, and currently has over 200 ninth and tenth-grade students. The school will host a graduating Senior class in 2012. By the time STA reaches maximum enrollment at the start of the 2011-2012 academic year, the school will serve an estimated four hundred New Orleans students in grades nine through twelve.
The school requires mandatory parent meetings and offers free breakfast to its students.
STA is led by co-founder and principal Channa Mae Cook.[4] Cook holds a B.A. in English with a minor in African American Studies from Stanford University, where she also earned an M.A. in Education with a secondary teaching credential. She began her teaching career at the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies, a public school serving grades six through twelve. Cook completed an M.S. in Educational Leadership and Administration at Pepperdine University.[5] In her final year with the Los Angeles public schools, Cook worked as the Literacy Coach at Crenshaw High School, helping teachers implement effective practices to improve student literacy.[6]
STA has received financial and developmental support from New Schools for New Orleans [3], the Walton Family Foundation [4] and the NewSchools Venture Fund [5].[3] The school has also received support from members of the New Orleans Saints football team, led by Cook's Stanford classmate Leigh Torrence, who raised $50,000 from his Saints teammates that was matched by an equal amount from the National Football League and used to fund the school's football team.[7]
Sojourner Truth Academy was featured on NPR's All Things Considered in August 2008.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/?u=sta&s=basketball&t=c
- ^ http://www.sojournertruthacademy.org/
- ^ a b Sojourner Truth Academy
- ^ http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2009/janfeb/pc/nolaschool.html
- ^ http://gsep.pepperdine.edu/colleague-magazine/winter2008/features/sojourner-truth-academy.htm
- ^ http://www.onyxcranium.com/solution/partofsolution.html
- ^ Jeff Duncan, "Leigh Torrence was an unlikely hero for the New Orleans Saints against Pittsburgh", Times-Picayune, November 2, 2010.
- ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93606424
