Paul Public Charter School

Paul Public Charter School is a charter school in northwest Washington, D.C.. It is located at 5800 Eighth Street NW, at the intersection of Eighth and Olglethorpe Streets. The school opened its doors as a public charter junior high school in 2000. It has students from sixth through twelfth grade (intermediate school). Paul focuses on allowing its students to become M.E.R.I.T Scholars, which stands for Motivated, Educated, Responsible, Independent, Thinkers. In August 2014 broke ground for high school expansion expected to be finished May 2015.

There are 675 students at Paul. Paul has 1% Asians and Pacific Islanders, 13.39% Hispanics, 84% African Americans, and 1% Caucasian.

Paul is named for Edward A. Paul, the first principal of Washington High School from 1877–1888. Paul was born in Haverill, MA in 1855 and graduated from high school in Lawrence, MA before graduating from Dartmouth College in 1876. He moved immediately to Washington, DC to become a school teacher and after one year took over the Advanced Grammar School for Boys as its only teacher and principal. The experimental school was chosen instead of a high school as some objected to the establishment of a high school. Later the Advanced Grammar School for Boys and a similar one for girls were combined to create the Washington High School (the current Cardozo Education Campus). In 1885, he briefly served as Acting Superintendent of schools. In 1888 he died in a traffic collision when his bicycle was run down from behind by a horse-drawn carriage.

External links

• Official site