College Park Academy
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College Park Academy | |
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Location | |
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5751 Rivertech Court, Riverdale Park, MD 20737 United States | |
Coordinates | 38°58′59″N 76°57′14″W / 38.9829198°N 76.9539833°W |
Information | |
Opened | August 2013[1] |
School district | Prince George's County Public Schools |
Superintendent | Kevin M. Maxwell |
Principal | Steven Baker, Gordon Libby |
Faculty | 41 |
Grades | 6th–11th (12th grade by 2018) |
Gender | Co-educational |
Enrollment | approx. 637[2] |
• Grade 6 | 124[3] |
• Grade 7 | 116[4] |
• Grade 8 | 113[5] |
• Grade 9 | 103[6] |
• Grade 10 | 96[7] |
• Grade 11 | 85 |
Campus type | Suburban |
Color(s) | Red Black Gold |
Team name | Phoenix |
Communities served | Prince George's County, Maryland, surrounding communities |
Website | collegeparkacademy |
College Park Academy (commonly CPA) is a charter school middle and high school located in Riverdale Park, Maryland, United States.[8] The school is a joint collaboration project with the University of Maryland, College Park. This will provide benefits such as interaction with college students and allow students to take college preparatory classes.
History
Established in 2013 as the first online blended learning school in Prince George's County Public Schools, College Park Academy uses the online education program Connexus. This allows students to complete their classes via computer in school, providing a more resource efficient method of teaching, with teachers acting as aids and guides whenever the students need them. The school currently has 661 students in grades 6-12. The school uses a lottery-based system to allow students from all parts of the community to attend the school.[citation needed]
The nascent College Park Academy attempted to lease the previous College Park elementary building in College Park, but there was community opposition. Instead it chose to lease space in the former St. Mark's School in Hyattsville.[9] The school opened with grades 6–7 in August 2013 with about 300 students.[1]
The school built a new 50,400-square-foot (4,680 m2) facility to house the students and plans to open in fall 2017 at its new location, south of College Park-University of Maryland station and opposite the National Weather Service building at the University of Maryland. According to sources,[who?] the school's official grand opening will be on September 14 and 21, 2017.[citation needed] Its permanent campus in Riverdale Park opened on Tuesday October 3, 2017. At the time the school had 500 students.[10]
Race/ethnicity | 2016–2017 |
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African American | 60% |
Asian/Pac. Islander | 5% |
Hispanic | 14% |
White | 13% |
Two or More | 6% |
Curriculum
In 2013, all course modules and information are available for students on the internet. About half of the teaching is done in person while students use the internet service to access the remainder of the teaching information. Seven foreign languages were taught.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Wiggins, Ovetta (October 21, 2013). "College Park Academy charter school, connected to U-Md., is officially opened". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ http://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Enrollment.aspx?PV=34:17:16:2142:1:N:0:13:1:2:1:1:1:1:3
- ^ "Enrollment for Grade 6 All Students". Maryland State Department of Education. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ "Enrollment for Grade 7 All Students". Maryland State Department of Education. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ "Enrollment for Grade 8 All Students". Maryland State Department of Education. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ "Enrollment for Grade 9 All Students". Maryland State Department of Education. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ http://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Enrollment.aspx?PV=34:10:16:2142:1:N:0:13:1:2:1:1:1:1:3
- ^ "Contact Us Archived 2018-09-06 at the Wayback Machine", College Park Academy Public Charter School. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ Weaver, Rosanna Landis (2013-01-15). "Charter school to open in Hyattsville". Hyattsville Life & Times. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- ^ Roscoe, Jack (2017-10-04). "UMD celebrates College Park Academy's opening in Riverdale Park". The Diamondback. Retrieved 2018-09-06.