SCHOOLS (F-J) BY COUNTY
SCHOOLS (F-J) BY COUNTYFORSYTH
Arts Based School
Arts Based Elementary School (ABES) is a public charter school that charges no tuition and is open to everyone.We teach children the basics and beyond through first-hand encounters with dance, music, theatre, and visual arts. ABES' K-5 students will achieve high academic performance. They learn in classes led by creative and caring certified teachers and through arts partnerships with local arts and cultural agencies. ABES provides imaginative learning experiences to nurture student character development, self-esteem, and self-confidence. The school works to advance important values and appreciation of art and beauty, democracy, families, individual freedom, personal responsibility, and building social capital -- a better and more inclusive community.
County: Forsyth
Grade Span: K-5
Year Approved: 2000
Year Open: 2002
School Administrator: Robin Hollis
School Administrator Phone: 336.748.4116
Address:
1380 N Martin Luther King Jr. Dr
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
336.748.4116 (phone)
336.748.4117 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Deanna Townsend-Smith
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3263
Forsyth Academy
At Forsyth Academy, we offer a challenging educational experience which goes above and beyond the typical North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Additionally, we have a strong moral focus program which fosters student accountability for behavior and social expectations. Our school prioritizes academic growth and instructional time so each student works towards meeting and exceeding grade level expectations. We encourage our students to realize their full academic potential in preparation for higher education and adulthood.
County: Forsyth
Grade Span: K-8
Year Approved: 1999
Year Open: 1999
School Administrator: Wendy Watkins
School Administrator Phone: 336.922.1121
Address:
5426 Shattalon Dr.
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
336.922.1121 (phone)
336.922.1033 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Deanna Townsend-Smith
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3263
Quality Education Academy
The mission of Quality Education Academy (also referred to as Quality Education Schools and Quality Education Institute) is to maximize the educational potential of QES students relative to the North Carolina Standard Course of Studies (NCSCOS), High-Stakes testing, and QES mission-specific outcomes in alignment with average cost, per pupil, of Mecklenburg, Guilford and Forsyth Counties.
County: Forsyth
Grade Span: K-12
Year Approved: 1997
Year Open: 1997
School Administrator: Simon Johnson
School Administrator Phone: 336.744.7138
Address:
5012-D Lansing Dr
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
336.744.7138 (phone)
336.744.1538 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Deanna Townsend-Smith
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3263
The Carter G. Woodson School of Challenge
Education and citizenship are our vital concern.
County: Forsyth
Grade Span: K-12
Year Approved: 1997
Year Open: 1997
School Administrator: Ruth Hopkins
School Administrator Phone: 336.723.6838
Address:
437 Goldfloss St
Winston-Salem, NC 27127
336.723.6838 (phone)
336.723.6425 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Deanna Townsend-Smith
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3263
The STEAM Academy
Our mission is to create a school whose classroom is the community: a partnership of parents, teachers, students, and community resources who come together sharing a vision of hope for our school and our city. This vision is focused on a child centered philosophy that enhances and supports a child’s development in the context of family and community.
County: Forsyth
Grade Span: 5-8
Year Approved: 1997
Year Open: 1997
School Administrator: Susan Lawyer Willis
School Administrator Phone: 336.748.3838
Address:
280 S. Liberty St.
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
336.748.3838 (phone)
336.748.3359 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Deanna Townsend-Smith
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3263
FRANKLIN
Crosscreek Charter
Crosscreek Charter School inspires academic excellence by empowering each student to reach his/her fullest potential as a lifelong learner. In order to best respond to each child’s unique learning style, the school offers an educational experience based on well-researched innovative methods. Educators, students and parents work together to create a nurturing, child-based learning environment to develop the whole child as a responsible, compassionate member of both the school and its surrounding community.
County: Franklin
Grade Span: K-8
Year Approved: 2001
Year Open: 2001
School Administrator: Robin Jackson
School Administrator Phone: 919.497.3198
Address:
306 Sandalwood Avenue
Louisburg, NC 27549
919.497.3198 (phone)
919.497.0232 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Cande Honeycutt
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3493
GASTON
Mountain Island Charter
Mountain Island Charter School is committed to a community of enthusiastic and eager learners who will become successful problem solvers, work with persistence, demonstrate integrity, tolerance and respect in personal behavior and model leadership with a heart for service in a complex and diverse society. Through an integrated approach, a strong foundation in traditional disciplines is built across a broad range of academic, artistic, athletic and co-curricular opportunities with a global perspective. We are actively growing great minds!
County: Gaston
Grade Span: K-9
Year Approved: 2009
Year Open: 2010
School Administrator: Linda Bratcher
School Administrator Phone: 704.827.8840
Address:
14516 Lucia Riverbend Hwy
Mount Holly, NC 28120
704.827.8840 (phone)
704.831.5285 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Tom Miller
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3263
Piedmont Community
The Piedmont Community Charter School will provide an academically challenging curriculum. We will provide an environment enabling student development of character, morals, and responsibility. The school will foster a constant and continuous relationship between families, teachers, and the community. We believe in nurturing an educational atmosphere which leaves all participants with a life long love for learning that enables them to become positive contributors in their community. The School teaches the Core Knowledge Curriculum aligned with the NCSCOS. PCCS is proud to be an official Core Knowledge School and national visitation site.
County: Gaston
Grade Span: K-12
Year Approved: 2000
Year Open: 2000
School Administrator: Audene Scarlett
School Administrator Phone: 704.349.4645
Address:
PO Box 3706
Gastonia, NC 28054
704.349.4645 (phone)
704.853.3689 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Tom Miller
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3492
GUILFORD
Cornerstone Charter Academy
Cornerstone Charter Academy, a tuition-free public charter school, will give every student the opportunity to reach his or her full potential by providing a rigorous academic program, character education, and meaningful parental participation.
County: Guilford
Grade Span: K-6
Year Approved: 2011
Year Open: 2012
School Administrator: Brent Smith
School Administrator Phone: 336.482.3855
Address:
2535 New Garden East
Greensboro, NC 27455
336.482.3855 (phone)
336.482.3857 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Deanna Townsend-Smith
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3263
Greensboro Academy
At Greensboro Academy our credo is simple: Set high-standards, make expectations clear, provide meaningful instruction, and watch children excel academically. At Greensboro Academy every student is given the tools for success, in and out of the classroom. With a commitment to work, good citizenship, and personal responsibility students experience a safe, secure environment where learning and achievement can thrive.
County: Guilford
Grade Span: K-8
Year Approved: 1999
Year Open: 1999
School Administrator: Rudy Swofford
School Administrator Phone: 336.286.8404
Address:
4049 Battleground Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27410
336.286.8404 (phone)
336.286.8403 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Deanna Townsend-Smith
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3263
Guilford Prep Academy
Guilford Preparatory Academy is a tuition-free public school of choice located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Our curriculum and school program is designed to prepare students, beginning in Kindergarten, to successfully compete in college and in the global marketplace. We understand the importance of our students being bilingual and so we treat our Spanish language curriculum as a core subject rather than an elective, which is the model in most public schools.
County: Guilford
Grade Span: K-8
Year Approved: 1999
Year Open: 2001
School Administrator: Robin Buckrham
School Administrator Phone: 336.954.1344
Address:
2210 E. Cone Blvd
Greensboro, NC 27405
336.954.1344 (phone)
336.540.0208 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Deanna Townsend-Smith
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3263
Phoenix Academy
County: Guilford
Grade Span: K-5
Year Approved: 2000
Year Open: 2000
School Administrator: Kim Norcross
School Administrator Phone: 336.869.0079
Address:
4020 Meeting Way
HighPoint, NC 27265
336.869.0079 (phone)
336.869.3399 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Deanna Townsend-Smith
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3263
The College Preparatory and Leadership Academy of High Point
The mission of The College Preparatory and Leadership Academy of High Point is to graduate students who are prepared academically, socially, and morally to succeed in college. Our vision is to create learning communities for stuents and parents that foster: 1) discipline and focus; 2) engagement and investment,; and 3) exposure and adventure. The College Preparatory and Leadership Academy of High Point seeks to create a culture of achievement and higher learning that will give students more opportunities in life, specifically through education.
County: Guilford
Grade Span: K-4
Year Approved: 2011
Year Open: 2012
School Administrator: Michelle Johnson
School Administrator Phone: 336.264.5573
Address:
300 S NC 68 Hwy
Greensboro, NC 27409
336.264.5573 (phone)
DPI Consultant: Deanna Townsend-Smith
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3263
TRIAD Math & Science
TMSA provides improved math, science, and technology learning opportunities for students to develop the capacity to succeed in college and pursue challenging scientific careers, through research based proven teaching methods, performance based accountability measures and dedicated leadership.TMSA’s educational program will provide opportunities for all students and close the gap for the disadvantaged students with the proven math and science programs that work for at-risk students, as well as academically gifted students.
County: Guilford
Grade Span: K-10
Year Approved: 2008
Year Open: 2008
School Administrator: Hakan Orak
School Administrator Phone: 336.621.0061
Address:
700 Creek Ridge Road
Greensboro, NC 27406
336.621.0061 (phone)
336.621.0072 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Deanna Townsend-Smith
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3263
HENDERSON
The Mountain Community
To create an educational environment where students are inspired to academic excellence and discovery. Teachers, parents, students and the community will work together to honor individuality and diversity, nurture respect for self and others, and foster a lifelong love of learning.
County: Henderson
Grade Span: K-8
Year Approved: 1999
Year Open: 1999
School Administrator: Denise Pesce
School Administrator Phone: 828.696.8480
Address:
613 Glover Street
Hendersonville, NC 28792
828.696.8480 (phone)
828.696.8451 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Tom Miller
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3492
IREDELL
American Renaissance
County: Iredell
Grade Span: K-8
Year Approved: 1999
Year Open: 1999
School Administrator: Kathleen Gay (Interim)
School Administrator Phone: 704.878.6009
Address:
217 South Center Street
Statesville, NC 28677
704.878.6009 (phone)
704.878.9350 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Tom Miller
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3492
Pine Lake Preparatory
Principles: Prepare, Nurture, Lead and Engage; Standards-based elementary with essential skill-building in core subjects and the arts that accelerates toward rigorous college prep curriculum in middle and high; SCOS, Core Knowledge, AP/college, languages; Service based learning; Field experiences, travel & senior project preparation.
County: Iredell
Grade Span: K-12
Year Approved: 2006
Year Open: 2007
School Administrator: Christopher Terrill
School Administrator Phone: 704.237.5300
Address:
104 Yellow Wood Circle
Mooresville, NC 28115
704.237.5300 (phone)
NA (fax)
DPI Consultant: Tom Miller
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3492
Success Institute
The primary mission of Success Institute is to create an environment conducive to learning and facilitates excellent academic achievement and to foster a life long personal commitment to education. The purpose of Success Institute is to develop the whole child through physical, social, and emotional growth.
County: Iredell
Grade Span: K-8
Year Approved: 2000
Year Open: 2000
School Administrator: Tenna Williams
School Administrator Phone: 704.881.0441
Address:
P O Box 1332
Statesville, NC 28687
704.881.0441 (phone)
704.881.0870 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Tom Miller
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3492
JACKSON
Summit Charter
Summit Charter School educates children from kindergarten through eighth grade. The school's philosophy is based on Ernest Boyer's The Basic School and focuses on School as Community, Climate for Learning, a Coherent Curriculum and Character Education. We are located in the western most part of North Carolina.
County: Jackson
Grade Span: K-8
Year Approved: 1997
Year Open: 1997
School Administrator: Dr. Jack Talmadge
School Administrator Phone: 828.743.5755
Address:
PO Box 1339
Cashiers, NC 28717
828.743.5755 (phone)
828.743.9157 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Tom Miller
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3492
JOHNSTON
Neuse Charter
Fostering individual learning styles; nurturing and facilitating our children's natural abilities to think creatively and critically; and promoting self-confidence through respect for self, others and the environment.
County: Johnston
Grade Span: K-9
Year Approved: 2006
Year Open: 2007
School Administrator: Joel Erby (Interim)
School Administrator Phone: 919.938.1077
Address:
909 Booker Dairy Road, P O Box 30
Smithfield, NC 27577
919.938.1077 (phone)
919.938.1079 (fax)
DPI Consultant: Lisa Swinson
DPI Consultant Phone: 919.807.3495