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[quote=Anonymous]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 25, 2011

More Options for DC Students: BASIS DC will open for 2012-13 School Year

Washington, DC, August 25, 2011 – Students and parents in Washington, DC have reason to celebrate.  A school with a national reputation for excellence will be opening in the fall of 2012. The school, BASIS DC, will offer a curriculum which challenges students to reach the highest international education standards.

BASIS DC will be an open enrollment school which will not require entrance examinations and will not charge tuition. Any student can attend if there is space available; a registration lottery will determine admission if there are more students interested than the school can accommodate.  The school will open with grades 5 – 8, but will expand to serve students in grades 5 – 12 by 2016.

The academic program at BASIS DC will be a replication of the BASIS Schools model which has proven successful in Arizona, earning its flagship campus, BASIS Tucson, top ten statuses in The Washington Post, US News and Newsweek’s rankings of America’s Best High Schools.  Despite BASIS’s reputation for excellence and rigor, the academic program is designed to accommodate all students. “Students don’t have to be geniuses to do well in the BASIS program,” says Michael Block, co-founder of the original BASIS School in Tucson, “they just have to be willing to work hard.”

2011 BASIS graduates were accepted to Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Penn, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Duke, Dartmouth, The University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Brown, Cornell, Berkeley, and other top tier colleges and universities.   “I really firmly believe that because of the fact that I went to this school, I got accepted to Harvard,” says Gabriel Carranza, who graduated from BASIS Tucson in May. Since the first BASIS School opened in 1998, 100 percent of BASIS graduates have been accepted to a 4 year college or university, many entering college as sophomores due to the advanced nature of their academic coursework.

BASIS leaders look forward to similar success in Washington, DC. “No matter a child’s economic background, geographic location, culture or ethnicity, a quality education along with hard work provides the opportunity to become successful in life,” says Nick Fleege, BASIS Schools’ New School Development Director, “we will strive to provide an education of the highest quality to DC students.”

BASIS DC will utilize an intensive student support system to ensure all students are prepared for the demanding BASIS curriculum.  BASIS DC is currently exploring ways to finance its student support system which will begin long before students even enroll in the school.  “The objective is to allow adequate time and attention to bringing students up to grade level and facilitating their transition to BASIS,” says Sheri Piece, New Schools Curriculum Director for BASIS.

BASIS DC will begin collecting registration packets for the 2012-13 school year in early 2012.  Parents who are interested in learning more about the BASIS program can sign up for the BASIS DC interest list at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BASIS_DC.  Signing up for the Interest List will ensure you receive updates and information about BASIS DC, including dates for informational meetings, open registration, and deadlines for enrollment.

BASIS™ is a trademark or registered trademark of BASIS Educational Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions.  Used with permission.

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