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[quote=Anonymous] am the Principal of the Trinidad Campus and I am the parent of a 1st grader at Center City. I have posted on this blog before and wanted to respond to one of the previous comments that said our schools have no value.

At CCPCS, it is our strongest conviction that true progress begins with the nourishment of the “whole” child. We believe that students can achieve and will rise to the high-expectations given to them. Trinidad Campus students recently placed number 1 out of 54 schools throughout DC (including DC Prep, Achievement Prep, EL Haynes, and many of the other schools mentioned on this blog) on the Achievement Network practice test for ELA. Nearly seventy percent of Trinidad students have moved two to three reading levels since the beginning of the academic school year. It is through rigorous instruction from faculty and consistent communication with dedicated parents that they were able to achieve this feat.

Yes, CCPCS is the “new kid” on the block, and we know that the road ahead is challenging, but for even the most elite charter schools around the U.S., true success did not happen for them over night. CCPCS has highly-qualified teachers on staff and a bevy of external resources to improve instruction. Faculty and staff members attend weekly professional developments and often travel to acquire outside training to keep educators on the forefront of what’s developing in education.

As it relates to diversity, CCPCS campuses mirror the communities we serve. Students learn foreign languages with weekly instruction from foreign language teachers. Students also have the opportunity to learn using Rosetta Stone. They recognize the importance of diversity and celebrate it continuously.

Students are challenged on a variety of levels, to meet writing and math benchmarks monthly. To say that our schools have no “value” is to say that our students are not the exceptionally talented, smart, and amazing life-long learners and leaders we know them to be![/quote]

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