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 | Crown Pointe Academy, An Adams County District 50 Charter School, offers
a challenging, content-rich curriculum with goals of academic excellence and
achievement for all students. The school emphasizes that all students deserve
to be fully challenged and motivated to succeed. The school follows the
philosophy that self-esteem derives from true achievement.
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| What is a Charter School? The Colorado State Legislature passed the
Charter School Act to enable parents, educators, and community members to create
schools with specific goals and methods of teaching. The goal is to create
'schools of choice' that recognize different students learn in different ways. A
charter school is semi-autonomous. Its charter must be approved by the
local school board. The degree of autonomy that a charter school has is
negotiated with the local board.
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| What grades does it encompass? Crown
Pointe Academy offers grades K-8.
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| What curriculum does the school use? The Core Knowledge Sequence provides
the framework for Crown Pointe. The Sequence is based on the idea that learning
takes place gradually. That as children grow, they learn by building on what
they already know. The Sequence defines a solid, specific, sequenced base of
knowledge that is taught on a grade-by- grade basis in each subject area. This
'core' knowledge provides a challenging, interesting set of information that
will equip children for advanced education.
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| How is the Core Knowledge Sequence taught? A combination of delivery
methods is used including drill and practice, use of "hands on" resources,
projects and experiments, and the Socratic method of inquiry. Learning styles of
individual students are determined in order to structure lessons in a way that
meets student's needs. Students are required to commit to at- home reading for a
minimum of 15 minutes per day (kindergarten, first and second grades),
increasing in higher grades.
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| Are there tuition costs? No. Funding for the school comes from public
funds.
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| What about transportation? Parents are required to provide
transportation to the school.
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| Where is it located? This school is located in a
renovated District 50 building at 7281 Irving Street that is part of the
District 50 Career Enrichment Campus. The City of Westminster generously
provided funds for the renovation of the building into a school.
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What about class and school size? In each class, there are 25 students
with two staff members - one teacher and one educational aide. There are two Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade classes, and one class of 3rd-8th grades. We have a total of 300 K-8 students.
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| How much time are parents expected to devote to the school? A commitment
of 60 hours per family per school year is required - 30 hours for
single parents.
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| What about homework? Homework is assigned at all levels because it is an
important reinforcement for the learning that takes place in the classroom. This
is in addition to reading at home every day.
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| Is cafeteria service provided? Children primarily bring a sack lunch
from home. The parents of Crown Pointe have implemented a once-a-week lunch
program where food from local vendors is brought in to the school for sale to
students.
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| What about uniforms? Simple, comfortable uniforms worn by all
children are required. |
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