Wisconsin Charter Schools Yearbook - School Management Services

Nicole Schweitzer
305 West Foster Street
Appleton, WI 54915
(920) 832-6288
schweitzernich@aasd.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: PK-06
Sandy Vander Velden
1000 South Mason Street
Appleton, WI 54914
(920) 832-6260
vanderveldensa@aasd.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: 03-06
Al Brant
318 E. Brewster Street
Appleton, WI 54911
(920) 832-6294
brantallen@aasd.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: 06-08
Paula Sween
120 East Harris
Appleton, WI 54911
(920) 832-4604
sweenpaula@aasd.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: 03-08
Est. 2006 Foster (Stephen) Elementary Charter School
Stephen Foster Elementary Charter School is a small urban school serving
diverse and low-income students in kindergarten through grade 6. The school
is designed to empower students to become self-directed and life-long
learners and to assist parents to learn themselves while helping their children.
Foster’s major goal is differentiated instruction; the teacher meets the
individual students where they are and moves them along according to their
needs. Teachers meet with students for the purpose of setting individual
performance goals and assessing progress toward their goals each quarter.
Foster has developed and implemented a School Community Council
consisting of parents, teachers and community members, which oversees
many aspects of the school 'community' such as discipline programs, studentled
parent conferences, homework policies, family events to promote
learning, and parent education courses.
Est. 2005 Fox River Academy
The Fox River Academy is a multiage environmental "green school"
focusing on the environmental, historical, cultural, and economic importance
of the Fox River. Students receive instruction integrating all core subject
areas using the Fox River and its watershed as an anchor for learning. The
school serves students in grades 3-6 and features multi-age classrooms.
Students who benefit from the school are those who require hands-on,
experiential learning opportunities, retrieve information through deliberate
curricular connections, need to be challenged by inquiry learning, and have a
highly developed natural intelligence. Fox River Academy provides relevant
instruction through hands-on, real-world experiences relating to the students'
place in the community and environment, for the betterment and
understanding of their home in the Fox River Valley.
Est. 2007 Kaleidoscope Academy
Kaleidoscope Academy serves students grades 6-8 incorporating
instructional technology, employing interdisciplinary team teaching, and
offering choices for each individual student in Fine Arts, World Languages,
Technology Engineering, and Family and Consumer Education. Students at
Kaleidoscope Academy have the opportunity for increased fine arts study,
technology engineering, family and consumer education, and can choose
from eight world languages including Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. Kaleidoscope Academy concentrates
on using middle school best practices through the use of block scheduling
and interdisciplinary teaming. Transitioning from elementary school is
smoother as sixth grade students work with teams of two teachers and
increase to four teacher teams at the eighth grade level. Units of study are
integrated through all subjects where appropriate. Technology is infused into
the Kaleidoscope Academy approach to learning.
Est. 2000 Odyssey-Magellan Charter School
Odyssey-Magellan is a charter school for highly gifted students. Odyssey,
serving third through sixth grade students, is housed at Highlands Elementary
School. Magellan, serving seventh and eighth grade students, is housed at
Wilson Middle School. Odyssey-Magellan strives to provide its students a
depth and complexity of curriculum in combination with fast-paced learning.
The opportunity to study and learn with like-minded peers is both
challenging and exhilarating for students.
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