Wisconsin Charter Schools Yearbook - School Management Services

William Haithcock
714 49th Street
Kenosha, WI 53140
(262) 925-1400
whaithco@kusd.edu
Grade Levels: 09-12
Diane Blackmon
3600 52nd Street
Kenosha, WI 53144
(262) 653-7715
dblackmo@kusd.edu
Grade Levels: 09-12
Ellen Becker
5821 Tenth Avenue
Kenosha, WI 53140
(262) 658-4540
ebecker@kusd.edu
Grade Levels: 06-08
Angela Andersson
714 49th Street
Kenosha, WI 53140
(262) 925-1400
aanderss@kusd.edu
Grade Levels: KG-08
Est. 2007 Harborside Academy
Harborside Academy is a 9-12 grade Expeditionary Learning charter high
school located in Kenosha Wisconsin. Harborside’s school design combines
rigorous academic content and real world projects, students participate in
“learning expeditions” which involve in-depth study of engaging topics
coupled with active teaching, fieldwork, and community service.
The school design focuses on teaching in an engaging way. Harborside has a
rigorous curriculum and promotes high levels of student engagement through
real-world learning focused on issues of concern to young people. The
curriculum will have a strong fieldwork component. Students have the
experience of authentic service to the community as an ethic that permeates the
school community and as an important element of their academic work.
Students also learn that values such as collaboration, perseverance, and
craftsmanship are essential to the production of high quality work. Staff
emphasize post secondary preparation, professional quality student work, and
engaging students through active pedagogy.
Est. 2007 Kenosha eSchool
The Kenosha eSchool is a full-service online virtual high school operating in
conjunction with the Appleton eSchool and the Wisconsin eSchool Network.
The Kenosha eSchool exists to meet students’ needs by employing new and
emerging technologies and providing access to a high-quality, standardsdriven,
common-assessments curriculum in an environment that is self-paced
and accommodating to students’ varying physical locations, individualized
plans, and time frames. The Kenosha eSchool offers a full spectrum of courses,
allowing students to achieve all graduation requirements.
Est. 1997 Paideia Charter School Academy
Paideia Academy is a school of choice, serves students in grades 6-8 in
Kenosha Unified School District No. Paideia is a curriculum philosophy, and
the Paideia Academy is the first school in Wisconsin to implement this
approach. Instruction is accomplished through three techniques--didactic,
coaching, and seminar--and aims to use Socratic questioning and critical
thinking to link problem solving strategies with real-life situations.
Paideia Academy is a learning community dedicated to drawing upon and
further developing the curiosity in each member of the school - learning,
sharing, caring and growing in the process. We embrace learning as a
partnership among students, parents, staff and the community. We believe in
cooperation, creating teams of learners and individual life long knowledge
seekers through vigorous education using the Paideia Principles of Learning.
Est. 2007 Technology Enhanced Curriculum
The study of technology is a major thrust of the Kenosha School of
Technology Enhanced Curriculum. The skills and knowledge of reading,
writing, mathematics, social studies, fitness, health, culture, music, art,
teamwork, integrity, civics, and many more will be couched in a technology
framework. KTEC students will be competent readers of technical literature.
They will also be competent writers of technical documents. Mathematical
concepts will be taught with solid examples of applications to advance
technology and engineering.
The best education minds in this country continue to say that the skills and
competence of being able to read and comprehend technical literature and
write technical documents are critical to a child’s success in our society. KTEC
embraces this challenge and will teach the most essential benchmarks in a
technology driven framework. KTEC has the potential to take the 21st
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