Wisconsin Charter Schools Yearbook - School Management Services

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UW-Parkside
Robert Morelan
1220 Mound Avenue
Racine, WI 53404
(262) 598-0026
ed@21stprepschool.org
Grade Levels: KG-08
Verona Area
School District
Robert McNallie
740 North Main Street
Verona, WI 53593
(608) 845-4129
mcnallier@verona.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: KG-08
Tim Bubon
401 West Verona Avenue
Verona, WI 53593
(608) 845-4910
bubont@verona.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: KG-05
Paul Haubrich
286 Talent Hall, 9000
Wood Road
(262) 595-2211
www.21stprepschool.org
• Kenosha, WI 53140
Est. 2002 21st Century Preparatory School
The 21st Century Preparatory School focuses on educating Racine’s diverse
children for access to the full array of life choices, including college and
careers, by (1) recognizing and using each child’s unique abilities and talents
for academic development and individual growth, (2) employing a wellstructured,
rigorous, and comprehensive curriculum for grades
K-8 incorporating both Core Knowledge and Direct Instruction reform
models, and (3) requiring the mutual accountability of staff, students, family,
and community as key partners in the school’s overall governance and dayto-day
operations. The classroom structures' communities of learners and
teacher looping to promote prolonged relations between teachers, students,
and parents are used to enhance and extend the effectiveness of the
Preparatory School's primary focus on Core Knowledge and Direct
Instruction models. Both, when fully implemented, have proven effectiveness
with a wide range of students, including low-income, gifted, learningdisabled,
and wealthy children enrolled in urban, suburban, and rural schools.
Dean Gorrell
700 N Main St
(608) 845-4300
www.verona.k12.wi.us
Est. 1996 Core Knowledge Charter School
• Verona, WI 53593-1153
Verona’s Core Knowledge Charter School (CKCS) is a school of choice for
328 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. It follows a rigorous
curriculum that focuses on core academics. After extensive study, parent
organizers chose the Core Knowledge Sequence and Direct Instruction for
CKCS’s educational program. The Core Knowledge Sequence identifies the
subject matter to be covered in literature, science, geography, history, art, and
music. The Direct Instruction program prescribes the content and
instructional method teachers use for reading, mathematics, spelling, and
writing. These are carefully sequenced and coordinated programs built on
skills learned in prior years.
Est. 1995 New Century School
New Century School in Verona was Wisconsin’s first parent-initiated,
elementary-level charter school. It serves children in grades K-5 multiage
classrooms.
New Century School was founded as a partnership for learning among
students, teachers, and parents. Its goal is to nurture the child’s continuous
progress and independence as a lifelong learner through an integrated
curriculum emphasizing science and mathematics. New Century School’s
staff members believe this overall approach best meets a changing world
where familiarity with science and mathematics is vital and where working
cooperatively in groups and independently on individual initiatives are all
important.