Brownsville Ascend Charter School

Mission:

Brownsville Ascend Charter School’s mission is to equip students from Brownsville, NY with the knowledge, confidence, and character to succeed in college and beyond. Our students will, from the earliest grades, steadily build a strong foundation of learning habits, critical thinking skills, and knowledge; excel academically in the middle and high school, mastering high-level math and science; and graduate as confident young adults, prepared to succeed as college students, as citizens, and as leaders in their chosen fields.

Brownsville Ascend Charter School will open in fall 2009, building on the successful launch of Ascend Learning’s flagship school, the Brooklyn Ascend Charter School. In its first year, 2009-10, the school will serve 72 kindergarteners and 54 first graders. The school will expand each year until at maturity in it enrolls students in grades K-12.

The school will:
+ Establish a strong foundation of learning habits, critical thinking skills, knowledge, and confidence from the early grades, so that students can excel academically in the middle and high school
+ Enable all students to master high-level math and science in high school
+ Emphasize the disciplines of writing, logic, rhetoric, and oratory
+ Prepare students to be good citizens and leaders in their chosen fields
+ Ensure that every graduate is prepared for and admitted to a selective or university.