STANLY COMMUNITY OUTREACH CHARTER SCHOOL

"WHERE EVERY CHILD CAN SOAR"

Stanley County Community Outreach School us a public school for grades K-2, where additional grades will be added for the 2000-2001 school year. There is no tuition or students fees. The school is co-existing with the City of Albemarle and is using the E.E. Waddell Community Center. The governing board, which consists of a parent, teacher and community representative governs the school.

The Stanley County Community Outreach Charter School is dedicated to providing an environemnt where students are safe to explore, learn, and grow in order to become critical thinkers, communicators, and active citizens in the community. A core academic program combined with education and character-self esteem building is the focus to accomlish these goals.

The SOCS is using an approach to teaching and learning grounded in the belief that ares can p[lay a central role in how children learn. The teachers will be using the Arts+ program, which covers the North Carolina Standard Course of Study throught interdisciplinary thematic (integrating all subjects taught across the curriculum) units. These units are combined with with arts integration, hands-on, and experiential learning.

The school objectives are to develop a strong parntnership with parents, area businesses, and other community groups.

• Classroom size has been reduced for better classroom management conductive to learning, and more individualized insrtuction. Class size renges from 10 to 15 students per teacher.
• Members of the local community are invited to become involved with the school. This makes many resources avaliable to the students, and helps students realize the importaince of the community.
• Parental involvement is reqired to bring additional resources to the school, and to crate positive relationships among parents, teachers, and children.

Our Slogan is:

Stanly Community Outreach Charter School,

Where Every Child can Soar....

For more information:

Phone: (704)984-5278

Fax:(704)982-1332

Email: [email protected]