College Signing Day! Thursday, April 30, 2009!
100% of the senior class has been accepted to college.
Gaston College Preparatory, one of the first KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) schools in the country, is about to graduate its first class of seniors.
On April 30, 2009, each senior, in signing day fashion, will reveal for the first time, the college they have chosen to attend.
This event is the culmination of a nearly 10 year journey for many of these students and the school and a testament to what can be achieved when you believe that all kids can learn.
In Durham, North Carolina, this KIPPster is ready for college
KIPP alumnus Myles Jackson Nicholson When Myles Nicholson was a little kid living in California, his mom gave him an old, rickety computer with QBasic, a programming language, and a copy of QBasic for Dummies. By the time he was eight, Myles was hooked. “I started making my own little programs, testing them out on my mom and sisters. It was my introduction to computer science, and I loved it,” he remembers.
The Charlotte Post - "Learning Curve"
By Herbert L. White
May 29, 2008
KIPP Academy Charlotte founder Keith Burnam expected a typical opening day for the first-year school last August.
What he got was overwhelming.
“We thought we’d have 80 students,” said Keith Burnam, founder of KIPP Academy Charlotte. “That first day we had 95, so we were over-enrolled.”
The Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, NC) - “High standards challenge charter school students”
By Michael N. Graff
February 10, 2008
GASTON — Six years from now, George Shelton — a troublemaker, a fighter, a failure in school — should be headed to college.
It’s hard to picture that now. George is trying seventh grade for the second time this year. He’s twice the size of some of his classmates, a 6-foot tall model of pre-teen awkwardness. When kids made fun of him at his previous school, he punched them. George was suspended six times for fighting last year. He finished with a string of Fs on his report card.
Miami Herald - “What works -- Leave education to principals, teachers, parents”
By Leonard Pitts
November 28, 2007
