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Oct 30
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Coalition schools celebrate a lawmaker visit, ribbon-cuttings

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Lawmaker visit

A number of our Coalition member schools have marked big events this week! On Monday, Community School of Davidson hosted Rep. Beth Helfrich (D-Mecklenburg) for a school visit. We’re so pleased to see this happening, as we always want lawmakers to know what our amazing charter schools are doing. Inviting your elected representatives to visit your school is one of the best ways to highlight your innovative work with students. Way to go, CSD!

Ribbon-cutting/opening ceremonies

In addition, two schools this week celebrated ribbon-cutting or opening ceremonies: Socrates Academy on Tuesday celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new upper school facility. Liberty Charter Academy held its official opening ceremony on Wednesday.

Congratulations to these schools on reaching these major milestones! We’re so pleased to see our schools creating beautiful, new, and innovative spaces for their students–and also to see new schools launching statewide. Coalition Executive Director Dave Machado was on hand at both Socrates Academy and Liberty Charter Academy to celebrate these events.

We share photos below.

Pictured from L to R: Rick Gay, CSD Board Member; Amy Tomalis, Head of Upper School; Rep. Beth Helfrich; Craig Smith, CSD Executive Director. Photo courtesy of CSD/Facebook.

Socrates Academy ribbon-cutting. Pictured from L to R: Dave Machado; Vanessa Baker, Principal; John Cutchell, Board Chair. Photo courtesy of Socrates Academy.

Liberty Charter Academy’s opening ceremony. Photo courtesy of Dave Machado.

Sep 16
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Welcome to the Coalition, Socrates Academy!

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Photo courtesy of Socrates Academy.

The Coalition is delighted to welcome Socrates Academy as our newest member. The K-12 charter school, located in Matthews, North Carolina, has this goal as part of its distinctive mission: Cultivating scholars for impactful global engagement, ethical citizenship, and lifelong learning.

Here’s more from Socrates Academy about its approach:

Socrates Academy is an innovative college preparatory school that partners with local and global communities to inspire and empower scholars to reach their full academic and intellectual potential. Socratic learning fosters curiosity; scholars engage in critical thinking and problem-solving while upholding values of diversity, fairness, justice, and empathy. Advanced coursework in the Greek language and cultural heritage, the cradle of Western civilization and democracy, forms the foundation of intellectual and multicultural competencies.

Welcome to the Coalition, Socrates Academy! We’re delighted to have you as a member and look forward to partnering with you. See the latest list of Coalition members.