The school also boasts a 100% graduation rate and is the highest performing charter school in Gary. In Gary, we are celebrating having the only вЂњAвЂќ charter school in all of Gary, Indiana. Pikes Peak Prep received a вЂњGovernorвЂ™s AwardвЂќ from the Colorado Department of Education this year for its academic excellence, too. With PeterвЂ™s assistance, the school just received a donation of 8 2-classroom portables that will help the school double its enrollment over the next few years. Peter is helping us bring Core Knowledge to Pikes Peak Prep, and lead the enrollment growth at the school. In Colorado Springs, we are partnering with Peter Hilts, former principal of the Classical Academy, one of the stateвЂ™s largest, oldest and BEST charter schools. Some more good news from GEO Foundation includes: The GEO Foundation is setting a high standard for charter schools in Indiana and shows that competition and choice can hep students and teachers but can also lead to competition between the best models for school governanace and human capitol development. The GEO Foundation is an example of the kind of third party organiations that compete with school districts to govern and develop schools when the money is decentralized and follows students. She can go to school at nightвЂ“when GMC is openвЂ“while her father takes care of her mother. She needs to take care of her mother during the day because her father works during the day. One young scholar applied because she canвЂ™t go to a traditional school. We will be expanding our enrollment to 125 and planning to enroll more next year. We planned to open this fall with 100 students but have received more than 225 applications. We are also celebrating the overwhelming community response to our new charter, Gary Middle College. Keven Teasley from the GEO Foundation in Indianapolis, which incubates high-quality charter schools and then supports their growth, sends word of their positive outcomes for charter school students and one studentвЂ™s story makes the compelling case for why we need school choice instead of a one-size-fits all education.

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