Maryland Eastern Shore Charter School Alliance, Ltd. (MS Word)



Maryland Eastern Shore Charter School Alliance, Ltd.

William Akridge, Executive Director

Phone: (202)-422-2761

Email: wakridge@

LEA

Dorchester County Public Schools (DCPS)

700 Glasgow Street

Cambridge, MD 21613

SEA

Office of School Innovations

Maryland State Department of Education

200 West Baltimore Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

Abstract Narrative – Project Title: Dorchester Preparatory Public Charter School

The goal of the Maryland Eastern Shore Charter School Alliance (MESCSA) project establishing Dorchester Preparatory Public Charter School (Dorchester Prep) is to accelerate learning and to improve high school graduation rates and college enrollment rates in the high-poverty communities of Dorchester County, Maryland, a rural region that currently ranks at the bottom of Maryland’s twenty-four school systems. MESCSA proposes in the short-term to intervene in the critical middle school years (grades 6-8) so that at-risk, low-income students in rural Dorchester County, Maryland receive intensive, targeted support that increases and accelerates their achievement, ensures they are on track to enter high school, and thereby reduces the Dorchester County achievement gap and increases high school graduation rates. In the long-term, MESCSA’s objective is to have Dorchester Prep alumni that are high school graduates prepared for success in post-secondary education and/or the workplace, well- positioned to be productive and engaged citizens in their communities. Dorchester Prep will not be school as usual. Rigorous, Common Core-aligned curriculum and a blended learning approach that will effectively incorporate the use of technology will allow for differentiated instruction to meet the

needs of all students. A positive school culture, a strong and thorough character development program, unique family engagement program, and a comprehensive to-and-through college preparation program will build Dorchester Prep students’ tenacity, confidence, and leadership – the skills for life that come alongside rigorous academic preparation to ensure student achievement.

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