CAPCS' Vision & Mission

Vision
Raising children to become responsible adults is our fundamental vision. Community Academy Public Charter School (CAPCS) seeks to provide inner-city families with the education and support systems necessary to help them ensure their children's development into healthy, well-educated, productive adults. We believe that the most effective response to the multitude of problems that devastate the children, families and neighborhoods of Washington, DC is a system of neighborhood charter schools rather than a single public charter school. Our schools, known collectively as the Community Academy, will be networked to maximize the strengths of each neighborhood in which they are located.

Community Academy Public Charter School will emphasize the following core principles:

    Academic excellence in core subjects;
    An understanding of and appreciation for service to the world community;
    An understanding of the importance of family and community involvement in the lives of children;
    Character development;
    Second language acquisition;
    An emphasis on integrated technology;
    An understanding of and appreciation for art, music, physical activity; and
    Motivation and acquisition of skills necessary for life-long learning.

Mission
The mission of the Community Academy is to create child and family-centered community learning environments that offer world class preschool through twelfth grade education to neighborhood children while serving the diverse educational and social needs of their families. The School will emphasize academic accountability, flexibility, innovation, parental choice, parent-teacher involvement, and public-private partnerships.

CAPCS' Vision & Mission