Westhaven Success Academy

Salutes Star Students

Westhaven Success Academy congratulated twelve students for outstanding behavior on Friday, December 2, 2011.  The hallway was decorated like a restaurant with placemats and balloons for the McDonald's hotcake and sausage breakfast.  For lunch, the students had a choice of cheese, pepperoni, or sausage pizza from Little Caesars.  A few parents came and joined in when the students walked the red carpet to receive their goodie bags and certificates.  The faculty and staff of Westhaven celebrated these students all day.

Westhaven Success Academy

Canned Goods Drive

Community Service Project

Westhaven Success Academy sponsored a Canned Goods Drive as a Community Service Project.  Students in each class collected canned goods and non-perishable items.  The class with the most received an Incredible Pizza and Sun Drop party sponsored by our adopter, Building Blocks Mentoring Program.  All of the donations went to the Memphis Food Bank.

Northeast Prep Academy

Veterans Day Program
                   

Mr. Lee Jordan (Father of Melita Jordan-Thomas, Principal) told students to do their best and never give up on their dreams.  Mr. Jordan also shared some of his experiences he had in the military.  He gave a soul-stirring message to NEP students!



(L to R) Micheal Foster, Sr, James Kendrick, Lee R. Jordan,
Sr., Kenneth Dickerson (Assistant Principal), and Mike Curry

Lizzie Temple (Facilitator), Tammy Williams (Educational Specialist), and Kenneth Dickerson (Assistant Principal) were speakers for this event.  The honor roll students played educational games, good food was served, and the fathers/veterans received certificates.



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Hope Academy

Toney Armstrong (Police Director), Mr. Zaylid Saleem (Toney Armstrong's Legal Advisor), and Detective Caroline Mason visit Hope Academy.

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Team Innovators



Here they are at the crack of dawn!
(L to R - Catherine Ealy, Faye Tolbert and Cheryl Cathey)
Details and slide show of this event will be featured in the next issue of the Innovative Edge.  

Adolescent Parenting Program

It has been brought to my attention that Mr. Preston King and Mr. Allan Watson at Adolescent Parenting are also finalists in the My Favorite Educator Golden Apple Awards.  Hats off to Mr. King and Mr. Watson!

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Northwest Prep Academy

Congratulations to Mr. Bobby Towns/caseworker at Northwest Prep Academy for being selected as one of the five finalists in the Education Support Category "My Favorite Educator Golden Apple Awards."

This event is the kick-off to American Education Week, November 13-19.  The purpose of this activity was to provide students an opportunity to improve their writing skills and give voice to the unique qualities of public school educators.

This is a ticketed event.  For more information contact Dr. Sherrish Holloman, Coordinator of Teacher Support at hollomans @mcsk12.net.

Cannon Center For the Performing Arts

255 North Main Street

Monday, November 14, 2011

7:00 PM

Doors open at 6:00 PM

Semi-Formal Attire

We will have a featured story of this upcoming event in the next Innovative Edge.

Southeast Success Academy

Friday, October 29, 2011 was a very busy day for the students and staff of Southeast Success Academy.  Students and staff participated in a Breast Cancer walk over to Newberry Elementary School, where the students distributed treat bags to the kindergarten and 1st grade students. Southeast Success Academy also supported Team Innovators by donating $100 to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. After completing the Breast Cancer Walk, we then had our second twenty day Fight Free Celebration in conjunction with our Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Celebration. Thanks to our Chef Coach Pulley for grilling hotdogs and hamburgers, students and staff enjoyed good food and sodas plus had an opportunity to select a free book of their choice to take home for reading pleasure.

Hope Academy

Career Day

October 25, 2011

9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

12:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

You're invited to attend HOPE Academy's first Career Day on the 2nd floor inside Juvenile Court located at 616 Adams. Some of our guest includes: airline pilots, aircraft mechanics, lawyers, barbers, welders, music producers, auto-mechanics etc.

Thanks goes out to our professional school counselor, Dr. Kimberly Dillihunt, for putting this Career Day together.

2011 Memphis-Midsouth Race for the Cure

The Division of Innovative and Charter Schools will play a part in helping Susan G. Komen for the Cure® end breast cancer forever. We're counting on every faculty and staff member to donate to this worthy cause.  We also ask that each visitor to our team page to act today with a meaningful donation to this fight. Remember that your donation will make a difference in our community.


You can make a donation to TEAM INNOVATORS by clicking Donate. 

Thank you for taking this step today for Komen Race for the Cure!

Your Team Captain is  Faye Tolbert

Service on Saturday

Please join the division’s team, “TEAM INNOVATORS”, in helping to end the fight against breast cancer.  We are encouraging all Innovative Staff to join in on the fun and help support this worthy cause.  This year’s Walk is Saturday, October 29, 2011 and will be held at The Shops of Saddle Creek in Germantown.

On day of the race …
7:30 am – Warm up & Stretch
8:00 am – 5K Co-ed Run/Walk

Together we are making an IMPACT!

For more information on how to help or get involved,

Please contact
Cheryl Cathey or Faye Tolbert

416-2200

Fight-Free at Hamilton Success

Hamilton Success wishes to welcome each of you back to another great year!  Our students have really been communicating well with each other.  We have had an entire nine weeks without any fights at our school!  Our students have been rewarded for keeping their environment fight-free, flowing with positive behaviors, and good attendance with a "Dress Down" day.  Way to go, Hamilton Success!!!

Service on Saturday

“Family & Community Health Day”

Planned Activities:

General Health Screenings, Blood Pressure,
Cholesterol, Blood Sugar Screening,
& Golf Mini-Training Sessions

Saturday, October 22, 2011

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

919 Alice Ave.

Memphis, TN

Students will be able to earn community service hours for this project.

Community Partners:  Christ Community Health Center & Pine Hill Golf Course

Northwest Prep Academy

NWPA Visits Belz’s Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

Mrs. Myrna Gammon's World History class visited the Belz's Museum of Asian and Judaic Art.  The group continued their multicultural experience with lunch at Wang's Bistro. When asked to review the fieldtrip, the students had the following statements:

Miss Maya Swift reported that her favorite part of the tour was viewing the ivory pagoda. The pagoda was a school with many levels of rooms with each floor representing a higher level of learning. Ms. Swift also stated that she wanted to return to the museum and view more works of art.

Mr. Lawrence James stated that he enjoyed the museum and seeing sculptures made of jade and ivory, but his favorite part was eating sweet’n’sour chicken at Wang’s for lunch.

Mr. Jay Dodson said that he thought the entire trip was fun, and he enjoyed learning about the various Chinese dynasties and sampling the vast array of food available on the buffet.

All of the students and the chaperones agreed that the trip was a success, and they are eager to explore more educational learning opportunities available in Memphis.

Ida B. Wells Academy

Hats off to Mr. Ajay for Epic Spotlight teacher!

We are excited to be honored as an Epic gold school!

Ida B. Wells Academy

We would like to congratulate Mr. White for our first WatchDog cookout on September 23!  We had a wonderful turnout!

Southeast Success Academy

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 Congratulations, Ms. Cobb!

Southeast Success Academy

Congratulations to Ms. Marie Cobb for being selected as News Channel 3 Educator of the Week. She will be spotlighted next week on News Channel 3.  We will post the video when it is available.  This award is given to recognize educators and administrators who go above and beyond the call of duty. News Channel 3 Meteorologist Todd Demers visited the school to present Ms. Cobb with the award.

Martin Luther King Transition Center

Dress for Success
Guest Speakers
Every Wednesday

Southeast Success Academy

We celebrated our 1st 20 days of being Fight Free, Friday, September 9, with pizza, chips, drinks, and a cake. We are very grateful to our students for all of their effort to peacefully resolve any conflict they might have without it resulting in fighting. Thanks Southeast Success Academy students and staff.

Southeast Success Academy is still moving forward with Student of the Week. It is wonderful to have such wonderful students who work hard behaviorally and academically to be successful. Congratulations to all students who have won. 

Click here to view Recognition webpage.

Humes Alternative Center

Open House
Date:  September 12, 2011
Time:  1:30 - 3:30 pm
Parents will be able to pick up their child's progress reports.  Refreshments will be served and parents will meet the staff at Humes.

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Martin Luther King Transition Academy

Fitness Boot Camp

Join the Fitness Boot Camp offering 45-minute sessions 3 days per week.  The NX Level Fitness is designed to improve your overall health and fitness through stretching, core strength training, and cardiovascular exercise that target all fitness levels.

Classes are held at the Martin Luther King Transition Academy, 620 S. Lauderdale. 

Please call Michael Alford, CPT, at 901-289-4969 to register for the program.

Michael Alford's Fitness Boot Camp will be featured in the October issue of the Innovative Edge.

Northside Innovative Academy

As our 2011-2012 school year gets under way, we are striving to help our scholars continue their academic growth, improve behavior, and celebrate achievements at Northside Innovative Academy.  There is positive energy flowing throughout the school from the principal to the professors and to the parents and scholars. Earning the title of "Student of the Month" is motivating our scholars to achieve academic success and make positive changes in their behavior. To celebrate our first "20 Days Fight-Free", our scholars enjoyed a pizza party on Friday, September 2, 2011.

Northside Innovative Academy

Celebrates 20 Days Fight Free

(Left:  Darnesha Catron, DaJhun Stamps,

Melisa Henderson, and Elexis Anderson)

Martin Luther King Transition Academy

Dress for Success
Guest Speakers
Every Wednesday

Martin Luther King Transition Academy

Volleyball Game

Alabama A & M Ladies' Volleyball team visited MLK and played a game with students on Friday, August, 26, 2011.

Hollywood Success Academy

Open House
Date:  September 21, 2011
Time:  4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Place:  Hollywood Success Academy