New Multicultural College Preparatory Middle School in Dallas to Host Open House on Sunday, December 5, 2004
Unique preparatory school in Dallas for grades 5-8 scheduled to open January, 2004 hosting Open House on Sunday, December 5, 2004.
Carrollton, TX (PRWEB) October 28, 2004 -- Choices Leadership Academy, a
multicultural college preparatory middle school for grades five through eight,
will hold its Open House Celebration on Sunday, December 5, 2004 from 3:00PM
until 5:00PM. Choices Leadership Academy’s 10,000 square foot facility is
located at 18106 Marsh Lane, on the northeast corner of Marsh and Frankford, in
Dallas.
The nonprofit private school, scheduled to open in January 2005,
will embrace bright, talented and gifted students from African-American, Asian,
Indian, Hispanic, and European cultures. Choices Leadership Academy will
cultivate an educational environment that focuses on leadership development,
cultural arts and advanced academics, with a student-to-teacher ratio of
12:1.
The school is unique in that it is one of only six private middle
schools in the United States, and the only school of its kind in Texas. Choices
Leadership Academy will partner with top independent schools, colleges and
cultural organizations to prepare students for a successful transition from
middle school to high school advanced academic programs. Among the academic
partners for mentoring support are The Parish Episcopal School, St. Marks
School, Brilliance Academy, Trinity Christian Academy, Greenhill and Brookhaven
College.
Choices Leadership Academy will accept a maximum of 100
culturally diverse students per year from Dallas and surrounding areas, with
full scholarship opportunities for 10% of the school population. Other
qualifying students will receive need-based financial aid assistance, for
tuition, from grants and donations.
The Kahn Education Foundation awarded
Choices Leadership Academy a $50,000 grant for operating and scholarship
programs to launch the campaign. Additional funding has been received from the
City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs for fine arts programs, and the DeBusk
Foundation for academic and leadership programs for gifted and talented
students.
Choices Leadership Academy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization created to provide quality personal and community education for
America’s future generation of leaders by promoting ethical citizenship,
multicultural knowledge, artistic creativity and academic excellence paralleled
with appropriate choice making and self value.
For more information about
Choices Leadership Academy call (972) 662-0665 or visit www.choicesleadership.org.
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