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MATCH Charter Public High School

MATCH Corps Program: Courage, Discipline, and Perseverance

Topics:	School Culture and Classroom Management Practices At-risk Learners Internal and/or external student assessment systems Using school-wide and individual student assessment data to inform curriculum and instruction
Mission:	The school’s mission is to help students achieve success in college and beyond.
Goals:	The goal of the “Keeping the Promise” dissemination and replication project is to document and disseminate best practices from five high performing charter schools serving high need communities.
Summary:	Courage, Discipline, and Perseverance. Despite the fact that many of MATCH Charter Public School’s students enter the school several grade levels behind in reading and math, the school has been successful as assisting its students achieve in college and beyond. The school attributes its success to its intensive tutoring program, high academic and behavioral standards, as well as its close-knit community culture. Keeping the Promise: The Massachusetts Charter School Dissemination and Replication Project” is sponsored by a National Leadership Grant of the U.S. Department of Education’s Charter School Program in the Office of Innovation and Improvement. This project was envisioned and convened by the Massachusetts Charter School Association, which applied for federal funding support project activities. In addition to MATCH Charter Public School, four other high performing charter schools in Massachusetts were selected to participate in the three-year dissemination project, including Boston Collegiate Charter School, Community Day Charter Public School, Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School and Roxbury Preparatory Charter School. Each school wrote and published a paper highlighting effective practices, and will host school visits and workshops for other schools and educators. Educators from around Massachusetts and the country will visit the schools and attend workshops facilitated by the five participating charter schools, including Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School.
Partner(s):	Various district partners through Project for School Innovation and the Massachusetts Charter School Association
Dates:	01/01/2006 01/01/2007 01/01/2008
Contact:	Alan Safran, Executive Director (asafran@mathschool.org/617.232.0300) Cindy Snow, Massachusetts Charter School Association (snow@masscharters.org/413-625-0135)
Resources:	Whole School Paper: Courage, Discipline, and Perseverance (www.masscharterschools.org/wholeschool/docs/177/MATCH.html) Workshop session materials provided to school visitors
Federal Charter Schools Program Funds?	MCPSA Keeping the Promise

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