Charter Vision

A group of CPA seniors think recycling is important and that we should stop using Styrofoam (polysterene) products in the cafeteria. With Ms. Kersting’s help, the students entered a national contest designed to increase environmental awareness.

Students across the country submitted proposals for making their schools more environmentally friendly. At CPA, the seniors concentrated on Styrofoam. Styrofoam is not good for the environment because it is not recyclable. Styrofoam also releases harmful chlorofluorocarbons into the ozone layer […]

Skills for Tomorrow High School is celebrating its ten year anniversary. March 4, 2004, 4 to 8 pm a reception is being held at 547 Wheeler, in St. Paul to celebrate this amazing milestone. Tess Tiernan, Director, will be a speaker as well as parent representatives, students who currently attend Skills and our partners, the […]

On Thursday, December 11th, 1A students hosted the first Skills For Tomorrow Legislative Shadow Day. As a part of learning about state government, the students invited the state legislators from their districts to visit. Often adults believe it is students who need the opportunity to “shadow” an adult in the work setting, this time adults […]

Editors’ note: Schoolcraft Learning Community is a K-8 charter school in Bemidji, Minnesota. This article was reprinted with the permission of the Bemidji Pioneer newspaper. Conga and bongo drums, vase-shaped dumbecks and top-heavy djembe drums, resonated with the pressure of student hands on Wednesday, as 17 eighth grade students at Schoolcraft Learning Community learned to […]

In January of 2004, students from Liberty High School in Blaine, Minnesota took a trip to Italy for 10 days. The students all saved up their money in order to take this once in a lifetime trip to a place none of them had ever seen before. Students were selected by the amount of interest […]

Last summer LaNayia, a sophomore at Community of Peace Academy, spent two weeks living on campus at the U. of St. Thomas taking part in the Urban Journalism Workshop. Community of Peace Academy is a K-12 charter school in St. Paul, Minnesota. A learning experience that was important to me was the time that I […]

The 4/5 crews from Schoolcraft Learning Community in Bemidji had an expedition on January 22 to showcase their hard work from their expedition A New World. When our guests first arrived they entered into our ship, which we built based on the book To the Edge of the World by Michelle Torrey. We had read […]

Editors’ note: Community of Peace Academy is a K-12 charter school in St. Paul, Minnesota Community of Peace Academy (CPA), winner of the prestigious National School of Character Award among others, has won again. The US Department of Innovation and Improvement has chosen CPA as one of eight charter schools in America to feature in […]

Editors’ Note: Harvest Preparatory School is located in Minnepolis, MN and serves students in grades K-6. Back History month is a very important event. It is held in February. A man named Dr. Carter G. Woodson created Black History Month. There are three reasons why Black History Month is important. First, Black History Month is […]

Charter Vision Editorial Board Member, Megan, an 11th grade student at Avalon in St. Paul, presented Governor Pawlenty the first edition of the Charter Vision Newspaper during his press conference at the Govenor’s Office on January 5, 2004 […]