June 10, 2015

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A charter school that's succeeding Students at twin cities academy charter school in st.Paul can't chew gum, carry a cell phone or, until recently, walk around with their requisite polo shirt hanging out or wear any kind of pants other than khakis.They have seven classes a day, usually with homework in five of them. While education shifts with flavor of the month initiatives probing different teaching and learning styles, twin cities academy is decidedly old school. "There's nothing innovative about us,"Says liz wynne, principal. "We are about reading, writing and arithmetic.High expectations and accountability.That's as innovative as we get. " That spartan style seems to be working.Students score higher on standardized tests than the state average, and graduating seniors have earned a passel of college acceptance letters, scholarships and financial aid offers. On tuesday, 26 seniors will graduate, marking the school's first substantial graduating class. The high ralph Lauren school's goal is to enroll about 300 students, almost triple the number of students it currently has.It is moving ahead with a marketing effort that has its high school seniors calling every student who attends an open house or enrolls, and following up on students who come to special school functions. It's a small school, actually two schools a grade 9 12 high school of 114 students, and a grade 6 8 middle school with 198 students that share the former trinity catholic school on e.5th Street in St.Paul.As in many schools student lockers are stuffed to overflowing with books, jackets and instruments, but there are no locks. "I should be able to leave my purse at the door of the school all day, and it would be all right,"Wynne says. A longtime educator who became disillusioned and left the profession for http://www.irmina.co.uk/ six years to be a buyer for dayton's department stores, wynne brought her tough ideas to fruition at the middle school she has led for 11 years, and the high school since it started. On a recent day, moments after she spoke about student expectations while monitoring midday traffic, a seventh grader ignored the order to stay off the main floor during lunch hour.Wynne quickly informed him that he would be eating alone the next day. Wynne's high expectations extend not just to students, but also to staff.According to the latest annual report, the school terminated two of 15 teachers last year, one in the middle of the school year, for unsatisfactory performance. Preparation for college "The academic program here really prepares you for college,"Says sue vang, who scored a scholarship from hamline university, where he plans to enroll in the fall to study criminal justice and biology.He hopes to get a job in forensic sciences. There is a velvet glove over the school's iron hand.When two near fights broke out earlier this year, wynne called a couple of schoolwide meetings to seek student solutions.She settled on a plan to create a student run peer mediation council. And sometimes the calculus or history classes don't get down to business until 10 minutes after the bell because they're talking about other stuff, says vang.The teachers act as if the teens are their friends,"Not their students,"He says. "So, we're like, they're willing to help us, so we're willing to help ourselves by getting done what we need to get done. " "We have a reputation among our own kids as being a harder place,"Says english teacher nathan schultz. Regardless of the rules, the students are still teenagers.Between classes, girls comment on each other's outfits(Even though they're only slight variations on the uniform), young couples hold hands and steal a kiss, boys loiter near the drinking fountain. And in response to requests from seniors who wanted the school to soften up some, the high school held its first prom this year, shortened its school day and began letting students wear their shirts untucked.It also gave special privileges to seniors, including one day ralph lauren uk stores a month without uniforms, and lunch once a week in the"Senior lounge,"Away from the underclassmen. "It felt more like a real high school,"Says jessica franklin, a senior who's headed to the university of minnesota's twin cities campus.She adds that the rigor and small classes have helped her prepare for college. "I enjoyed being here. "

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