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Through a partnership with Reach University, CCS staff members Javonda Harris (Dorothy Height Charter School) and Kierre Williams (Harriet Tubman Charter School) completed their bachelor’s degrees in December 2024, while Derrion Burks (Dorothy Height Charter School) and Sheago Lastie (Mildred Osborne Charter School) will complete their degrees in May 2025. All of these staff members…
When Mariyam Salley first moved from New York to New Orleans nine years ago to teach at Crescent City Schools, becoming a principal wasn’t part of her plan. “I had never even seen myself past being an excellent teacher,” Salley reflects. “I wanted to be the best teacher for kids.”
Harriet Tubman’s music program has grown fast in the last six years, involving around 500 students across elementary and middle school. Third and fourth grade students all take elementary music together, while the fifth through eighth graders can choose to participate in either a brass band or drumline. Through these music programs, Tubman staff member…
In late 2023, Adam Lownik was introduced to a new project that aimed to change how the school approached reading intervention – a partnership with Amira Learning, a program that uses artificial intelligence to help students improve their reading fluency. As the Director of Intervention with eleven years of teaching at Tubman under his belt,…
Harriet Tubman Charter School is known for its middle school club program, which offers students the opportunity to participate in clubs that are led by teachers who are passionate about a specific topic or subject. Some of the clubs are athletic or arts-focused, while others focus on possible future careers. Angelo Cross, the Director of…
It’s not every day that students receive a surprise visit from professional football players while at school but Thursday, February 3rd, was such a day for more than 70 students at Harriet Tubman Charter School. Unbeknownst to Tubman students, the school was selected by the New Orleans Saints and UnitedHealthcare to be the new home…
