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Vesper Community Academy 6443 Virginia St.
Vesper, WI 54489
Principal:
Terry Whitmore
Enrollment:
111
Phone: (715) 818-5223
Elementary Schools
VesperCommunityAcademy provides an academically rigorous place-based, project-driven curriculum aligned with the Wisconsin model academic standards in the core subjects: language arts/reading, math, science, and social studies. By encompassing a standards-based, constructivist curriculum benefiting the community, Vesper Community Academy engages students as scholars, active citizens, friends and neighbors, and, above all, learners who make the Vesper community the focus of serious study. This 4K-6 charter school and 4K-8 virtual school, offers an innovative choice for students to become part of a smaller learning community that exemplifies the best of multi-age learning, community involvement, and leadership development for life.
VesperCommunityAcademy pays rigorous attention to reading, writing, and mathematical proficiencies with project activities that embed basic skills development; while enhancing the student’s understanding of his or her community. Though different in scope for different ages, all Vesper’s students engage learning through a blend of teacher and student-led projects; individual, small group, classroom, and, on occasion, all school. With attention to individualized personal learning, Vesper students work to build life-long learning skills as they gain vital capacity in their project endeavors.
Teachers use a variety of instructional materials and strategies to assure that students achieve the Essential Learning Outcomes at their grade level. Daily intervention and enrichment in language arts and math provide targeted instruction in core areas. Common formative assessments assist teachers in designing individualized instruction to maximize learning for each student. Weekly teacher collaboration is used to determine learning goals and interventions based on student needs, strengths, and interests in accordance with the Essential Learning Outcomes.
What Is a Charter School?
Charter schools are public, nonsectarian schools created through a contract or “charter” between the operators and the sponsoring school board. Charter schools are about educational choices, school-site accountability, autonomy, innovation, and revitalizing public education from the ground up.
The Wisconsin State Charter Law gives charter schools freedom from many traditional state mandates and regulations. In return for this freedom, charter schools are held accountable for student performance, financial matters, and effective school operation. Charter schools and their sponsors create an accountability plan as part of the charter contract.
Charter School Facts:
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Charter schools are tuition-free and attendance is voluntary.
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They have the flexibility to design and deliver innovative curriculum in
non-traditional ways in order to meet the needs of participating students.
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They may not discriminate in admissions, programs, or activities.
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Charter students take state tests required of other public school students.
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Teachers are certified and licensed by the Wisconsin Department of
Public Instruction.
