W.E.B. DuBois Charter School

About W.E.B. DuBois Charter School

W.E.B. DuBois Public Charter School provides students with a comprehensive holistic approach to education by addressing each child’s academic, social, and individual needs. A combination of personalized learning, family like environment, career pathways and truancy prevention continues to promote student learning, active citizenship and productive leaders in our community.

​Mission
The mission of W.E.B DuBois Public Charter School is to provide a personalized education to students by fostering academics, career readiness, along with social and emotional supports leading to a higher education and economic growth.

Vision
W.E.B DuBois Public Charter School is designed to target students who will benefit from an interactive, personalized learning, family atmosphere to reclaim their education leading to a high school diploma. Our focus on project based instruction, career training, college preparation, leadership and student outreach ensures the success of our students in becoming educated, self-sufficient, and economically independent.

Philosophy

W.E.B. DuBois staff strives to achieve excellence by:

• Improving teaching and learning to enhance the academic achievement and social emotional development of all students.
• Maintaining a safe, inviting, drug free learning environment.
• Improving staff, parent and community participation in the educational process.
• Enhancing community trust.
• Enabling students to be self-motivated, competent, lifelong learners.

W.E.B. DuBois shares the following beliefs about promoting student learning through the following objectives:

• High Educational Standards aligned with the Common Core State Standards and the No Child Left Behind framework.
• Ensuring Classes are taught by highly qualified certificated teaching staff.
• Small Class Sizes with personalized learning
• Individualized Learning Plans tailored to each student’s needs.
• Career Pathways and College preparation that leads to workforce skill development, high wages, and economic prosperity.
• Supportive Resources for the entire family including parent training, therapeutic counseling and post-secondary education opportunities.