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Imagine Andrews PCS is a unique school, in many ways, and each of its unique qualities will lead to higher levels of student achievement.
Foremost, Imagine Andrews will serve as a national model of excellence for innovation in public school education for military bases and their surrounding communities across the country. A growing body of research supports the demand for schools that address the individual needs of students whose parents are deployed in active war zones. Specifically, researchers have linked parental deployment (usually defined as “father deployment” or “father absence”) to several youth outcomes.
In addition to addressing the individual needs of the military students, Imagine Andrews also reaches out to the larger community around Andrews Air Force Base. Not only do we educate and meet the needs of the military student, but we also invite students from the surrounding communities to attend and take advantage of our solid curriculum and challenging and rigorous instructional program. This unique feature provides for an enrollment structure that brings together two diverse communities of students and parents that together can build a much stronger community.
Enrollment at Imagine Andrews involves a multi-step application process. First and foremost, you must obtain a Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) student identification number to be eligible to enroll. Parents and/or legal guardians of students not currently enrolled in a PGC public school may obtain a student identification number by presenting a proof of residence and birth certificate at their attendance-boundary (or “home”) school. If your child attends a PGC school, you can locate the student identification number on your child’s report card or obtain it from the registrar at your child’s current school.
Second, you must complete the Lottery Application form in order to be eligible. Go to www.imagineandrews.com/enroll.html to submit the application online. This will automatically enter your child’s information in our database and alert our Enrollment Counselor. Next, after the lottery has been held, parents/guardians will receive information regarding acceptance or wait-list status, along with detailed instructions for accepting seat and physical enrollment at the school.
At Imagine Andrews PCS, we plan to offer a thematically integrated liberal arts program that provides children with the necessary skills, content, and context they need in order to be lifelong learners. Our educational philosophy is grounded in the belief that the content of what children learn is very important and that it is inadequate to focus primarily on teaching skills and techniques to pass tests. In order to help children thrive academically, learning must go beyond skill acquisition to the mastery of specific liberal arts content that provides them with the ability to apply what they learn to new situations, solve problems, and create new ideas. This depth of understanding leads to a love of learning and an ability to independently develop innovative solutions to problems and create new knowledge.
Imagine Andrews PCS has selected the Core Knowledge Sequence to provide content standards that will guide coherent content instruction from grade to grade, encouraging steady academic progress as children build their knowledge and skills from one year to the next. Specific content covers a broad liberal arts spectrum that must be integrated throughout the daily schedule in creative, intentional ways. The Core Knowledge Sequence is a detailed outline of specific content to be taught in language arts, history, geography, mathematics, science, and the fine arts. These content standards form the core of a school’s curriculum and provide a solid, coherent foundation of learning.
You must be a resident of Prince George’s County to be eligible to apply for enrollment. The student body will be comprised of both students from military families as well as students from non-military families. According to Maryland charter school law, a public charter school located on a military base must reserve 65% of its seats for families who are assigned to the base (through official PCS Orders) and who reside on-base; the remaining 35% of its seats must be reserved for all other families.
Because we are a public school, there is no tuition. It is free to attend Imagine Andrews PCS. Also available in high definition
| Date Taken: | 10.06.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 10.12.2011 01:42 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 127596 |
| VIRIN: | 111006-F-GA494-002 |
| Filename: | DOD_100260598 |
| Length: | 00:12:17 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND, US |
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