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Facility News: School facility dedication scheduled for May 16 at 10AM.  It is open to the public, so join us.

The CRC Charter School moved into its new building January 7, 2008.  There are still some kinks to be worked out but the excitement remains high.  The hope is that the new facility will further the educational efforts of the school.  These efforts start with literacy so it is appropriate that the library is right in the middle of everything. But this is not all.  We now have better space for art, music and science.  In fact we think that the science-technology dome represents a unique space for an elementary school and one that should help our hands-on science program reach its full potential.  Even our PE program has not been left behind.  Thanks to the leadership of the PTO a modern playground emphasizing upper body exercise is already in place. 

There is still much to do, but already it seems that we finally do have a facility worthy of our students and teachers.

CRC is an A school with AYP for 2006-7.  (Due to an initial Department of Education error it was incorrectly reported in the Palatka Daily News that the CRC CS had not achieved AYP.)     Although the CRC Charter School refuses to accept the state standardized tests as a full measure of what elementary education should be and therefore tries to de-emphasize it to our students, we recognize that the government and much of the public only pay attention to test scores.  So, we accept that the rising scores of our students may be considered by many as support for our approach of integrated skill and content learning.   We do not need state test scores to confirm the growth we see in our students daily, monthly and yearly.

The Florida school grade for elementary schools is only based on the achievement test levels and growth of 3rd, 4th and 5th graders.  It does not measure Art, PE, Music, Science Lab, foreign language or computer skills. It does not include kindergarten, first or second grade assessments.  Perhaps at this point congratulations are especially in order for our 1st grade students who tied with another school in Putnam County with the best reading and math scores for 2006-2007.

Mobile computer lab is functional.  With the help of PCSD media department and NEFEC our wireless computer system and server is up and running. 

Click here for photos of land and construction work

New:  Frequently Asked Questions about our new facility 2007 An information sheet.

Apology:  Due to the disruption caused by the in year move into our new facility and the demands that the closing process placed on staff, there has been some neglect in updating awards, class pages and even monthly calendars over the last 6 months.  We will be working on this problem starting with an extensive review of the current content. Please have patience.

THE CHARTER SCHOOL:

The Children's Reading Center Charter School is a privately owned and operated comprehensive public elementary school established according to Florida State "Choice" legislation.

1. No student can be assigned or in any other way required to attend this school by the local school board or the State of Florida.

2. The school is a public entity that accepts students and hires employees on a fair and equitable, non-discriminatory basis. No tuition is charged.

3. The school operates under a contract with the Putnam County School Board in which some of the services required of a public elementary school are provided by the district.

4. The school is focused on literacy development but is meant to be a model of a complete elementary school in full compliance with Florida State Standards.