Grand Opening and Expansion - Odyssey Junior/Senior High - Upper Campus
Wendi Nolder
GRAND OPENING AND EXPANSION
Odyssey Junior/Senior High – Upper Campus
We are pleased to announce the expansion of our “green” and healthy school. Odyssey will now add a senior high school and both Odyssey’s junior and senior high school will be located at the former Palm Bay Community Charter campus. We will open during the 2012-2013 school year to 225 students entering 7th – 9th grades. The School will offer a 7 period day beginning with Home Room at 8:45 a.m. Dismissal will be at 3:55 p.m. Staffing and program will include:
· Upper Campus Principal, Faculty and Support Staff
· Discipline Dean, Athletic Director & Media Specialist
· Pre-AP and Advanced Placement classes
· Electives, including Technology, Music and Art
· Expanded Language offerings, Anthropology, Environmental and Social issues
· Florida Virtual School course offerings
· Guidance Support, Gifted, ESE and ESOL Support
· Life Skills program (it is never too early to start preparing for life after high school)
· Advisory program “house” or homeroom where students meet with a staff advisor regularly to discuss academic, social and personal topics and issues.
What is Global Citizenship?
The school will offer a program emphasis on inspiring and empowering students to become Global Citizens. Global Citizens are aware of and concerned for the health and well-being of humanity and the planet.
This emphasis includes Peace (non-violent resolution of conflicts); Justice (human rights for all); Understanding (we must learn to walk a mile in shoes of others); Sustainability (the protection of our natural environment, its resources, and responsible development); Diversity (tolerance, respect, and appreciation for humanity’s differences); Integrity (developing one’s moral compass) and Democratic Participation (the right to participate and express an opinion in one’s government and political process).
Odyssey’s Junior/Senior High School for Global Citizenship is a community of active learners and problem solvers who are engaged participants in a multidisciplinary and experiential approach to learning both in and outside of the classroom. Our school is committed to academic achievement at the highest standards.
Every year the school will offer a unique core learning experience such as a Bridge orientation program for middle school, a school-wide conference on a global issue of the students’ choice for high school, career shadowing, as well as national and international travel opportunities.
We will achieve our mission by:
· Creating a school culture based on high expectations for student learning and behavior;
· Designing our curriculum and core learning experiences around current events and international concerns;
· Making the curriculum interdisciplinary, interconnected and focused on global issues;
· Providing opportunities for students to learn and experience their learning inside and outside of the classroom;
· Offering multiple layers of support to our students.
· Implementing Common Core/Next Generation Sunshine State Standards into the classroom using creative, student driven lessons.
There will be a parent and student informational evening for all rising 7th through 9th grade students at the new campus location on:
Tuesday, May 22, at 7 pm
We invite you to come over and meet the new Principal and tour the facility. The campus is located at 1350 Wyoming Drive SE, Palm Bay, FL 32909.
There will be a parent and student informational evening for all rising Kindergarten through 6th grade students at the main Odyssey campus on:
Thursday, May 24, at 7 pm
Upcoming plans will be shared.
For additional questions, please email: in...@odysseycharterschool.com
Wendi Nolder
Principal
Odyssey Charter School
1755 Eldron Blvd SE
Palm Bay FL 32909
321.733.0442 phone
321.733.1178 fax
Committed to Academic Excellence and the Education of the Whole Child