Visitor Guide
2022-23
Who We Are Our Mission
Arapahoe Charter School is a teacher/parent/community directed school. Teachers, parents, and the community are required to be involved in the governance of the school and share in the responsibility for the educational achievements of our students. All three entities are partners in the decision making process. Arapahoe Charter School provides students and parents in Pamlico County and surrounding counties with an expanded choice of educational opportunities.
Our Goals
• To improve the quality of student learning in a wholesome, challenging, and enriching environment that will elicit the most from each student. • To engender a risk-taking atmosphere that encourages teachers to research, evaluate, and implement innovative ideas and methods that will impact student learning. • To recognize that each child is uniquely different and may, at times, need special instruction and attention. • To be aware that in our pluralistic environment, it is necessary to spark the learning desires of “below average students” at risk of giving up on learning, to challenge “average students” to do their very best, and to excite “above average students” to rise to their full potential. • To instill in our students, teachers, parents, and community at large, the responsibility to set high expectations and help ensure that all students experience success and high levels of achievement. • To foster in our students a sense of individual and community responsibility, respect for others, and the need for each to reason his/her way through problems. With the strong support of those who share the vision of a teacher, parent and community school coupled with willing students and dedicated educators, we are confident that we are preparing our children to be positive and productive members of society.
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Our Core Values
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The Team Administrative Offices
Executive Director - Chris Watson Upper School Director - Cody Edwards Lower School Director - Julie Edwards Chief Technology Officer - Mark Prescott Data Manager - Greg Rohrman Financial Specialist - Susan Gagliardi Child Nutrition Supervisor - Marianne Bruno Office Secretary - Brooke Ward
Student Services
Media Center Coordinator - Sandi Prescott Exceptional Children Coordinator - Martha Newman Title One Department - Melissa Perry, Emily Harper, Yvonne Hardison, Lori Andrews, Mary Ellen Stalnaker K-8 Counselors - Shari Sias, Macy Poole High School Counselor - Sherry Reeves School Nurse - Tiffany Bennett School Resource Officer - Jeremy Wilkinson Behavioral Interventionist - Tremayne Perry
Facilities Management
Maintenance - Johnie Smith School Mechanic - Johnny Warren Custodial Coordinator - Maria Lulu Jacome
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Organizational Flow Chart ACS Board of Directors
Executive Director
Upper School Director
Finance Chief Technology Officer
6-12 Teachers EC Teachers
School Mechanic
Lower School Director
K-5 Teachers Teacher Assistants Encore Teachers
Data Manager
Public Information Child Nutrition
School Counselors School Nurse
Title One Department
Cafeteria Staff
Behavioral Interventionist
Main Office Secretary
Media Center
Janitorial Staff
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2022-23 School Contact List Executive Director ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chris Watson chris.watson@arapahoecharter.org X1106 Lower School Director ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Julie Edwards julie.edwards@arapahoecharter.org X1122 Upper School Director ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cody Edwards cody.edwards@arapahoecharter.org X1104 School Nurse -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tiffany Bennett tiffany.bennett@arapahoecharter.org X1105 Exceptional Children ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Martha Newman martha.newman@arapahoecharter.org X1566 Title I Math Coordinator ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Melissa Perry melissa.perry@arapahoecharter.org X1136 Title I Reading Coordinator ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Emily Harper emily.harper@arapahoecharter.org X1110 School Guidance Counselor ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sherry Reeves sherry.reeves@arapahoecharter.org X1778 Public Relations Coordinator -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Maureen Donald maureen.donald@arapahoecharter.org X1797 Child Nutrition ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Marianne Bruno marianne.bruno@arapahoecharter.org X1101 Office Secretary --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Brooke Ward brooke.ward@arapahoecharter.org X1100 Behavior Interventionist -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tremayne Perry tremayne.perry@arapahoecharter.org X1301 Enrollment ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Greg Rohrman greg.rohrman@arapahoecharter.org X1777
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2022-23 School Calendar
2022-2023 Arapahoe Charter S
Legend Mandatory Staff Workday (school closed for students) Optional Staff Workday Annual Leave (Closed for Students and Staff) Holiday (Closed for Students and Staff) Student Half Day
Tu 2 9 16 23 30
W 3 10 17 24 31
Th 4 11 18 25
7 14 21 28
Su
M
F 5 12 19 26
Sa 6 13 20 27
Tu
W
F 2 9 16 23 30
Sa 3 10 17 24
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24 31
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
Sa 1 8 15 22 29
Su
M
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
F 4 11 18 25
Sa 5 12 19 26
Su
M
Tu
W
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
F 2 9 16 23 30
Sa 3 10 17 24 31
October 2022
W 2 9 16 23 30
Th 3 10 17 24
Su
M
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
5 13
Labor Day Progress Reports
Su
M
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
10
Columbus Day / Mandatory Work Day / Designated Make Up day End of Marking Period 1 Report Cards Issued
Su
M
14 21
2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24
Su 7 14 21 28
M 1 8 15 22 29
Su
M
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
November
December 2022 Th 1 8 15 22 29
Mandatory Staff Workdays Optional Staff Workday First Day for students
October
November 2022 Tu 1 8 15 22 29
8-11 12 15
September
September 2022 Th 1 8 15 22 29
M 2 9 16 23 30
August
August 2022 M 1 8 15 22 29
Su
Su 1 8 15 22 29
11 16 23 24-25
Veterans Day Progress Reports Optional Staff Workday / Designated Make Up Day Thanksgiving Break
December
Student Half Day / End of Marking Period 2
20
23 - Jan Christmas Break (Dec. 21st - Jan 3rd)
23,24, Christmas Holiday Observance 27
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2022-23 School Calendar, cont’d
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January
January 2023
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Su 1 8 15 22 29
M 2 9 16 23 30
Tu 3 10 17 24 31
W 4 11 18 25
Su
M
Tu
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
Su
M
Tu
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
Su
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Tu
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2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
Su 7 14 21 28
M 1 8 15 22 29
Tu 2 9 16 23 30
Su
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Tu
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4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
Th 5 12 19 26
F 6 13 20 27
Sa 7 14 21 28
F 3 10 17 24
Sa 4 11 18 25
F 3 10 17 24 31
Sa 4 11 18 25
Th
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6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
Sa 1 8 15 22 29
F 5 12 19 26
Sa 6 13 20 27
F 2 9 16 23 30
Sa 3 10 17 24
Th 2 9 16 23
Th 2 9 16 23 30
ake Up Day
od 2
Th 4 11 18 25
June 2023 Th 1 8 15 22 29
9 10 16
End of Marking Period 3 Mandatory Staff Work Day Report Cards Issued
6 7 10 11-14
Progress Reports Optional Staff Workday / Designated Make Up Day Easter Observance Spring Break
May
May 2023 W 3 10 17 24 31
Optional Staff Workday / Designated Make Up Day Progress Reports President's Day
April
April 2023 Designated
3 6 20
March
March 2023 W 1 8 15 22 29
New Year's Day New Year's Observance Mandatory Teacher Workday Report Cards Issued, K-8 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Report Cards Issued, 9-12 (HS report cards depend on return of state graded exams.)
February
February 2023 W 1 8 15 22
1 2 3 10 16 20
19 Last Day for Students / Half Day 22-23 Mandatory Staff Workdays 24 Optional Teacher Workday 29 Memorial Day Report cards for K-8 will be issued May 19. High School report cards will be mailed after state graded exams have been returned. June
Board approved March 24, 2022 Semester 1 = 85.5 Instructional Days (513 hrs.) Semester 2 = 87 Instructional Days (522 hrs.) Total = 172.5 Instructional Days (1035 hrs.) https://www.vertex42.com/calendars/school-calendar.html
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