Building Hope

International Community School is a public charter school that serves students in kindergarten through fifth grade, they were purposefully created to bring together refugee, immigrant, and local students in a challenging and nurturing academic atmosphere.

Island Montessori education is based on the Montessori philosophy emphasizes respect for the child as an individual and supports their natural psychological, physical, and social development.Additional principles include fostering independence by encouraging children to do tasks themselves, observing children to understand their needs, and creating mixed-age classrooms to promote social development and peer learning.

MCCS emphasizes a progressive, whole-child educational approach inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s interdisciplinary and innovative spirit. Its curriculum integrates arts into STEM (STEAM) and is evolving from Project-Based Learning toward Place-Based Education, encouraging students to engage actively with their local community to identify and solve real-world problems. The school uses blended, multi-age classrooms and offers a full-day kindergarten with an extended calendar year from August to June.

Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy (CGLA) is a single-gender public charter school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, serving girls in grades 6 through 12. offers an accelerated and integrated remediation approach to help students reach proficient and advanced levels in core academic subjects. CGLA integrates social supports tailored to girls’ developmental needs and extends learning time through an extended school day. The faculty employs creative teaching methods that reflect girls’ specific learning styles, supported by technology, including providing each student with a laptop for use at school and home.

Le Monde International School took over the mission of the former French Immersion program at Reagan Elementary School and has grown steadily. It is one of only four language immersion schools in Oklahoma and one of 587 worldwide accredited as a LabelFrancÉducation school. The school offers a dynamic, integrated curriculum where language is woven into every aspect of education, especially in kindergarten through 5th grade, fostering bilingual proficiency, academic excellence, and global perspectives.