College Street Academy

CONGRATULATIONS!

College Street Academy Graduates!

January 2010

College Street Academy Receives $165,000 Dropout Prevention Grant

College Street Academy has been awarded a grant for $165,015 from the North Carolina Committee on Drop out Prevention.  Through this grant, College Street Academy will fund an extended day program so students can attend class between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. on Monday through Thursday.  The extended day program will accommodate students who attend College Street Academy and need a flexible schedule, for example, students who work and students who are parents.

College Street Academy serves students who have dropped out of school and want to return to earn their high school diploma; students who planned on dropping out but enrolled at College Street Academy instead; students who failed classes and are in need of credit recovery and students who were removed from their home school due to other issues.  During extended day, students who failed classes can work on course recovery and students who have gotten behind in their coursework can make up that work as well as making up classroom hours.

Grant funding will be used for equipment to establish a 21^st Century Computer Lab including desktop computers; laptops; Smart Boards, document cameras, digital cameras and a digital projector.  Funds will also be available for books and library materials and for operating expenses.

CSA Celebrates Bill of Rights Day
with the help of area recruiters.

Students and Staff collect food items and pay a visit to
Burke United Christian Ministries Food Bank

CONGRATULATIONS!

College Street Academy Graduates!

Spring 2009

College Street Academy .. 2008 – beyond……. an Introduction

 (Formerly Burke Alternative School, 1991 - 2008)

Written by:  Teresa P. DeHart, Principal

            College Street Academy is located five blocks from the center of downtown Morganton, North Carolina at the corner of College and Herron Streets.   The facility was built in 1949 and originally housed the students of Morganton Jr. High School.  In 1951, a two story addition was completed with a 2^nd floor band room (for Morganton High School band classes) and a first floor cafeteria (now called “The Bistro” – a beautifully decorated and esthetically pleasing “restaurant” type seating area!)

College Street Academy and its students occupy the second floor of the building.  Our facility  is shared  with the following Burke County Public School Departments and related personnel:   Public Relations, Career and Technical Education,  PreK Services & Family Connections, Grant Program Manager, and WIA Program.

Additionally, a fully equipped industrial/restaurant style kitchen is located on the first floor to provide a state of the art “classroom” for the county’s high school culinary arts students. On any given day, this facility is a hub of activity representative of the many facets of Burke County Public Schooling at its best! 

Daily, our school simultaneously operates two programs:  the academy program (formerly called the drop out program -- designed for students who have “dropped out” of high school and re-enter public school to earn graduation credits/diploma) and the alternative program (disciplinary Gr. 7-12 student placements by principal referral from Freedom & Patton High Schools and Johnson, Liberty & Table Rock Middle Schools).   Students must participate in a required on-site intake meeting with their parents before enrollment is finalized in either program.

            Our staff is encouraged to “step out of the box” and use nontraditional methods to address students’ interests, learning styles, and behaviors while simultaneously teaching social competencies for not only school but home, community, and the workplace.   All courses are aligned with the NC Standard Course of Study.   While maintaining both a middle and high school schedule with block scheduling, our students are provided accommodating learning opportunities within smaller class settings.  Our disciplinary rules are in compliance with the BCPS Student Code of Conduct.  In other words, we are not flexible in our expectations for discipline, but flexible in regards to curricular programming. 

            I welcome you to visit us.  Volunteer and/or mentor a student, if possible.  As a stakeholder in the educational community, your input is valued.  Take time to make a difference for one of our students.   That’s what College Street Academy is about – making a difference – one student at a time.

If you show me that you care about me and you value me as a person, I will worker hard to please you and I will work harder to be successful                                - Anonymous Student from Any School, Anywhere, USA

Directions to College Street Academy

From West or East I-40 take exit 105 (Morganton/Shelby Hwy 18) and turn right.  At the sixth traffic light turn left (this is a Y intersection) on to College Street.  Proceed through the next traffic light and up the hill.  After crossing the railroad bridge, turn left on Herron Street.  The school is in the old Morganton Junior High building on your right.  You will need to park in the rear parking lot and enter through the main back entrance and take the stairs immediately to your right.  The school office is halfway down the hall on your left.  Map