Challenger School
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| Challenger School | |
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| Scientia, Opus, Veritas (Knowledge, Work, Truth) |
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| Established | 1963 |
| School type | Independent |
| Founder | Barbara Baker |
| Location | San Jose, CA, Las Vegas, NV, Salt Lake City, UT, Boise, ID, United States |
| Campus | multiple, see article |
| Enrollment | approx. 10,000 systemwide |
| School colors | white, burgundy, Navy blue |
| Homepage | http://www.challengerschool.com |
Challenger School is a nonsectarian private school with 21 campuses located in Northern California, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho. Many Challenger schools have students from preschool through eighth grade.
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[edit] History
Challenger School was founded in November 1963 by Barbara B. Baker. She began a preschool program with six children in a small, remodeled house on Hamilton Avenue in San Jose, California.
By the end of the second year, she had 100 children on a waiting list to get into the school, which only had room for 24 pupils. In 1966 she opened another, much larger school in Saratoga, California.
In 1983 Challenger began offering elementary programs. Recently, Challenger has added new campuses in California, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho.[1]
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[edit] Education
Challenger is widely known for a traditional-minded and in some ways accelerated curriculum. Reading instruction begins two years before kindergarten, employing a phonetic, rule-based approach. [2] The elementary and middle school curriculum consists of an accelerated course (2 years ahead of public schools) of various subjects, usually one or two years ahead of their public school system counterparts.[3]
[edit] Uniforms
Challenger has a uniform policy that applies to students in kindergarten through grade 8; preschool students are not required to wear uniforms. In the fall of 2006, they switched from using the Dennis brand uniform to ScholarWear[4]. Girls in kindergarten and grades 1-4 wear a jumper-like skirt and an oxford white shirt underneath with a sailor-like collar. Girls in grades 5-8 wear a skirt and an oxford shirt with the Challenger logo on it. Boys, of all grades, are required to wear belts, ties, and ScholarWear brand shirts, as well as pants (blue for K-4 and gray for grades 5-8). All students may choose to wear burgundy cardigan sweaters if they do not choose to wear ties. On Thursdays and Fridays, students are allowed to wear optional items, such as slacks for girls. Jackets are permitted for outside wear only unless they are of the Challenger brand, and shorts may be worn from May through October. The only casual dress day is the last day of school.
[edit] Campuses
Twenty-one Challenger Schools are located in the San Francisco Bay, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Boise areas.
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[edit] References
- ^ Challenger History. Challenger Schools. Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
- ^ Preschool Curriculum. Challenger Schools. Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
- ^ Elementary/Middle School Curriculum. Challenger Schools. Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
- ^ ScholarWear
