Khabele School

The Khabele School is a PreK-12 private university preparatory school located in Austin, Texas. It has three campuses, with the Rio Grande Campus in Downtown Austin serving grades 6 through 12, the South Lamar Campus serving grades 2 through 5, and the Primavera Campus in South Austin serving grades YCC through 1st grade.[1]

History

Letsie "Khotso" Khabele and Moya Khabele founded the school. Letsie Khabele is the grandson of Bertha Sadler Means, an Austin activist during the 1950s-1960s Civil Rights movement. Michael Barnes of the Austin American-Statesman said that "[t]he idea for the school grew out of a national crisis".[2]

Khotso said that he started the school after he considered "How do I raise my child in this new world? How do I educate kids for this new, rapidly changing world? We got clear that we wanted to lean into change."[2] The school opened in 2001 with 9 students.[3] The couple had started the school six months after the two first met. The school initially used a borrowed classroom.[2] In 2007 the school acquired an annex at 701 W. 7th St. and housed dance, martial arts, music, and yoga classes there.[3] In 2008 the school had 170 students.[4]

In 2011 Khabele merged with Primavera Montessori, a South Austin private school for 18-month-old to 1st grade children.[5] Primavera had opened in October 2002.[6] As of 2012 the Khabele School had 101 employees and a yearly budget of $6 million. By 2012 it had signed a one year lease for the facility that houses the elementary division. After that point, the school had the possibility of renewing the lease or constructing a new facility.[5] As of January 2013 the school has three campuses with a total of 460 students. Barnes said in 2013 that the "globally themed" school had "grown rapidly".[2] Moya Khabele works as the school's marketing director,[2] and did consulting for newly established private schools.[4]

Curriculum

The K-5th grade is Montessori. The high school is part of the IBO program for juniors and seniors. .[7]

Student body

As of 2014 the school had 527 students,[8] with 8% of the student body receiving financial aid. The enrollment includes 126 students in early childhood (18 months to 5 years), 173 students in elementary school (Kindergarten through grade 5), and 228 students in middle and high school (6-12). The school states that 8% of its total student body receives financial aid is given of its total student body. As of 2014 the middle and high school division includes 20 international students who originated from eight countries.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Contact." Khabele School. Retrieved on January 16, 2013. "801 Rio Grande St, Austin TX 78701" and "3400 South Lamar, Austin, TX 78704" and "6405 Manchaca Rd., Austin, TX 78745"
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Barnes, Michael. "Six generations of courage and vision from an Austin family." Austin American-Statesman. Saturday January 12, 2013. Retrieved on January 16, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "History." Khabele School. Retrieved on August 12, 2011.
  4. 1 2 Staff. "First MBAs, now first graders for Acton founder." Austin Business Journal. May 31, 2009. 2. Retrieved on January 16, 2013.
  5. 1 2 Staff. "Khabele School seeks to grow brand." Austin Business Journal. August 10, 2012. Retrieved on January 16, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Ahout." Primavera Montessori School. January 10, 2006. Retrieved on January 16, 2013.
  7. ↑ "This birthday girl saves her wish for the environment." Austin American-Statesman. September 30, 2007. B02. Retrieved on January 16, 2013. "At the Khabele School in Austin, students are required to spend a week in December fulfilling a lifelong dream that benefits charity. So this winter, 16-year- old[...]"
  8. ↑ "School Profile 2014" (Archive). Khabele School. p. 2. Retrieved on April 6, 2015.
  9. ↑ "School Profile 2014" (Archive). Khabele School. p. 3. Retrieved on April 6, 2015.

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