Awards and Honors

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Awards and Honors

2009

Devrouax + Purnell Architects chosen for an American Institute of Architects Award for Excellence in Architecture for the design of the Benning Road Campus.
KIPP DC open 3 new schools in 2009: Discover Early Childhood, Promise Elementary, and KIPP DC: College Preparatory High School
Sarah Hayes Campbell, principal, was awarded the Agnes Meyer Outstanding Principal of the Year Award by the Washington Post
Casey Fullerton was recognized as an American Star of Teaching by the U.S. Department of Education
Dayzia Terry, KEY Academy student, was published in the Harvard Educational Review
KEY Academy students DiLexxus Mathis, Sherraina Johnson, & Anthony Winslow were selected to attend City Kids
KEY Academy placed 2nd Place in the Citywide Chess Championships
KEY Academy students JJ Jones, Darren McDonald, Imani McLean, and Nnamdi Anomnachi were all selected for the
Environmental Protection Agency's 2009 Summer Student Environmental Development Program (SEDP)
KEY Academy 8th graders were awarded $191,198.00 awarded in scholarships from independent high schools
Seven students from KEY Academy selected for participation in A Better Chance
AIM Academy Boys Step Team and AIM Academy Drumline performed at the National Charter Schools Conference, a national audience of charter school leaders, in June
Gregory Dendy, an AIM 7th grader, was selected for the Deerfield STEP Program
Jennifer Jones, an AIM 8th grader and school's first valedictorian, was recognized as KIPPster of the Year by the KIPP Foundation
Mayor Fenty and Councilman Barry spoke at the Douglass Campus Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Three AIM students were offered scholarships to summer camp at Camp Hidden Meadows.
Two AIM Academy 8th grade students, Leonell Cunningham and Jasmine Bethea, entered and won a city-wide essay contest. The prize was tickets to the Inaugural Parade.
Lelac Almagor, 7th grade English teacher at AIM Academy, presented a workshop at the national KIPP ELA retreat.
A group of AIM Academy seventh graders were chosen to participate in the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom, in collaboration with LITTLE: Diversified Architectural Consulting, to design a classroom of the future. Students were given the opportunity to tour the architectural firm and work on every piece of the design, from the conception of the idea through the final drawings.
The AIM Boys Step Team performed at half-time at a George Washington University Men's Basketball game and also participated in a George Washington University dance group festival.
Elizabeth Alexander, the poet who read at Barack Obama's inauguration, toured the school and spent some time teaching poetry to the AIM Academy's 7th grade girls' homeroom, Penn State.
AIM Academy 7th grade science teacher Loren Heinbach, was featured in a broadcast of Voice of America.
WILL Academy 5th grade writing teacher Belle Boggs won the Bakeless Prize for her collection of short stories which will be published in 2010.
WILL Academy 5th graders Matthew Ashiani, Sade Gay, and Alexis Brooks placed first, second, and third in the Politics and Prose Poetry competition
WILL Academy 7th graders Abena Asare-Bediako, Ky-Shah Jackson, Diara Redd, Alexis Wilder, and China Flowers all tested into the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Program.
WILL Academy 7th grader Hana Ford received a complete scholarship to attend Phillips Exeter Academy's summer school
WILL Academy 7th grader John Goodwin earned a scholarship opportunity to attend Sidwell Friends' summer program
WILL Academy 7th grader Jahi Sule was given an opportunity to participate at the Science/Reading camp at Deerfield Academy for the summer
WILL Academy 7th grader Tamera Beach was offered an opportunity to study at the Mountain School in Vermont for the summer
WILL Academy 6th grade reading teacher Heimy Salgado won the Board Award for her outstanding teaching
WILL Academy Faculty members Donny Tiengtum and Kate Finley organized and coordinated the KIPP Kids Care community event at WILL Academy where students earned over eight hundred dollars for Congolese Refugees.
WILL Academy 5th grader Akilah Hartgrove and 7th graders Abena Asare- Bediako, Milan Washington and Cierra Nichols, all won tickets to the Obama Inaugural Parade through the Washington Post's Essay Contest.
The WILL Academy 7th grade Student Government Association took the initiative to hold a canned food drive during the holiday season and provided hundreds of canned goods for the DC Food Bank.
Leap Academy was visited by Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
Leap Academy was visited by Queen Raina of Jordan
Leap Academy's Liz Olson won the KIPP DC Board Award
Leap Academy's Hannah Schneider won the Kinder Award from the KIPP Foundation
Leap Academy's Stacie Kossoy selected for the highly competitive Fisher Fellowship
Leap Academy's Ben Speicher selected for the highly competitive Fisher Fellowship
Abe Clayman selected to become LEAP Academy's first vice-principal - participated in KIPP Leadership Program during the summer
WESTAT did an independent evaluation of LEAP Academy - in 7 months time PreK students made 16 months worth of vocabulary growth, 10 months of early literacy, and 9 months of math growth
On average, Leap Academy's Kindergarten students scored in the 75th percentile in reading on the Stanford-10 Achievement Test

2007-2008

KIPP DC: LEAP Academy opened
KIPP DC: KEY Academy named Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education
Mekia Love received the Department of Education Award for American Stars of Teaching
KIPP DC: KEY Academy named Distinguished Title One School

2006-2007

KIPP DC: WILL Academy opened
David Ayala received the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award
Laura Bowen was accepted into the Fisher Fellowship
AIM Student Xavier Morgan won $1,000 in a community spelling bee. Jerry Lawrence won $75 in a community spelling bee.
AIM Fifth grade math teacher, Lisa Suben, was featured in the Washington Post new paper as an outstanding teacher.
AIM Fifth and sixth graders presented the musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at the ARC Community Center.
Over 300 people attended the event.
AIM Academy hosted its first Community Service Say program on Saturday, May 12th, 2007.
KEY Academy 95% of class of 2011 going to a top choice high school
KEY Academy Class of 2011 received approximately $2 million dollars of financial aid
KEY Hosted Balanced Literacy Professional Development
KEY Toured members of Congress, Foundation Directors, International Politicians, and members of the press
KIPP DC Featured in New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Washington Post Magazine, Voice of the Hill,ASCD Education Update, EdWeek, The LA Times, Implemented Phonics Blitz Program for struggling readers
KIPP DC: KEY Academy writers took 1st, 2nd, 3rd places in the Girls, Inc…Essay Contest
Teachers Nominated for American Stars of Teaching, the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Agnes
Meyer Outstanding Educator Awards
KEY Partnership with Girls On the Run established and the team completed a 5K
KEY Boys Flag Football team won its division in the Charter School League
WILL Launched a ground-breaking public/private partnership with DCPS by sharing space, instructional best practices, and student management systems with Scott Montgomery Elementary School.
WILL Hosted Lady Manning from the British Embassy
WILL 5th grade Math teacher, Colby Richardson won the KIPP DC Board’s Outstanding Teacher Award.

2005-2006

KIPP DC: AIM Academy opened
KIPP DC featured on Oprah on April 12th, 2006
Meghan Little received the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award
Jessica Cunningham was accepted into the Fisher Fellowship
Recognized as the Highest Performing Public or Charter Middle School in the District of Columbia
Girl’s Volleyball Team won the Charter School League Championship
Drumline won 1st place in the “Holla Back” drumline competition
Girl’s Basketball Team won 2nd place in the Charter School League Championship
Winner of the Charter School Growth Fund, recognizing KIPP DC as one of the most successful charter school organizations across the country.
Recipient of the High Performance Recognition Award from Washington D.C.’s Mayor’s Office.
Recipient of the Charter Schools’ School Board Chair’s Award for Outstanding Performance
Laura Bowen was accepted into the Fisher Fellowship
Football Team won 2nd place in the Charter School League Championship
Nathan Franz received the local Wal-Mart teacher of the year award; will now move on to the state level of the competition
KIPP DC: KEY Academy named highest performing public and public charter middle school in the District of Columbia.

2003-2004

Chrissy Hart received the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award
Khala Johnson was accepted into the Fisher Fellowship
Meghan Little received the Department of Education Award for American Stars of Teaching
Recipient of the Dispelling the Myth Award from The Education Trust
KIPP DC: KEY Academy named highest performing charter middle school in the District of Columbia

2002-2003

Sarah Hayes received the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award
Mayor Anthony Williams visited the school in recognition of our results
Secretary of Education, Rod Paige, visited the school in recognition of our results
President George W. Bush chose our school as the host for a press conference on school choice
Recipient of the Saxon Math Achievement Award
KIPP DC: KEY Academy named highest performing charter middle school in the District of Columbia

2001-2002

KIPP DC: KEY Academy opened
Recipient of the MAC Parent of the Year Award
Recipient of the MAC Teacher of the Year Award
Recipient of the Best Student Attendance Award from the PCSB
KIPP DC: KEY Academy named highest performing middle school in the District of Columbia