Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek

To:  The NYC Department of Education and the NYS Education Department

Life in the 21st century for today’s students will demand a more intense application of knowledge, skills and abilities than ever before. There is a need to establish an academically rigorous, standards-based school of excellence in the East New York/Starrett City/Spring Creek section of Brooklyn that will serve as a national model for 21st century public school reform. The Cultural Arts Academy at Spring Creek, in partnership with Dr. A.R. Bernard, CEO of Christian Cultural Center, is applying to open an exemplary 21st century charter school in September 2010.

The Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek is a college preparatory K-12 school located in the Spring Creek/East New York/Canarsie section of Brooklyn, New York whose mission is to provide an exemplary, standards-based arts education program that promotes superior academic scholarship and strong cultural arts proficiency. The core curriculum of the Cultural Arts Academy Charter School will include English Language Arts, mathematics, the sciences, social studies, technology, physical education and the study of music, dance, visual arts and theater across the curriculum, and will prepare students for entry into entrepreneurial careers, mathematics, science and the arts, and as scholars in various academic fields and diverse vocations.

Christian Cultural Center will make the following resources and support available to the Cultural Arts Academy Charter School:

• Use of a state-of-the-art facility
• Parent Resource Center
• Computer, Math, Science and Language Labs with technical support
• Synergy Tutoring Program
• Conference site for educational workshops and seminars
• Annual Academic Scholarships
• “Staying Connected” support program for college students
• Creative arts production support

The Spring Creek Cultural Arts Academy Charter School Planning Team and Christian Cultural Center under the leadership of Dr. A.R. Bernard, together with friends of education and all New York City and tri-state area communities, support this audacious new vision for public education in Brooklyn, New York.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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