KIPP welcomes 20,000 students in the 2009-10 school year
 School leader Joanna Belcher with students at
SPARK Academy, Newark, NJ. Dear Friends,
Autumn is the back-to-school season, but here at KIPP the year starts early, with many students learning the ropes for the very first time in summer school. Eighty-two KIPP schools opened their doors to KIPPsters this summer—18 for the first time—our single largest annual expansion ever. As we increasingly focus on education that extends from pre-kindergarten through high school, KIPP now has 16 elementary schools and 11 high schools operating across the network.
New schools and established alike, we’ve read and heard a lot about how KIPP schools are starting the year off focused on success. See below for some of the media coverage sharing school openings and those back-to-school days.
Thanks to all of our school leaders, teachers, families and KIPPsters, for the work they do daily in order to climb the mountain to and through college. The 2009-10 school year is off to a great start.
Sincerely,
Richard Barth,
CEO, KIPP Foundation
San Antonio Business Journal (San Antonio, TX), Jul 31, 2009
Charter School KIPP San Antonio expanding local footprint
KIPP San Antonio has opened its first high school, KIPP University College Prep, and is expanding to larger space as it looks toward growth in 2010.
KMOV Channel 4 (St.Louis, MO), Aug 10, 2009
St. Louis city's newest charter school offers no excuses
Local tv coverage of the opening of KIPP Inspire Academy in St. Louis, MO explains the KIPP model for the first KIPP school to open in this city.
Denver Charter Schools Examiner (Denver, CO), Aug 17, 2009
Knowledge is Power at KIPP Denver Collegiate High School
KIPP Denver Collegiate opened as the first KIPP high school in Denver, CO. Students got off to a start focused on college, before the school year even began.
The Galveston County Daily News (Galveston, TX), Aug 24, 2009
New school year brings new changes
KIPP Coastal Village is one of two new schools that opened in the Galveston public school district this fall.
Office of Governor Jon Corzine, New Jersey, Oct 2, 2009
Governor Corzine, Mayor Booker, Commissioner Davy, and Councilman Rice cut the ribbon
on SPARK Academy
TEAM Schools, a network of KIPP Schools, hosted local and state politicians to celebrate the ribbon cutting for SPARK Academy, their newest school which serves 100 kindergarten students.
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