New England Network
Small Schools
Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School (BArT), Adams, Massachusetts
The Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School (BArT) opened its doors in September 2004 as a member of the Diploma Plus network. BArT integrates the study of arts and technology with core subjects to promote mastery of academic skills, content, and competencies in order to prepare students for college and develop into independent thinkers, dynamic workers and active citizens for life. The school provides middle and high school students in Northern Berkshire County (in Western Massachusetts) with an intellectual community that regards everyone, including teachers and parents, as perpetual learners.
For more information, see www.bartcharter.org.
Boston Adult Technical Academy, Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston Adult Technical Academy (BATA), located at Madison Park High School, was established in the fall of 1999 as an afternoon and evening program for young adults in Boston (aged 18-22) wanting to earn a high school diploma. Aside from serving an older high school population, BATA is unique because many of its students are newcomers to the United States and are English language learners.
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Champion Charter School, Brockton, Massachusetts
The Champion Charter Public School (CCPS) was the first brand-new school based on the Diploma Plus model. It was founded in 1998 by the Brockton Public Schools in partnership with MY TURN, a community-based organization in Brockton, MA offering school-to-career and college transition programs. CCPS operates as a "Horace Mann" Charter School, meaning that it operates under a state-granted charter within the local school district. All of CCPS's approximately 125 students are considered youth placed at risk and many are returning to school after dropping out of school.
E3 Academy, Providence, Rhode Island
Educational Excellence through Empowerment (E3) Academy is a small high school within the Providence Public School district, and is the largest DP school. It opened in September 2004 and now enrolls 400-425 students in the equivalent of grades 9-12 (including rising 9th graders who have not yet experienced high school).
For more information go to www.providenceschools.org/hs/ecubed/aboutus/
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New England Network
Alternative Sites
City Roots High School, Boston, Massachusetts
City Roots is a program of the City of Boston's Centers for Youth and Families, which offers educational and career support services to young people. Located at the Tobin Community School in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, City Roots enrolls approximately 25 students, most of whom have previsouly dropped our of school. City Roots offers the Presentation Level and Plus Phase of Diploma Plus, and most students are enrolled in the program for two years. By successfully completing DP, City Roots students earn a high school diploma through arrangement with their officail high school of record.
Diploma Plus - Cape Cod Community College, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Diploma Plus at Cape Cod Community College (CCCC) is an on-campus, alternative senior year program offering the Plus Phase of DP. An initiative of the Cape and Islands School-to-Career Partnership, the program was launched in 1998 as a regional model for enabling at-risk 12th graders to complete their high school requirements and transition to post-secondary education.
For more information go to www.capecod.mass.edu/web/k12/diploma_plus
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Diploma Plus - Lawrence Adult Learning Center, Lawrence, Massachusetts
Lawrence Diploma Plus is a small two-year alternative program for students who are not meeting with success in the district's high school. The program, which opened in September 2003, is located within the district's Adult Learning Center. The program targets students who have had poor attendance and/or are behind in grade for their age. It currently serves 25-30 juniors and seniors from Lawrence High School. Students begin in the Presentation level and are promoted to the Plus Phase after completing specific course work and a portfolio aligned to the competencies and district standards. Students graduating from the program are awarded a Lawrence High School diploma. It is hoped that the DP program will expand to serve more students and offer a three-year sequence of instruction once a new high school building opens in the district. With this expansion, the program will likely target more English language learners.
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Early College High School, Springfield Public Schools and Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, Massachusetts
The Early College High School (ECHS) Diploma Plus program in Holyoke, Massachusetts, is a collaboration of CYDE, the Springfield Public Schools (SPS) and Holyoke Community College (HCC). An outgrowth of an earlier one-year program, called “Another Route to College,” ECHS was awarded National Foundation of Science funds through the state Department of Education in 2004-05, enabling it to increase its student enrollment to 50 and expand into its current two-year Early College High School format, built on the Diploma Plus model, at HCC. ECHS target population is students who have not yet passed one or both sections of the state’s MCAS high school exit exam. Accordingly, in addition to a strong focus on the transition to postsecondary education, ECHS has emphasized academic remediation and test preparation.
For more information go to sps.springfield.ma.us/schoolsites/echs/default.asp
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California Network
Two DP small schools exist in the state of California. One additional DP school, Helen Bernstein, will open in Los Angeles in September of 2008.
The Einstein Education Center
Merlo Institute of Environmental Technology
Helen Bernstein High School
Please click here for profiles of the California Diploma Plus Schools: www.nww.org/initiatives/diplomaplus/profiles.html
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New York Network
Five DP small schools exist in New York City including the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Coney Island.
Brownsville Academy
schools.nyc.gov/schoolportals/17/k568/default.htm
Crotona Academy High School
schools.nyc.gov/schoolportals/07/x321/default.htm
Harlem Renaissance High School
harlemrenaissancehighschool.org
Liberation High SChool
schools.nyc.gov/schoolportals/21/k728/default.htm
P.U.L.S.E High School
schools.nyc.gov/schoolportals/10/x319/default.htm
Scheduled to open September 2008:
Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School
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Indianapolis Network
Five DP small schools were opened in Indianapolis and surrounding areas in the 2008/2009 school year:
Franklin Township Diploma Plus High School
Diploma Plus at Arlington High School
Diploma Plus Academy at Arsenal Technical High School
Lawrence Diploma Plus Secondary Academy
Pike's Diploma Plus High School
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