Ventures

Becoming Collegiate Academy is a public school that launched in Jacksonville, Florida in Fall 2022. The school intends to serve 654 students at full enrollment across kindergarten-5th grade. Becoming Collegiate Academy is “The HBCU Elementary School”. Like HBCUs, Becoming provides a space for all students to belong. BCA’s mission is to prepare all students in grades K-5 to be successful in college and life. The vision is achieved through mirroring the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) experience with a keen focus on: (1) fostering positive relationships, (2) leveraging culture and identity, and (3) upholding high expectations.

BELIEVE Circle City High School is an early college and career preparatory high school that launched in Indianapolis, IN in the Fall of 2020. The school intends to serve approx. 400 students at full enrollment across grades 9-12. BELIEVE will focus on fostering the academic acceleration, autonomy, and agency needed to be a contributing member of our evolving society. BELIEVE strives to create a community of change agents by developing our students’ and staff’s identity, sense of purpose, and social and emotional well-being.

Bostonia Global is a public school that launched in El Cajon, California in Fall 2021. The school intends to serve 1,125 K-8 students and 600 9-14 secondary students at full enrollment. Bostonia Global strives to create an interest-based learning environment where students thrive and grow each and every day. Simply stated, our mission is to foster Happy kids, Engaged in Healthy Relationships, and On a Path to Gainful Employment.

Breakthrough Charter School is a diverse-by-design, public charter school that launched in Marion, Alabama in Fall 2021. The school intends to serve 350 students at full enrollment across grades PK – 12th. Our core values of Scholarship, Diversity, Leadership, and Community will drive our innovative instructional model, rooted in project-based learning, service learning, and social emotional development. We are excited to be working with local partners, including Marion Military Institute, Main Street Marion, and New Schools For Alabama.

Brillante Academy is a public school that will launch in McAllen/Mission, Texas in Fall 2022. The school intends to serve 755 students at full enrollment across grades pre-kindergarten through the 8th grade. Brillante will serve students of the Rio Grande Valley with a balance of tradition, innovation and character formation (by nurturing the whole child: body, mind and spirit). Brillante’s key design features will include two-way dual language immersion in Spanish and English; deep family involvement; a classical + approach; focus on global and local content; personalized learning; and leading with character. Brillante’s goal is every student will lead a life of excellence, virtue, purpose and impact.

Bronx Legacy High School (BXL) is an anti-racist and anti-bullying community that honors individual and cultural identity with a foundation rooted in problem solving, community learning, and action. We support students in becoming critically conscious thinkers, readers, and writers. Our goal is to empower students to build an in-depth understanding of the world around them, the role they play, and how they can take action to disrupt injustice and facilitate change in their local communities. BXL launched in September 2020 and supports students in grades 9-12.

Brooklyn Lab Charter School is a public charter school in Brooklyn, NY that will eventually serve 270 students in grades 6-8. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools’ mission is to prepare students, including English language learners (ELLs) and student with disabilities, with the academic foundation, digital literacy, and leadership skills necessary to succeed in college and professional life as they grow as ethical leaders.

Butler Academy is a tuition-free K-12 public charter school in Darlington County, SC that launched in Fall 2022. The school intends to serve 170 students at full enrollment across grades 6-8. Their mission is to create an enthusiastic culture of learning in which every scholar is expected and positioned to succeed academically. Employing a Compassionate School model, we realize our mission by emphasizing the social and emotional well-being of our scholars, families, and staff. Their BRAVE core values (Belonging, Respect, Accountability, Vision, and Excellence) inform and guide all aspects of our work.

Carter G. Woodson Preparatory Academy is a public school that will launch in Lexington, Kentucky in Fall 2021. The school intends to serve 450 boys at full enrollment across K-5 grades. Our vision is to have an all-male Afrocentric K-5 school that cultivates and celebrates the identity, culture, community, creativity, and intellectual genius of boys through a STEM-focused curriculum.