Ventures

Catalyst: Bremerton, the first site of Catalyst Public Schools, launched in Bremerton, WA in Fall 2020. The school intends to serve 504 scholars at full enrollment across grades K-8. Catalyst expects to open a second site in Fall 2023 to serve students grades 9-12 at full enrollment.

Catalyst: Bremerton is a school where every child is known, loved, and challenged. Catalyst supports their diverse scholars to live full lives and to succeed in college, career, and life. Scholars will find their purpose and passion so that they can cultivate the critical hope, optimism and leadership essential to be catalysts in their community and world.

Charlotte Lab Schools opened two public charter schools which are both based in Charlotte, NC that will eventually serve over 1000 students in grades K-12. Charlotte Lab provides a student-centered, engaging, project-based college preparatory foundation in a small, nurturing, partial language immersion setting. Charlotte Lab is designed to meet the needs of 21st century students through authentic learning, individualization and personalization, global awareness, metacognitive skill development, and innovation.

Compass Rose Harvest is a public school that launched in Bastrop, Texas in Fall 2022. The school intends to serve 1,450 students at full enrollment across grades K-12. Harvest offers a project-driven program that blends rigorous college preparatory curriculum with hands-on learning that immerses our students in the practical work of building a brighter, more sustainable future through agricultural and environmental innovation. Upon graduation, their students will be prepared to tackle the most critical problems our world faces and will do so through an equity lens as self and community advocates.

Coperni 3 is a public charter school in Colorado Springs, CO that will eventually serve 540 in grades K-8. Coperni 3 is founded on the notion that a Year 2030 workplace will require new skills and the ability to think critically. Our school prepares students for college and the modern workplace. Through personalized learning and a focus on critical thinking skills, we close achievement gaps and allow every student to reach her/his potential.

Da Vinci Connect High School is a public school that launched in El Segundo, California in Fall 2020. The school intends to serve 1000 students at full enrollment across grades K-12 with an additional 250 in grade 12+. This innovative model combines hybrid learning (both at school and remotely) with early college, social emotional learning and real world learning. Students begin their college journey as 9th graders and earn a two-year or four-year degree while in high school. Led by credentialed teachers who are experts in student-centered education, students develop agency to propel them successfully into the adult world of college, career and purpose.

Dallas Hybrid Preparatory at Stephen J. Hay is a Dallas ISD public school that will launch in Dallas, TX in fall 2021. The school intends two serve 75 students at full enrollment across grades 4th to 6th grade by using a flexible time model in which students engage in an enhanced virtual learning environment three times a week and in-person learning, twice a week. The school will also provide students the choice to explore two STEM career pathways a year and specialized STEM activities such as maker-space, and project-based learning.

DeKalb Brilliance Academy is a public school that launched in South DeKalb in Atlanta, Georgia in Fall 2022. The school intends to serve 756 students in grades 6-8 at full enrollment. Together with hundreds of community members, the founding team designed a school that empowers students to be leaders in any field they choose. Through Entrepreneurial Project-based Learning, students will learn not only from their teachers and peers, but also directly from scientists, lawyers, engineers, and designers in semester-long projects connected to high-impact careers. DeKalb Brilliance Academy seeks to empower each student to design a better and more equitable future.