GROUNDBREAKING SCHOOL
Sci Academy featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show as one of the nation's groundbreaking charter schools. For details about our appearance on the show
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Since 2005, New Orleans has seen a host of innovative new charter schools take root in the city. One of these, Sci Academy, is providing an ambitious college prep experience in an underprivileged environment and trying to set a standard for the rest of the nation.
New Orleans Charter Science and Math Academy awarded One Million Dollars from Oprah’s Angel Network on The Oprah Winfrey Show!
New Orleans, LA- New Orleans Charter Science and Math Academy (Sci Academy), a charter high school in New Orleans East was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show today, Monday, September 20th. The special episode is marked the finale of Oprah’s Angel Network and culminated with $1 million awards to 6 schools across the nation, including Sci Academy.
Today’s episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show highlighted Sci Academy among schools in America achieving significant academic success. Benjamin Marcovitz, Sci Academy Principal, and Jerel Bryant, Sci Academy Humanities Dean, were both present at the taping of the episode. Other guests appearing on the show included Bill Gates, Michelle Rhee, Waiting for Superman movie director Davis Guggenheim, and John Legend.
“We are excited and honored to be nationally recognized for the outstanding academic success of our scholars,” Sci Academy Principal Benjamin Marcovitz said. “The staff at Sci Academy and our scholars and families have generated an exceptional achievement that the entire community can celebrate.”
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GOOD LOOK: Nola Charter Schools
April 2010 GOOD Magazine| Eve Marson
Grade Improvements
Summer 2008 Louisiana Imagine Magazine | Suzanne Johnson
Looking for symbols of the revolution in public education in post-Katrina New Orleans? Just look through your windshield at those waving fields of yard signs. They sprouted at every major intersection this spring advertising an often bewildering array of school enrollment choices – charter schools, “recovery” district” schools, parish-run schools, private schools. Ben Marcovitz, the 28-year-old founder and incoming principal of the New Orleans Charter Science & Math Academy or “Sci-Academy,” has planted about 500 yard signs. The high school will open this fall in flood-ravaged eastern New Orleans and Marcovitz needs to attract at least 70 students for the inaugural class of 2012. read more
Charter Schools Bloom in New Orleans
April 2008 NPR All Things Considered | Andrea Hsu
Since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has become a laboratory of sorts for charter schools. Seven new ones are opening this month — supported by millions of dollars in federal and private grants. The funding draws educators like 28-year-old Channa Cook to New Orleans. listen to report
