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| Academy of Urban Learning: Update The Academy of Urban Learning (AUL), an alternative charter high school in Denver serving at-risk youth, will begin its fourth year of operation in September 2008. The school Principal, David Brown, estimates the school will enroll approximately 90 students for the 2008/09 school year, “I feel very confident that all of our hard work over the summer will produce positive results this school year and beyond.” AUL was granted a five-year charter contract from Denver Public Schools in February 2007, and the school staff has been preparing for a new school year with summer professional development and curriculum building through its curriculum coach, Anna Fryer. 
The school will add a new full-time teacher to its staff: Rachel Kelly is a certified Special Education teacher who will work closely with students who have special needs as well as teach basic-level math courses. The school welcomes a new office manager, Rita Guerrero, whose son, Christian, attends the school, and a new school counselor, Carla Paul-Divine. The school’s founding social worker, Alicia Daigler, as well as all core teaching staff—a language arts teacher, a social studies teacher, a math teacher, a science teacher, and a special education teacher—will return this year. Having an experienced and committed staff who many of the students know well significantly contributes to students’ continued academic and personal growth. The Academy of Urban Learning received a $150,000 grant, to be distributed over three years, from the Youth Hope Foundation based in Wisconsin. The funding will support a part-time curriculum coach, a Life Skills program, and supplies for the Science program. To learn more about the Academy of Urban Learning, visit www.auldenver.org. |
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