7-14-10 ECS Community Meeting Presentation

7-14-10 ECS Community Meeting notes

06-03-10 Park Place Presentation

06-03-10 Park Place Community Notes

To that end, Jon McCann, the principal,  has reserved the social hall at the Waverly Church on the corner of Forbes and South Braddock avenue for Thursday June 3rd, at 6:30PM.  Community members are encouraged to attend to learn about the proposal and provide input.

As this would seemingly require a zoning change, this would be an early opportunity to interact with the charter school representatives to ask questions, express concerns, etc. before it gets to the planning commission and zoning board.

March 20th 10am-noon
829 Milton Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15218 [map]

Principal Jon McCann will speak and answer questions at 10:30am.

Light refreshments provided.

You may schedule a tour of the school by calling 412-247-7970

Community meeting to become informed, share your ideas, and help plan our action for the next Environmental Charter School meeting.

You are a vital part of this area and your voice matters.

For more information, contact: ednsuek2005@hotmail.com

Additional information is available at: www.regentsquare-rsca.org/ECSForum.htm

(Note: this is not a GPPNA hosted meeting, we are merely passing information along to residents.)

Open House Dates:
Monday, April 28, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Saturday, May 10, 10 AM – NOON
Tuesday, May 13, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
The Environmental Charter School at Frick Park
829 Milton Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15218| 412-247-7970
http://www.environmentalcharterschool.org

In a recent Post-Gazette story, Superintendent Roosevelt said he plans a review of magnet programs to determine whether they’re as rigorous as they need to be and whether the mix of magnet programs meets the needs of students and parents. Come and find out what are his plans. Join us for this important meeting.

From: Philip Parr philip.parr@imagineschools.com
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 12:42 PM
Subject: An Update on the Proposed Regent Square Environmental Charter School

Greetings:

We are writing to provide you with an update on the progress being made to create an environmental charter school in Regent Square. First, the most exciting news is the building is in the process of being sold to Schoolhouse Finance, the fiscal arm of Imagine Schools, Inc. The Agreement of Sale has been signed and the closing is scheduled to occur not later than the first week in June.

Also, a group has formed to obtain signatures from parents and residents in the city and in the municipalities that comprise Regent Square. Teams have been organized and will soon begin work to obtain up to 1,000 signatures from City of Pittsburgh residents plus additional signatures from non-residents .

It is going to take a very strong effort to collect the 1,000 signatures from City of Pittsburgh residents plus signatures outside of Pittsburgh. We would greatly appreciate it if you could help us. We estimate that it would only take 5 hours of your time as we are asking each volunteer to secure 50 signatures. If you could possibly help out, please let Mark Friedman know of your interest and he will assign you to a team. Mark is a co-captain for the initiative along with his brother, Alan Friedman.

The Friedman Brothers, Inc. could really use more people, so please consider e-mailing Mark at msfriedman@stophiv.pitt.edu.

Thanks for your continuing interest in and support for the proposed environmental charter school.

Sincerely,

Phil Parr
Mark Friedman

• Fact Sheet.doc
• Petition for City Parents.doc
• Petition for City Residents
• Petition for Non City Parents.doc
• Petition for Non City Residents.doc

Dear East End Community Resident:

A meeting will be held on Thursday, March 16th at 7:30 p.m. in the Wilkins School Community Center at Charleston Street at South Braddock Avenue in Regent Square for residents to learn more about a creative and exciting initiative to establish a K-8 Environmental Charter School for the community in the Regent Square neighborhood.

The intent of the proposed school is to help young people develop a love and respect for nature and the will to conserve and preserve it for future generations. The school will achieve this by using developmentally appropriate educational practices. The vision is to have eighth graders leave the school understanding the faces of the issues that impact global ecology. These are faces that you know well: poverty and wealth, sickness and health, and the impacts of decisions that people, cultures, and nations make.

The school intends to develop a resilient education program that finds ways to energize each student’s curiosity for learning in an environment where project learning, thinking, research and problem-solving are the norm. The vision is to develop partnerships with the broadest cross-section of area ecology organizations as possible to help make this kind of learning environment a reality.

The proposed charter school application is being developed by a coalition of community and environmental group leaders, and Imagine Schools, a national education management organization.

At the meeting, we would like to provide you with a brief overview of the project, information about Imagine Schools ( http://www.imagineschools.com ), details about how you may support the charter application if you so choose, and an opportunity for you to ask your questions.

I hope you will be able to attend this important neighborhood gathering. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to others who might be interested in attending the meeting.