Next KIPP Open House
Wednesday, October 21st
You are most welcome to visit any and all classrooms at KIPP Academy Lynn at our Monthly Open House on Wednesdays October 21st, November 19 and December 9 from 8am to 4pm.
Come and see the magic of extraordinary students working hard to 'climb the mountain' to college. Student success is a result of academic excellence, high expectations, commitment, strict discipline, a caring staff, and fun.
Meet Principal Josh Zoia and explore what KIPP is, who KIPPsters are, and the vision for KIPP for the future.
Please park on the perimeter of the parking lot, as that hot top is also our athletic fields. Please check in to get your name tag, a schedule and other materials in the main office. |
KIPP was recently featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams as part of their "Making a Difference" series.
NBC also posted two companion videos on the Nightly News website:
-KIPP LA 8th grader Erin Chapman: "KIPP student: 'We have to earn everything'"
-KIPP co-founder Dave Levin: "KIPP school founder: 'We're all in this together'" |
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Your Important Donation Supports...
Extended Day that runs from 2 - 5 pm for academics, tutoring, and electives, Saturdays for optional extra tutoring and enrichment, and summer.
Experiential Outdoor Education takes students out of Lynn to experience travel, culture, history, college campuses, and self-sufficiency.
Last Tuition Dollars are the cost difference between partial and full scholarships enabling KIPPsters to attend quality college preparatory high schools.
Please donate online or send your gift to KIPP Academy Lynn, 25 Bessom Street, Lynn, MA 01902. Honor a birthday or special occasion.
Donate a memorial contribution. |
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Visit KIPP Academy Lynn Online!
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About Us
KIPP Academy Lynn Public Charter School provides middle school students with a college-preparatory education. KIPP
serves primarily low-income and minority students residing in Lynn, Massachusetts. The mission of KIPP Academy Lynn is to provide an environment of strict discipline, high expectations, commitment, longer school days and fun to engage the educationally underserved students to develop their academic skills, intellectual habits, and character traits necessary to maximize their potential in high school, college, and the world beyond.
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Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) program is standardized testing used to hold schools and districts accountable, on a yearly basis, for the progress they have made toward the objective that all students be proficient in Reading and Mathematics by 2014.
KIPP Academy Lynn students and their teachers are proud of the academic progress they work so hard to achieve. By tracking students in the Class of 2014 (the year they go to college) from 4th grade to 7th grade, their 2009 MCAS scores show amazing success.
As entering 5th graders, 14% of KIPP students scored proficient or above in math. In just three years, 82% of these same students scored proficient or above by seventh grade. KIPP Academy Lynn's seventh grade math students scored in the top 2 percent across the state.
KIPP Lynn is achieving these results while serving students with a similar background as those attending traditional public schools. Over 87.5% of KIPP Lynn children qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and 16% are identified as special education. The school's strong reputation has created a stable enrollment base and nearly 300 4th graders entered the open lottery for 75 5th grade places last spring. |
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KIPP Academy Lynn eighth grader Leandro Diaz received a $10,000 Doris Fisher Award and KIPP Academy Lynn teacher Andrea DeAngelo received a $10,000 Excellence in Teaching Award during an award ceremony in Orlando this year. More than 1,700 educators from 19 states attended the ceremony to honor excellence in teaching and learning. Winners were selected by committees that includes Fisher, KIPP's co-founders, past winners, and other educators.
Diaz is one of only six students selected from a pool of more than 1,000 eligible eighth grade students to win the Doris Fisher Award - a $10,000 college scholarship named after Fisher, co-founder of Gap, Inc., to recognize her longtime support of public education. The award honors students' accomplishments in overcoming challenges to excel in three areas: academics, leadership and character.
Andrea DeAngelo is one of only 10 teachers selected from a pool of nearly 1,000 educators from across the country to win the $10,000 Excellence in Teaching Award. The award is designed to recognize outstanding public school teachers. The winning teachers are nominated by their school leaders based on their proven track record for improving student achievement, inspiring other teachers and contributing to their school communities.
Congratulations Leandro and Drea! |
How can YOU make a differenceo Donate tickets to sports or cultural events
o Fund a school outing to a museum
o Endow an elective such as Technology, Academic, Sports, Music, Dance, Student Government, Tae Kwon Do and Others
o Support a soccer, basketball or track team o Donate funds to support the KIPP 10-hour school day $2000 funds a student's education for an entire year of More Time education of 50 hours of school a week
Does your company offer matching funds or grants? Please contact Nancy Sarles or call 781.592.1937 to discuss how your donation can make an even greater impact. |
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TEACHERS WISH LIST
The amazing teachers at KIPP Academy Lynn are in school from 7:15am until after 5pm, or later and are available to students and parents until 9pm every evening. KIPP teachers are dedicated, passionate, and continuously train to be better. Here are their wishes....
Gift Certificates for student rewards
Barnes and Noble - Borders
Walmart - Target
Outdoor Education Equipment
Internal Frame Back Packs
Sleeping bags - Hiking boots
Keeping Warm
Electric Blankets
(cost for one night in a warm bed is 10 cents)
Winter coats - hats - mittens
Socks of all sizes and colors
More Wishes
Computers for Alumni
Billboard space on Route 1-A
A 14-passenger van for transporting small groups
Sponsor a KIPP parent taking class in US citizenship, English, or Technology.
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TEAM
Join KIPP Academy Lynn Girls Basketball Coach, Nat Jones, on a trip down memory lane and a look into the future of the hard working Girls Varsity Basketball Team! |
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Work Hard. Be Nice.
No excuses. No short cuts.
Impossible is an opinion.
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