School Profile

Banning Lewis Ranch Academy

Address

Banning Lewis Ranch Academy
7094 Cottonwood Tree Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80927

Contact Information

Web Site: http://www.blracademy.org
Phone: (719)570-0075
Fax: (719)522-2900

School Info

Authorizer: Falcon 49
Year Opened: 2006
County: El Paso
District: Falcon 49
Region: Pikes Peak
Grade Levels: K , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8
Enrollment: 712
Educational Program: Mosaica , Paragon

Description

We believe in our responsibility to partner with parents, creating a safe environment in which students from diverse backgrounds and of varied abilities:

• Strive for academic excellence

• Explore a culturally diverse curriculum

• Prepare to succeed in a global environment

• Provide service to a growing community

• Participate in character education, developing a respect for others through exemplary mentorship

• Experience cooperative educational communities in all content areas from fine arts to technology

• Develop into life long learners

Design: We offer an extended school day and academic year to allow for true mastery rather than cursory coverage of the curriculum.

Curriculum: Our content-rich Paragon Curriculum converges high tech with the humanities, combining the rigors of a classical education with the relevance required by contemporary culture. Our interdisciplinary program instills in students a captivating conceptual understanding and chronological picture of history, as well as an awareness of the interrelationships between different domains of knowledge.

Technology: To master true computer literacy, students require hands-on access to computers as a tool for authentic learning. Banning Lewis Ranch Academy equips each classroom with a computer for every three children, and provides a laptop for each teacher and administrator.

Assessment: The barometers that gauge Banning Lewis Ranch Academy's success include higher student standardized test scores, marked progress in the quality of performance-based assessments, improved student attendance, and retention as well as enhanced motivation, satisfaction, and morale on the part of students, teachers, and parents.

Teachers: Banning Lewis Ranch Academy hires, trains, and is committed to retaining star teachers and talented leaders in educational management. All teachers are highly qualified, experienced individuals who have a strong sense of purpose, and a willingness to challenge themselves as life long learners, as they would challenge their students. They compel all students to excel by concentrating on engaging every child in learning and by holding students to high standards.

Parents: Because every child needs stability, continuity and a champion who believes in his or her human potential, Banning Lewis Ranch Academy works to foster a close connection between home and school. Specifically, Banning Lewis Ranch Academy works with parents and other adults with positive influence to improve attendance, to assist with homework, and to intercede at the first hint of difficulty.