Although the days are still long, the weather is still warm, and the pool is still calling our names, it is indeed time to go back to school.  The prospect of starting a new school year elicits many emotions for both students and parents—anticipation, anxiety, excitement, and optimism, among many others. At BASIS Charter Schools, we strive to make the transition from summer break to the new school year as smooth as possible, ensuring our students start the year off right. Here are some ways you can help your children have a successful first week of school, and rest of the year.

 New Ranking Method?

As a parent you want your child to have the best education possible. However, quality education opportunities are not always accessible, depending on the school district and area you reside in. Fortunately, in recent years the school choice movement has taken great strides, empowering parents to determine the type of education that best fits their child’s individual needs by making additional schooling options available. In the public school sector, charter schools are amongst the most popular—Arizona alone has an estimated 535 charter schools enrolling about 177,600 students.¹ So with so many charter school options, how do you know which one is best for your child?

In the spirit of keeping our learning communities as informed as possible, please have another look at the letter Dr. Craig Barrett sent to the families of all BASIS Charter School students on March 20, 2019. Dr. Barrett, of course, is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of BASIS Charter Schools, Inc. He has long been a vociferous support of our particular brand of high-achieving liberal arts education, which we call the BASIS Curriculum, and which is in 37 schools worldwide and 27 charter schools in the United States. 

Through the innovative co-teaching design of the BASIS Curriculum primary classroom—the Learning Expert Teacher/Subject Expert Teacher (LET/SET) model—two teachers work together to serve students’ different needs in each class throughout the school day.