Leaders : 8
Great Schools : 12
Teachers : 16
Communities : 20
Growth : 24
Financials : 26
{The actual proves the possible.} Dear Friend of KIPP, It has been five years since my wife, Doris, and I organized the KIPP Foundation with Michael Feinberg, David Levin, and Scott Hamilton to replicate the original two KIPP schools in Houston and the Bronx. Since then, our faith has been confirmed by the extraordinary results from nearly all the public schools that we have started. I believe we have proven that the KIPP model works and that skeptics - who thought that high-quality public schools cannot be taken to scale - were wrong. KIPP has had great success, but challenges lie ahead. For instance, we have found that our new schools need more and better support to achieve long-term sustainability, that starting middle schools is not enough in areas with limited high school options, and that quality must be our guide, even if it requires difficult decisions about our schools that are not performing to KIPP's standards. With these challenges in mind, we are re-doubling our efforts to improve and grow. Last year, we opened a pre-school and a high school in Houston. This year, we started another public high school in Gaston, North Carolina, and we plan to open more in 2006 and 2007. As you will see in the financial statements, we need your help to keep expanding the movement. KIPP is beginning to show what is possible in the public school system. We believe that underserved kids have the ability to become outstanding students, and our schools are demonstrating that students are achieving at high levels. Public school superintendents are increasingly incorporating KIPP's Five Pillars, or core operating principles, into their schools. This is one reason to continue to expand the number of KIPP public schools nationwide. If you have not been to a KIPP school (or have not been to one recently), I encourage you to visit and see what it is all about. KIPP students, with their hard work, enthusiasm, and their focus on college, are a real inspiration. Sincerely,
Donald G. Fisher Chairman of the Board
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Leaders : 8
Great Schools : 12
Teachers : 16
Communities : 20
Growth : 24
Financials : 26
T he KIPP effect
This graph demonstrates the comparative growth that KIPP fifth through eighth graders achieved in reading and mathematics since entering KIPP. The shaded area under the curve represents the percentage of national test takers that KIPP students outperform. While the average fifth grader enters KIPP in the bottom third of test takers nationwide (28th percentile), the average KIPP eighth grader outperforms nearly three out of four test takers nationwide (74th percentile).
Reading & Mathematics Achievement of KIPP Students Fall 2000-Spring 2005 Stanford Achievement Test
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KIPP schools are public, tuition free, and open enrollment. They share a core set of operating principles known as the Five Pillars: High Expectations, Choice & Commitment, More Time, Power to Lead, and Focus on Results. KIPP students typically attend school from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, alternating Saturdays, and three weeks in the summer. They receive 60% more time to learn than their counterparts in typical public schools. The time that students spend in school during traditional “after-school� hours helps them focus on academics. Rigorous collegepreparatory instruction is balanced with extracurricular activities, experiential field lessons, and character development. These factors contribute to the culture of excellence, high expectations, and results that KIPP schools are recognized for.
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These results show that the longer hours, great teachers, and a structured learning environment are producing significant academic gains and putting students on the road to college.
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2005 Highlights An independent study conducted by the Educational Policy Institute found that KIPP students made “large and significant” gains beyond what is average for schools on the Stanford-10, a national norm-referenced test. These findings build upon the 2002 report conducted by New American Schools that found that the first KIPP schools opened in 2001 all recorded “statistically significant” gains in student achievement.
Highlights of KIPP schools opened in 2001 : The first schools to open with the assistance of the KIPP Foundation — KIPP DC: KEY Academy (Washington, DC), KIPP 3D Academy (Houston, TX), and KIPP Gaston College Preparatory (Gaston, NC) — promoted 100% of their eighth graders to high school. Students from the DC and Houston schools earned more than $2.7 million in high school scholarships. The North Carolina eighth graders now attend the newly opened KIPP Pride High School, also in Gaston.
: KIPP DC: KEY Academy is the highest performing public middle school in the District of Columbia.
: In 2004-2005, 100% of KIPP Gaston College Preparatory's eighth grade achieved above grade level scores in all end-of-grade tests and an Algebra I test typically given in high school.
: Since entering KIPP 3D Academy, current seventh graders have jumped from the 34th to the 56th percentile in reading and from the 41st to the 79th percentile in mathematics, as measured by the Stanford-10.
Highlights of KIPP schools opened in 2002 : KIPP Reach College Preparatory's (Oklahoma City, OK) current sixth grade performed in the top 10% of the city's mathematics test takers.
: KIPP Ujima Village Academy's (Baltimore, MD) current sixth grade earned the highest fifth grade mathematics scores in Baltimore on the Maryland School Assessment.
: Current eighth graders at TEAM Academy Charter School, a KIPP School (Newark, NJ), started KIPP at the 31st percentile in mathematics in 2002. Three years later, they are performing at the 91st percentile.
Highlights of KIPP schools opened in 2003 : KIPP Aspire Academy's (San Antonio, TX) current seventh grade outperformed every school in its attendance zone's districts in reading and mathematics on the 2005 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills.
: KIPP South Fulton Academy's (East Point, GA) current seventh grade had the highest passing rate in mathematics in South Fulton County on the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test.
: KIPP Summit Academy's (San Lorenzo, CA) current seventh grade outperformed every school in the San Lorenzo School District on the California Standards Test.
: KIPP WAYS Academy (Atlanta, GA) was one of ten schools in Atlanta Public Schools with a 100% pass rate on the state's fifth grade writing test.
Highlights of KIPP schools opened in 2004 : Last year's KIPP Heartwood (San Jose, CA) fifth graders outperformed every school on the California Standards Test in the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District. In mathematics, KIPP Heartwood's fifth grade outperformed two of the most affluent school districts in the Silicon Valley and every charter school in California.
: KIPP Houston High School (Houston, TX) was recognized for its promising practices in Newsweek's “The 100 Best High Schools in America.”
Leaders : 8
Great Schools : 12
Teachers : 16
Communities : 20
Growth : 24
Financials : 26
Lessons learned in the first five years KIPP began ten years ago when two teachers identified critical problems and solutions in their classrooms. In the same spirit of “no excuses,” we would like to share both the achievements and lessons learned in KIPP's effort to replicate success in classrooms across the country.
Lesson 4: Success is not guaranteed. Not every KIPP school has achieved great results. KIPP has become synonymous with quality, yet achieving that quality requires great school leadership and an unrelenting focus on KIPP’s Five Pillars. Leadership issues have led us to replace the school leader in three cases and revoke the KIPP name in two cases. Our current challenge is to ensure that each school, from our highest performer to our lowest performer, gets the help they need and want. In addition, we are improving our evaluation process in order to identify our struggling schools as early as possible. While we are incredibly proud of our success rate, perfection remains our goal.
Lesson 1: Great schools can be replicated through a focus on school leadership development. The academic gains made by thousands of KIPP students nationwide prove that successful schools can be replicated. School leadership is key, and school leadership training remains our core competency. This summer, we began training eight Fisher Fellows, who are preparing to open new schools, and 24 Leaders-in-Training, or aspiring assistant principals and school leader successors. One challenge remains: finding more KIPP school founders to keep pace with the demand.
Lesson 5: Sustainability can be reached with smart targeted growth. Strategic growth and local school support will lead to greater sustainability for the foundation and for our schools. Smart growth means expanding in high-need communities where school leaders have authority over issues like budget, staffing, and other critical decisions. Sustainability will occur as schools are increasingly supported by local resource centers. The KIPP Foundation will then focus on leadership training, professional development, school start-up, school evaluation, and advocacy.
Lesson 2: A network of like-minded schools can help each other in powerful ways. We have significantly enhanced the effectiveness of our educators by sharing proven practices in content area retreats for KIPP educators and the annual KIPP School Summit. We plan to invest more in the collection and sharing of knowledge to spread these practices and avoid the need for schools to “reinvent the wheel.”
Lesson 6: Middle school is not enough. We have dramatically raised student achievement in middle school but must expand to include K-12 education. To ensure that our students succeed in college and in life, we must prepare them earlier and make sure they have college-preparatory high school options. The challenge is to start elementary and high schools as we continue to strengthen our middle schools.
Lesson 3: KIPP schools can influence policy. In Arkansas, a new state law that modestly raised the cap on charter schools specifically granted KIPP an unlimited number. In 2004, San Francisco Unified School District launched a “dream school” initiative that emulates KIPP schools. Congress awarded KIPP $3.5 million to support leadership training and new school development. KIPP's success has been featured in national news magazines such as People, Newsweek, Forbes, and US News and World Report. We must further increase advocacy on behalf of our schools to support their long-term sustainability and that of other successful public schools.
We hope that both our accomplishments and challenges contribute to the progress of public education reform. We have certainly benefited from collectively “looking in the mirror” and assessing what we have done right and what we could do better. The next five years will be informed by both our lessons learned and what we know is possible.
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IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, KIPP HAS GROWN AT AN IMPRESSIVE RATE WHILE MAINTAINING A STANDARD OF HIGH QUALITY.
2 ORIGINAL KIPP ACADEMIES OPENED IN 1995 45 KIPP SCHOOLS AND TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS OPENED SINCE 2001 15 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WITH KIPP SCHOOLS 88 EDUCATORS SERVED BY THE KIPP SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM 480 KIPP TEACHERS EMPLOYED IN 2004-2005 8,900 KIPP STUDENTS ENROLLED IN 2004-2005 * 1,009 KIPP ALUMNI NOW IN HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE 80% KIPP STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR THE FEDERAL FREE OR REDUCED MEAL PROGRAM 9O% KIPP STUDENTS WHO ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR LATINO 80% KIPP ALUMNI WHO HAVE EARNED ACCEPTANCES TO COLLEGE $21 MILLION HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS EARNED BY KIPP ALUMNI $12.5 MILLION COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS EARNED BY KIPP ALUMNI
* These 47 schools will serve 16,000 students by the time they are fully grown.
I was an intern at this summer's School Leadership Institute, KIPP's largest ever. The teachers have big hearts and are there for the kids. Seeing how dedicated they are to helping their schools get better, I now think about my own KIPP teachers differently. I see how much I've grown and how much my teachers sacrificed to help me get where I am right now.
Noe Romo KIPP Academy Houston Class of 1999 University of Texas in San Antonio Class of 2007 Major: Architecture
Leaders : 8
Great Schools : 12
Teachers : 16
Communities : 20
Growth : 24
Financials : 26
KIPP trains outstanding teachers to lead schools. The KIPP Foundation starts new KIPP schools by recruiting and selecting educators who seek to make an impact beyond their own classrooms. Once selected for the KIPP School Leadership Program, these Fisher Fellows participate in an ambitious yearlong curriculum of classroom instruction with university professors and experts in education and organizational behavior. They then experience leadership first-hand in residencies at exemplary schools with the guidance of KIPP school leaders.
“Growing up in poverty, I wanted to be a doctor,” Mr. McCall says. “I saw that a career in medicine was a way to help my family and myself out of poverty.” While pre-med at Hampton University, he found his true calling while tutoring local high school students. “The impact of those kids on me changed what I wanted to do,” he recalls. While the school leader provides overall leadership, the assistant principal manages the different moving parts of a school. Like other LITs, Mr. McCall plays many roles. He is responsible for mathematics and science instruction and evaluation, student discipline, food services, transportation, enrichment activities, and facilities. He is the Saturday school director, athletics director, and the football coach. In spite of the astounding work load, Mr. McCall insists that “our kids are a true testament of doing whatever it takes to succeed.”
KIPP school leaders plan for sustainability from the start and hire teachers with leadership potential. KIPP WAYS Academy (Atlanta, GA) school founder David Jernigan completed KIPP's school leadership training in 2003 and recruited teachers like Jamal McCall. Two years later, Mr. McCall participated in KIPP's four-week Leaders-in-Training (LIT) program, which prepares assistant principals, co-directors, and deans of student services for greater leadership responsibilities.
This summer, seven KIPP schools opened in Annapolis, MD; Albany, NY; Washington Heights and Crown Heights, NY; Gaston, NC; Tulsa, OK; and Nashville, TN. School founders who completed KIPP's yearlong training program this summer include Millard House, a former Oklahoma State Principal of the Year. He started KIPP Tulsa College Preparatory (Tulsa, OK) three miles from where he grew up. “It's great to be making a difference in my community,” Mr. House says.
“Jamal returned from the School Leadership Institute with the confidence of a leader,” says Mr. Jernigan. Now in its third year, KIPP WAYS Academy serves 220 fifth through seventh grade students. “I walked by the cafeteria and noticed Jamal had initiated a seventh grade meeting. Before, he would have asked, 'David, how do you think I should handle this?' Now, he is making decisions.”
Other new school founders include Tammi Sutton. Ms. Sutton began teaching in the rural community of Gaston, NC through Teach For America. Four years later, she and Caleb Dolan cofounded KIPP Gaston College Preparatory (Gaston, NC), a North Carolina School of Excellence. She completed the training program this summer and opened KIPP Pride High School, KIPP's second high school.
This year's LIT class was the largest ever, with 24 educators from KIPP schools and exemplary public schools. “Every day at the Leadership Institute was a day of learning,” says Mr. McCall, KIPP WAYS' assistant principal. “Every person had something to share that I brought back to my school.”
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2005 Highlights : Eight Fisher Fellows are participating in the yearlong KIPP School Leadership Program. In 2005-2006, they are preparing to open schools in Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; New Orleans, LA; Newark, NJ; and Houston, TX. : Twenty-four Leaders-in-Training participated in the School Leadership Institute. The program served KIPP schools and educators at other high-performing charter schools, including: Amistad Academy (New Haven, CT), Leadership Prep Charter School (New York, NY), Noble Street Charter High School (Chicago, IL), and YES College Preparatory Schools (Houston, TX). : Teach For America (TFA) corps member alumni continue their commitment to public education through KIPP. Thirty-three KIPP school leaders are TFA alumni, and over 200 TFA corps members and alumni teach in KIPP schools. : KIPP school leaders recognized for their contributions include Maggie Runyan-Shefa, school leader of KIPP STAR College Prep Charter School (Harlem, NY), who was a recipient of the Robin Hood Foundation's Local Heroes Award.
I get emotional when I meet KIPPsters because they remind me of me. The impact of a KIPP school on a student, a family, and community is huge. Some students and parents think KIPP is too difficult and want to quit, but I am still reaping the benefits of a decision I made eleven years ago.
Vanessa Ramirez KIPP Academy Houston Class of 1998 Occidental College Class of 2006 Major: Psychology
Leaders : 8
Great Schools : 12
Teachers : 16
Communities : 20
Growth : 24
Financials : 26
KIPP replicates great schools. KIPP has proven that great schools such as the two original KIPP Academies can be replicated. This spring, the first three schools to open with the help of the KIPP Foundation promoted their initial class of eighth graders to high school. KIPP DC: KEY Academy (Washington, DC), KIPP 3D Academy (Houston, TX), and KIPP Gaston College Preparatory (Gaston, NC) are among the highest performing schools in their respective regions. The Class of 2009 (the year these eighth graders will enter college) has collectively earned more than $2.7 million in high school scholarships.
Like the other KIPP schools, KIPP Heartwood Academy (San Jose, CA) is located in a community with low expectations that are the result of limited opportunities for advancement in underserved communities. Only 11% of KIPP Heartwood's current sixth graders' parents are college graduates. KIPP Heartwood school leader and life lessons teacher Sehba Zhumkhawala completed KIPP's leadership training program in 2004. “People say students can't learn because their parents didn't go to college or because they don't speak English,” she says. “Our kids are going to prove them wrong.”
KIPP's new schools are modeled after the original KIPP Academies in Houston and New York. Celebrating their ten year anniversaries, both schools continue to excel in their regions. Ninety percent of KIPP alumni who completed high school in 2005 earned acceptances to college. For the fourth consecutive year, KIPP Academy New York (South Bronx, NY) ranks in the top 10% of all New York City public schools. KIPP Academy Houston (Houston, TX) has expanded into KIPP Houston, which includes two middle schools (KIPP Academy Middle School and KIPP 3D Academy), KIPP SHINE Prep (prek), and KIPP Houston High School.
Ms. Zhumkhawala’s students are off to an impressive start. Last year’s KIPP Heartwood fifth graders outperformed every school on the California Standards Test in the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District. In mathematics, KIPP Heartwood’s fifth grade outperformed two of the most affluent school districts in the Silicon Valley and every charter school in California. “Their results say that we are providing opportunities for our kids,” Ms. Zhumkhawala says. Forty of KIPP’s 45 schools are public charter schools, which give principals the freedom to lead while holding them accountable for results. Ms. Zhumkhawala makes sure the school does whatever it takes for students to learn; for example, classes last an hour and 45 minutes. “Our kids can achieve anything if they are given the chance,” she says. “KIPP will change your life,” says sixth grader Maritza Hurtado, one of several students who often receive rides to school from Ms. Zhumkhawala. “I wasn't sure before, but now I'm sure that I'm going to college.”
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2005 Highlights : The KIPP Foundation opened seven new schools this summer. The Walton Family Foundation, Broad Foundation, and the US Department of Education contributed funds for new school development. : The first schools to open with the assistance of the KIPP Foundation — KIPP DC: KEY Academy (Washington, DC), KIPP 3D Academy (Houston, TX), and KIPP Gaston College Preparatory (Gaston, NC) — promoted 100% of their eighth graders to high school. Students from the DC and Houston schools earned more than $2.7 million in high school scholarships. : KIPP Gaston College Preparatory eighth graders now attend KIPP Pride High School, also in Gaston, NC. Supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, it opened this summer and is KIPP's second high school. Ten more high schools will be established by 2008.
At the end of the day, there was always a teacher who would offer a ride home because it was dangerous to walk the streets unattended. They saw where we lived, how we lived, and what our neighborhoods were like. Because of this simple act of daily generosity, our teachers knew what they needed to do to ensure that we were given every opportunity to succeed.
Adaobi Kanu KIPP Academy New York Class of 2000 Bryn Mawr College Class of 2008 Major: Physics and Dance
Leaders : 8
Great Schools : 12
Teachers : 16
Communities : 20
Growth : 24
Financials : 26
KIPP inspires teachers to be their best. KIPP helps teachers stay committed to preparing underserved students for college and life by encouraging them to do whatever it takes to help students learn, by facilitating knowledge sharing with teachers across the KIPP network, and by celebrating quality teaching.
Established in 2002, KIPP Ujima Village Academy (Baltimore, MD) has operated with a small staff because of the district's low per-pupil funding. Founding teacher Anne Claire Tejtel refused to let it hinder her students' potential and taught everything from science, mathematics, music, reading, and writing across all grades. Everyone's hard work paid off; the school was one of only two middle schools in Baltimore that achieved adequate yearly progress in 2004-2005.
In an Arkansas Delta county where only 12% of adults graduate from college and where half the children under the age of 18 live in poverty, KIPP Delta College Preparatory School (Helena, AR) defies deeply rooted low expectations and inspires veteran teachers to work at the school. Wyvonne Sisk is in her 37th year as a teacher but commutes two hours a day to teach reading, provide one-on-one tutorials for struggling readers, and mentor new teachers.
The KIPP Foundation hosts training events and produces resources for teachers to gain and share instructional strategies throughout the KIPP network. KIPP Reach College Preparatory (Oklahoma City, OK) founding faculty member Warren Pete contributes regularly to resources and workshops and hosts visits that demonstrate effective approaches to culture and instruction. “Mr. Pete uses what he has and makes it fun,” says eighth grader Rachael Teague, who will go to college in 2010. “Walk in the room, and you will feel how much he loves what he does.” Mr. Pete's mathematics instruction has helped his fifth grade students perform in the top 10% of mathematics test takers in Oklahoma City for the last three years.
Growing up on her father's farm, Ms. Sisk experienced the alternative to education. “I had to milk the cows, feed the hogs and chickens, pick up chips for the fire, and cook my daddy's breakfast,” she said. She once missed six weeks of school to pick cotton. “If you don't get an education, what will your life be? All I could see was the cotton field. Some days, I walked three and a half miles to go to school, but what were my choices? The school or the field.” Her commitment to education inspires both her students, who test above the state average in reading and writing, and new teachers. “Ms. Sisk demands the best from all the students, and they love her for it,” KIPP Delta teacher Luke VanDeWalle says. “Teaching next to her is the best professional development a teacher can have.”
The KIPP Foundation offers quality professional development programming with the help of supporters, including the US Department of Education and SAP America, Inc. The annual KIPP School Summit attracted 750 KIPP educators and board members for workshops and planning for the year. The fourday event culminated with a performance by the KIPP Academy New York String and Rhythm Orchestra and a ceremony for the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards. Sponsored by Houston supporters Nancy and Rich Kinder, the award honored ten KIPP teachers with $10,000 awards for outstanding teaching. Among this year's Kinder winners were Ms. Tejtel and Mr. Pete.
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2005 Highlights : The KIPP Foundation organized professional development events for mathematics, English Language Arts, science, and social studies, reaching 434 participants. : Sixty-eight participants from KIPP schools and other schools attended the annual School Leaders Retreat. : The annual KIPP School Summit drew over 750 educators and board members. : The KIPP Foundation produced resources that promoted knowledge sharing among schools, including a mathematics curriculum, footage of master teachers, and a high school placement resource. : Shawadeim Reagans, TEAM Academy Charter School, a KIPP School’s (Newark, NJ) school leader and mathematics teacher, was named one of 50 American Stars of Teaching by the US Department of Education. : KIPP Ascend Academy's (Chicago, IL) sixth grade reading teacher Tracy Kwock earned Chicago Public Schools' Golden Apple Award and is the first charter school teacher to be awarded this distinction.
Being the first member of my family to attend college meant that I needed support from people with experience in this climb. The teachers and staff at KIPP were always my number one role models. KIPP does more than teach kids how to read, write, and behave. The friendships I made will last a lifetime.
Janet Reynoso KIPP Academy Houston Class of 2000 American University Class of 2008 Major: Business Administration
Leaders : 8
Great Schools : 12
Teachers : 16
Communities : 20
Growth : 24
Financials : 26
KIPP schools impact communities. As KIPP schools make progress with their students, they also impact other classrooms, schools, and their communities. Educators visit KIPP schools annually to observe academic and behavioral expectations and then incorporate them in their own classrooms. School-wide change also occurs; for example, the San Francisco Unified School District launched Dream Schools, which adopted elements of the KIPP model such as uniforms, more time in school, and non-negotiable standards of behavior.
KIPP Aspire's accelerated learning environment is fostered by caring teachers. Assistant principal Rudy Galvez is an invaluable mentor to students. “My parents have third grade educations,” he explains. “I grew up in a neighborhood like that of my students'. Gangs, drugs, and jail were a part of life. It's hard to leave at the end of the day because I know what our kids are going through.” To help improve these neighborhoods, KIPP has partnered with other non-profit organizations such as American Sunrise, a community venture that makes affordable housing possible for working families. It was started by community leader Mary Alice Cisneros and her husband Henry Cisneros, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary and former San Antonio Mayor. “We help families fulfill the American dream of owning a home,” says Mrs. Cisneros. “One family we've helped is the Herrera family. I have personally seen their son Luis jump two grade levels after nine months at KIPP.” Parent Patricia Herrera now pursues another dream: “I saw a great change in Luis when he joined KIPP. He has a chance of going to college. College is our dream.”
KIPP Aspire Academy's (San Antonio, TX) current seventh grade outperformed every school in its attendance zone's districts in reading and mathematics on the 2005 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. The school has started to see its influence beyond students and in community organizations and its surrounding neighborhoods. “San Antonio has a growing population that's not getting the education it needs,” says Jorge Gonzalez, the chair of Trinity University's economics department. He has taught at Trinity for the last 16 years. “As a professor at a selective university, one of my biggest frustrations is that kids who have not been given an equal opportunity are not prepared for the rigors of college.” A member of KIPP Aspire's board, he hosts campus visits for KIPP students. “KIPP is reaching them when it's not too late. KIPP is helping our city by making sure that kids are prepared for and finish college and have successful careers.”
The Herrera family's new house provides an environment for the sixth grader to focus on academics. “There's less noise outside,” Luis says. “It's better for homework.” KIPP Aspire school leader Mark Larson anticipates other benefits of partnering with American Sunrise. “Our families are renters, which leads to greater mobility,” he says. “Finding stable homes for them is great for our community.” “The Luis Herrera story has touched us all,” says Mrs. Cisneros. “ I hope to replicate his story for hundreds of Hispanic families in San Antonio.” She recently demonstrated her personal commitment by joining KIPP Aspire's board.
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2005 Highlights : The KIPP Foundation helped secure over $2.9 million in grants for KIPP schools. : SAP America, Inc., in partnership with the KIPP Foundation, is supporting technology at individual KIPP schools as well as volunteerism on a national level. : Townsend Press donated thousands of books to KIPP schools and offered $1,000 reading incentives for every school to reward their top readers.
I asked [KIPP school leader] Kelly Wright in San Diego how she chose her school's name, KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy. She said, “Whenever I spoke to a parent, they said, ‘Señora, nada mas quiero que mi hijo sigue adelante - Miss, I only want my child to move forward.’” We all share the goal of a better life for our children.
Laura Reyes KIPP Academy New York Class of 1999 Binghamton University Class of 2008 Major: Philosophy, Politics and Law, and Latin American Carribbean Area Studies
Leaders : 8
Great Schools : 12
Teachers : 16
Communities : 20
Growth : 24
Financials : 26
KIPP strives to reach more students. Families want the promise of public education fulfilled, a promise that KIPP delivers. To reach more students, KIPP is expanding beyond middle school. Two years ago, KIPP SHINE Prep opened on the KIPP Houston campus for prekindergarteners. It is so successful that other cities are now planning elementary schools. KIPP Houston High School (Houston, TX) was established in 2004 and serves students from KIPP 3D Academy and KIPP Academy Middle School. KIPP's second high school, KIPP Pride High School (Gaston, NC), was opened to create a college-preparatory option in a rural region of North Carolina. A rigorous high school option is also needed in the rural community served by KIPP Delta College Preparatory School (Helena, AR), and a high school is being planned there.
“We are the best public middle school in the city. But that is not enough,” says KIPP DC: KEY Academy founder Susan Schaeffler. Since the school opened four years ago, demand has risen for the limited seats available in her openenrollment school, which serves 320 fifth through eighth graders and is the highest performing middle school in the District of Columbia. This fall, KIPP DC: KEY's first class of eighth graders started high school, half in public and half in private schools. Students earned more than $1.5 million in scholarships from local scholarship programs, local schools, and boarding schools. When she began turning away more students than her school served, Ms. Schaeffler decided to open additional KIPP schools in Washington, DC. It was the only way to “chip away at the poverty cycle and the achievement gap,” she says.
KIPP's growth strategy will include more partnerships than ever before. Governors and districts routinely ask KIPP how to improve the quality of their states' schools. This year, KIPP began managing, or transforming, two chronically lowperforming schools: Cole Preparatory Academy (Denver, CO) and E.H. Phillips Preparatory (New Orleans, LA).
Two founding faculty members assumed leadership roles this year after participating in the KIPP School Leadership Program. Sarah Hayes, who participated in the 2003 LIT program, is now the principal of KIPP DC: KEY Academy. This summer, Khala Johnson opened a second DC middle school, KIPP DC: AIM.
To ensure that students' lives are not further disrupted by Hurricane Katrina, KIPP Houston opened New Orleans West (NOW) College Prep, a KIPP Transformation School at Douglass Elementary for children of displaced Louisiana and Mississippi families in a partnership with the Houston Independent School District and Teach For America. KIPP co-founder Mike Feinberg says, “The 'College Prep' part symbolizes our goal of turning lemons into lemonade.”
Smart growth for KIPP means starting schools in regions with existing, proven KIPP schools that can help support new schools with quality control and support services. Ms. Schaeffler heads KIPP DC: Headquarters, which she staffed with “roll-up-your-sleeves kind of people who do whatever it takes for our schools to run efficiently.” This includes fundraising, financial and facilities management, instructional coaching, and marketing. She will maintain the high quality of the DC schools and set the expansion vision for her region. Similar offices exist in Houston and New York City, which opened two new schools this summer.
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2005 Highlights : In July, KIPP co-founder Mike Feinberg served as a keynote speaker on K-12 education at the National Governors' Association Annual Meeting in Des Moines, Iowa. : Advocacy remains a priority. Press highlights include USA Today, Esquire, The Washington Post, and a documentary aired on PBS. In the July 4, 2005 edition of US News and World Report, KIPP schools were singled out as having “achieved the largest and quickest improvement in learning around the country.�
Leaders : 8
Great Schools : 12
Teachers : 16
Communities : 20
Growth : 24
Financials : 26
KIPP FOUNDATION BUDGET CATEGORIES
KIPP Financials How does the KIPP Foundation spend its resources?
What does it cost to open a KIPP school?
The KIPP Foundation’s strategy and organizational structure have evolved to include the following functions: starting schools, sustaining schools, and general & administrative. The three functions are organized to achieve one goal: provide school leaders, teachers, and staff with the knowledge and resources necessary to achieve a “tipping point” in the nation’s expectations of our public schools.
To bring a KIPP school to a community, KIPP invests $400,000. These costs include: leadership development, school start-up, and ongoing school support.
What operations revenues are needed to continue expanding the national movement? Operating revenue needs have increased over the last three years as a direct result of an expansion of the Fisher Fellowship training program and increased support to more schools, now at 47. For fiscal year 2006, KIPP expects to maintain its staff levels and continue supporting incoming Fisher Fellows and existing school leaders.
What makes a KIPP school unique? KIPP schools are lean on administrative costs, and these savings help pay for the additional "above and beyond" costs associated with spending over 60% more time on task than their district counterparts. These costs include instructional materials and the resources necessary to run a summer program and Saturday school. Teachers also receive stipends for the additional time they spend in the classroom. KIPP schools conduct end-of-year field lessons, in which students visit sites they studied in class or experience a college campus for the first time. All of these KIPP extras cost approximately $1,200 per student. Once a KIPP school has reached full capacity with over 300 students, it is able to benefit from the economies of scale, and its fundraising needs diminish.
KIPP FOUNDATION OPERATION REVENUE NEED
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HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO START A KIPP SCHOOL? Sample KIPP School Budget Year 0 Financial Summary Enrollment Revenues State & Local per-pupil 1 Federal Revenue Other Revenue Total Revenue Expenses Instructional Salaries & Benefits
General & Administrative Facility Costs
320
320
-
510,000
996,000
1,464,000
1,920,000
1,920,000
-
24,990
48,804
71,736
94,080
94,080
Subtotal
95,710
360,320
360,320
-
630,700
1,231,720
1,810,480
2,374,400
2,374,400
-
239,360
467,456
687,104
901,120
901,120
38,250
74,700
109,800
144,000
144,000
150,000 55,250
282,000 107,900
158,600
208,000
208,000
1,816,184
2,168,520
2,168,520
-
32,640
63,744
93,696
122,880
122,880
45,050
87,980
129,320
169,600
169,600
1,114
1,114
1,114
119,520
1,500
17,000
1,500
94,690
184,924
271,816
121,500
933,750 10,985
1,531,500 9,226
2,088,000 8,557
Extended Schedule Materials and Supplies
-
Field Lessons, Uniforms, Additional Food Service Subtotal
1,114
KIPP Above & Beyond Costs
121,500
(303,050) (3,565)
33,200
175,680
1,114
(299,780) (1,806)
48,800
(277,520) (1,137)
295,000
390,000
1,346,576
61,200
295,000
390,000
839,060
-
295,000
390,000
120,000
Extended Schedule Instructional Salaries & Benefits
Surplus/(Fundraising Need) 5 Fundraising Need/pupil
274,744
295,000
KIPP Above & Beyond Costs
Total Expenses Total Expenses/pupil
186,916
50,000
4
Food Service
Year 5
244
5,000
3
Year 4
166
60,000
Instructional Materials & Supplies
Year 3
85
5,000
Administrative Salaries & Benefits
Year 2
-
2
Year 1
230,400
64,000
356,480 2,525,000 7,891
(150,600) (471)
295,000 230,400
64,000
356,480 2,525,000 7,891
(150,600) (471)
NOTES 1. Per-pupil revenue from the state or district is $6,000. 2. Federal revenues of approximately $1,126 per pupil include the federally subsidized meal program and various entitlement programs. 3. General & Administrative includes teacher development, back-office services, insurance, office furniture and supplies, telecommunications, etc.
4. This cost will vary depending on the condition of the facility and excludes capital costs. Years 3 - 5 assume the school continues to lease the facility. 5. Fundraising needs will vary depending on the facility situation, local cost of living, and perpupil revenues.
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
Leaders : 8
Great Schools : 12
Teachers : 16
Communities : 20
Growth : 24
Statement of Activities
Statement of Financial Position Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2005
For the Year Ended June 30, 2005
Assets
Revenues, Gains and Support:
Current Assets: Cash and Cash Equivalents
$
Cash and Cash Equivalents - held in trust Contributions Receivable
Donations*
912,205
Federal Grant
Prepaid Expenses
351,333
7,323,943
Service Fee Income
203,301
278,079 21,108
Investment Income
Miscellaneous Income
525,081
Notes Receivable, current portion
Programs:
463,356
Notes Receivable, net of current portion depreciation of $280,332 and $207,664, respectively
Accrued expenses Due to Schools Unearned Service Fees Total Current Liabilities Long-term Debt Total Liabilities Net Assets: Unrestricted Net Assets Temporarily Restricted Net Assets Total Net Assets Total Liabilities and Net Assets
6,577,297
On-going School Support Research and Improvement
116,175
1,443,817
12,573,522
Total programs
$ 13,205,740
Support Services:
2,706,964
Administration
264,837
Fundraising
Current Liabilities: Accounts payable
2,647,768
School Start-up
Liabilities and Net Assets
Line of Credit
1,904,640
Leadership Development
127,768
Furniture and Equipment, net of accumulated
16,844,667
Expenses:
1,136,740
Contributions Receivable, net of current portion
29,697
Total Revenue, Gains and Support
11,361,701
Total Current Assets
$ 12,026,748 4,137,702
Contributed Services
7,200
Other Receivables
Total Assets
1,717,052
672,919
Program Accounts Receivable
Deposits
Financials : 26
$
2,971,801
Total Support Services
900,000
15,545,323
Total Expenses
622,268 908,061
Net Assets Released from Restrictions
136,092
Net Assets, beginning of year
(9,302,403) (8,003,059)
Change in Net Assets
912,205
Net Assets, end of year
3,478,626
151,500
17,578,673
$
9,575,614
* Gross of net assets released from restrictions.
3,630,126
73,720
9,501,894 9,575,614
As of the publication date, these financial statements remain unaudited. Complete audited financials will be mailed upon request when they become available.
$ 13,205,740
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KIPP Supporters These acknowledgements reflect contributions received at the time of printing for the fiscal year 2004-2005, which ended on June 30. They do not include the many donors who send their gifts to KIPP schools directly. We are grateful for their ongoing support and belief in KIPP's mission.
Founders $5,000,000 and above Doris and Donald Fisher
College Presidents $1,000,000 to $4,999,999 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Broad Foundation Michael & Susan Dell Foundation U.S. Department of Education Walton Family Foundation
Professors $500,000 to $999,999 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Marcus Foundation SAP America, Inc.
Doctorate $100,000 to $499,999 All Stars Helping Kids Anne E. Casey Foundation Goldman Sachs Foundation Kinder Foundation Koret Foundation Pisces Foundation
Master’s $25,000 to $99,999 Anonymous Peter Avenali Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation Falconwood Foundation Fitzpatrick Foundation Genentech Foundation Mimi and Peter Haas J.R. Hyde III Family Foundation Rose Community Foundation San Francisco Foundation SAP Labs, LLC. State Farm Companies Foundation William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Bachelor's $5,000 to $24,999 Anonymous Bari Lipp Foundation The Brown Foundation, Inc. Patricia R. Byrne Community Foundation Silicon Valley Elizabeth & Robert Fisher Laura & John Fisher Sakurako & William Fisher Gap Inc. Foundation Warren Hellman The Janet V. Hayes Davis Foundation Montgomery Kersten & Sheryl Heckmann
William McIvor Janet Mordecai Staples Foundation Allison & Troy Thacker Tai-Po Tschang Edwin C. Widner
Friends of KIPP $1 to $4,999 Nagam Abdalibbar Nuzhat & Sirgi Alavi Julie Albright & Brian Haas Aleen Leslie Living Trust Willie Allen, Jr. Altria Employee Involvement Program Lori Aratani Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP Artemis Gifts Maria J. Ávila Mohammed & Ahsia Badi Barry Badsen Mohini & Balu Balakrishnan Bank of America Matching Gifts Program W. Douglas Barron Becky Bartindale & Brandon Baily Jeffrey Berg Shikha & Girish Bhakoo Barbara Blinderman Loren & Howard Block Margaret Bobertz Regina M. Boone Bert Borngesser III Learka Bosnak Kecia Boulware Ralph Boulware Morris Brown John Buonassisi Judith Calson Margaret L. Carter Stacey Black Case Kim Chan Jeff Chiu Peter C. Clendenin Jane & Campbell Collins Barbara Jay Cooper Phyllis & James Coulter Mark Damon Rosalie Danielson DBA Mark Yamamoto Photography Cathy & Alexander Dean Arthur de Cordova III Paul Diamond Shannon DiBari The Draper Foundation Elizabeth Duff Dana Duncan David Early David O. Ellis Marlon Evans Don Feria Beth & John Fernsterwald Tracy Field Jeri Finard
Jill & Eric Flamm Dawn & Christopher Fleischner Eva Fleischner Leslie Fleischner Alfred Flora Charlen Fong & Marc Peterson Susanna Frohman Alan Galumbeck Jim Gensheimer Susan & David Golden Vindu Goel Blanca González Marcia Gugenheim Oanh Ha Becky Hall Paul R. Hanke Lee Hansen Mikki K. Harris & David Wall Rice Ken Head Stephen Hely Seth Hemmelgarn Raskin Holdings Jacqueline Holen & William Jackson Amy Hussey Carolyn Jung Meichele Jurich Lisa & William Justice Cynda & Robert Kaiser Karen & Christopher Payne Foundation Rita R. Karlsten Maurice Karmen Dan Kirschner Christina Koci & Richard Hernandez James Labas Barbara Lawrence Chris Lee Gregory Lee Joanne HoYoung Lee Lee Matherne Family Foundation Imelda Lepe Lerner Gray Foundation Marian Liu Pauline Lubens Robert & Connie Lurie Anne Lutkemeyer Dagny Maidman Asma Malik Susan Marshall-Gordon Javier Martinez Maxine & Jack Zarrow Family Foundation Michael Mayer & Meryl D. Simon Beth McClurg D. Allen McDaniel Tracy McDaniel Dorothy & Ian McFarlane Jean McMahon Carolyn & Richard Meisner Nhat Meyer Geralyn Migielicz & Liza Culick Brian Moore Pamela Moreland John Noble David Orr Liebe & Bill Patterson
Lara Pendleton Martha Pertuz Bianca M. Philippi Michael Railiard Oostur Raza Malinda & Gary J. Reyes, Sr. Jane L. Richards Riordan Foundation Robyn & Keith Russell Paul Sakuma Niranjan Samant Gabriela R. Sanchis Laura Sanchis Richard M. Scheinin Michele & Randol Schreck William Schutte D.P. Shah Olga Shalvgin & Cilfford S. Orloff Leslie Shames & Eduardo Díaz Hilery & Jeff Shay Shelter Against Violent Environments Anthony Shen Louisa & Thomas Shields Jane & John Siegel Elizabeth & Carl Silverman Kate Slater George Smith Gwendolyn Smith Jordan Snedcof Sarah Stein Elizabeth & James Stever Carter Stewart John Stubler Mathew Sumner Elizabeth Sutkus Marian & George Takis Richard Tarlowe Patrick Tehan Temple Rodef Shalom Sisterhood Shmuel Thaler Priscilla Totten Hoa Truong United Way of San Diego Peter Wendell Westchester Community Foundation Hollis Wood Woodrow Wilson Master Revocable Trust Zain Jeewaniee Insurance Agency Joel F. Zemans
In-kind Donations HRJ Capital MetLife Resources Safeway, Northern California Division Townsend Press UBS Financial Services
National Corporate Volunteer Partners SAP America, Inc.
Schools KIPP schools grow one grade at a time. Listed below are KIPP schools and the grades served in 2005-2006.
During my week recruiting students, I walked into some of the most rundown communities I have ever seen. When we passed children on the street, I knew why I was here. KIPP gives children the opportunity to have options in this world. One day, the KIPPsters I recruited will remember that I knocked on their doors or stopped them on the street to tell them about KIPP. They will grow up and do the same thing for another student, just like someone did for me... and the circle will expand.
Anthony Negron KIPP Academy New York Class of 2000 Binghamton University Class of 2008 Major: Finance
Leaders : 8
Great Schools : 12
Teachers : 16
Communities : 20
Growth : 24
Financials : 26
Expanding the circle Sustaining and expanding KIPP’s success, however, depends upon the passion and participation of people and organizations committed to helping public education fulfill its promise of providing opportunity to all. The actual has already proven the possible, yet there is so much more to accomplish.
Five years into the effort to replicate the success of the original KIPP schools, we are pleased by the results, inspired by the hard work of 9,000 students and 500 teachers, and humbled by the challenges we face. We are excited about building on the accomplishments of our schools and the lessons we have learned to make the next five years even more extraordinary than the past five.
Join us.
With our experience, we believe it is realistic to expect that by 2012, KIPP will be:
: More than 100 sustainable schools with strong local support;
: 30,000 students striving for success in college and in life; : A catalyst for change in cities, states, and the nation; : A leading training program for thousands of teachers and school leaders; and
: An association of 15,000 KIPP alumni committed to making positive changes in their communities.
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Design by Abigail A. Wilburn
To begin, the KIPP Foundation will increasingly focus on our core competency, leadership training and professional development. We will serve more students by creating new schools in strategic locations. We will make KIPP schools and the KIPP Foundation itself sustainable by increasing and localizing school support. Finally, we will ramp up our efforts to advocate on behalf of KIPP schools and the policies that make them possible at local, state, and national levels, which will have a benefit beyond KIPP schools.
Photography by Ethan Pines and W. Christine Choi
KIPP will continue to challenge the nation’s beliefs about what public education can achieve with students in underserved communities and demonstrate the structural reforms and school practices that make such achievement possible. To do so, we need your help.
KIPP SCHOOLS KIPP schools share a core set of operating principles known as the Five Pillars, which lay the foundation for students to perform at the highest academic levels:
1.
High Expectations. KIPP schools have clearly defined and measurable high expectations for academic achievement and conduct that make no excuses based on the background of students. Students, parents, teachers, and staff create and reinforce a culture of achievement and support through a range of formal and informal rewards and consequences for academic performance and behavior.
2. Choice & Commitment. Students, their parents, and the faculty of each KIPP school choose to participate in the program. No one is assigned or forced to attend these schools. Everyone must make and uphold a commitment to the school and to each other to put in the time and effort required to achieve success. 3. More Time. KIPP schools know that there are no shortcuts when it comes to success in academics and life. With an extended school day, week, and year, students have more time in the classroom to acquire the academic knowledge and skills that will prepare them for competitive high schools and colleges, as well as more opportunities to engage in diverse extracurricular experiences. 4. Power to Lead. The principals of KIPP schools are effective academic and organizational leaders who understand that great schools require great school leaders. They have control over their school budget and personnel. They are free to swiftly move dollars or make staffing changes, allowing them maximum effectiveness in helping students learn. 5. Focus on Results. KIPP schools relentlessly focus on high student performance on standardized tests and other objective measures. Just as there are no shortcuts, there are no excuses. Students are expected to achieve a level of academic performance that will enable them to succeed at the nation's best high schools and colleges.
KIPP Foundation 345 Spear Street, Suite 510 San Francisco, CA 94105 www.kipp.org
KIPP Foundation's Mission The mission of the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Foundation is to create a respected, influential, and national network of public schools that are successful in helping students from educationally underserved communities develop the knowledge, skills, and character needed to succeed in college and the competitive world beyond. KIPP fulfills its mission by providing aspiring public school leaders with the training and support to create and lead successful new independent KIPP schools in high-need communities across the country.