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2015 ANNUAL REPORT
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STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES EARNS A COLLEGE DEGREE
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CREATING A NEW REALITY.
A NOTE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear KIPP Friends, Team, and Family,
More than 3,400 students and alumni attended our schools or participated in our KIPP Through College program during the 2014-15 school year, all with the promise that KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools has made since day one: to support our students on their journey to and through college. This sacred bond motivates us each and every day to ensure our KIPPsters develop the academic skills and character traits necessary to be successful in both college and life. Though the journey is far from easy, as we watch our students make incredible gains, we are inspired to follow their example and continue our work to raise the quality of education both within our schools and across our city. The 2014-15 school year was an exciting one for KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools. To kick off the school year in August, KIPP WAYS Primary, the final school in our 2018 growth plan, welcomed its inaugural Kindergarten class. In March, our third-annual Are You Smarter Than A KIPPster? event with special host Jeff Foxworthy surpassed all expectations, bringing in more than $900,000 for our Scholarship Endowment. Finally, May saw the celebration of two much-anticipated milestones: the high school graduation of KIPP Atlanta Collegiate’s founding class, and the college graduation of KIPP alumni from our inaugural fifth-grade class in 2003. These milestones are additional proof points for what KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools has continuously demonstrated over the past twelve years: all students, regardless of race or socioeconomic status, are capable of achieving at the highest levels, including college. Thank you for helping make this work possible and allowing us to keep our promise of supporting students to and through. With gratitude,
Kinnari Patel-Smyth Executive Director
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KIPP METRO ATLANTA SCHOOLS 2014-15 FAST FACTS
2,500
900
STUDENTS
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ALUMNI SUPPORTED
SCHOOLS
93%
COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RATE
98%
90%
OF OUR STUDENTS IDENTIFY AS AFRICAN-AMERICAN
OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS
TO AND THROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL The Journey Begins in Kindergarten
To ensure our students successfully complete their journey to and through college, it is essential to start early and work with students before they fall behind. KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools embraced this philosophy in 2012, with the opening of our region’s first elementary school, KIPP STRIVE Primary. Three years later, with the addition of KIPP Vision Primary and KIPP WAYS Primary, we now have three elementary schools serving 1,300 students. Each school will open a new grade level every year, through the fourth grade, until our region boasts a full K-12 pipeline. This means that students who start with us in Kindergarten now have the opportunity to matriculate onto a KIPP middle school and our KIPP high school. In fact, KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools will be by their sides throughout their educational journeys, providing ongoing support all the way through their college graduations.
Starting with the End in Mind
At KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools, we believe in the importance of starting with the end in mind. From day one in our schools, college is the focus: college banners line the hallways, each classroom is named after a college, and grade levels are identified by the year students will graduate from college. Ask any current Kindergartener, and they will proudly announce that they are in the Class of 2032. As such, high expectations and academic rigor begin in Kindergarten, providing students with a strong foundation that will help ensure their journey to and through college is successful.
Our Elementary School Model
An important component of our elementary school model is providing two teachers per classroom in Kindergarten and first grade. This allows students to benefit from differentiated and small-group instruction, particularly in reading and math. Our elementary schools also leverage technology as an important tool to support student learning, allowing for individualization of instruction based on realtime data and providing technology exposure in scholars’ critical early years.
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“I have a lot of reading and adding to do before I can go to college.” −MYLES DAVIS, KINDERGARTEN STUDENT, KIPP WAYS PRIMARY
TO AND THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL Our Middle School Model
Both nationally and in Atlanta, KIPP began as a middle school model serving grades five through eight, providing students with a high-quality middle grades education and then working with them to apply to college-preparatory high schools. Since opening a local KIPP high school in 2011, students now also have the opportunity to enroll there upon middle school graduation. Though that aspect of our model has changed, our relentless focus on high student performance on standardized tests and other objective measures has not. We implement a college-preparatory curriculum aligned to the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards, and our schools are frequently recognized for high student performance by the district and state. While each of our schools has the autonomy to offer a variety of programs and extracurricular activities, all of them are ultimately working toward the same goal of ensuring each student is prepared to make the journey to and through college.
KIPP Alumni Come Full Circle
It is our privilege to welcome back two KIPP alumni from our founding fifth-grade class, both recent college graduates, to join our KIPP team and family as teachers at the middle school level. Motivated by a desire to serve their home communities and further contribute to KIPP’s culture of excellence, these young professionals began their first school year as staff members this summer at KIPP WAYS Academy and KIPP Vision Academy. This full circle demonstration of KIPP scholars defying demographics with their own educational achievement, then returning to empower the next generation to do the same, is perhaps the best proof of what a KIPP education makes possible. We look forward to welcoming even more KIPP alumni to our team and family in the coming years as more of them graduate from college.
College Support Starts Early
KIPP Through College is a part of the broader KIPP approach that helps to eliminate the opportunity gap between students from high- and low-income communities. At KIPP, we do not wait until high school to start planning for college. In middle school, our KIPP Through College advisors provide students and their families with guidance, ranging from academic preparation to savings plans, doing whatever it takes to ensure that our KIPPsters stay on the journey through college graduation. Given our commitment to starting early, KIPP Through College begins tracking students upon successful eighth grade completion to ensure they have the necessary supports to persist in their journeys, regardless of where they ultimately attend high school and college. Key services provided by KIPP Through College in middle school include:
Providing families with college savings workshops
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Coordinating shadow days to KIPP Atlanta Collegiate
Ensuring successful transitions to high school
“I’m ready for my college journey. KIPP has changed my life.” −SANIAH-SION PHARMS, SEVENTH GRADER, KIPP STRIVE ACADEMY
TO AND THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
Celebrating KIPP Atlanta Collegiate’s First Graduating Class
One of the most anticipated events of the 2014-15 school year took place on May 22, 2015, when KIPP Atlanta Collegiate’s founding class of 108 students graduated from high school. Ninety-eight percent of the seniors received college acceptances, and 48 percent will be the first in their families to attend college. The class of 2015 was offered a combined $12 million in scholarship dollars and received a total of 395 acceptances from a diverse range of academically rigorous colleges and universities. Included amongst the graduates was one Gates Millennium Scholar, one Posse Scholar, and our first Ivy League acceptances. These successes demonstrate the potential of students in an environment of excellence and high expectations. When these graduates head to college in the fall, they will be the first class from KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools to have the advantage of receiving a KIPP ninth- through twelfth-grade education, some even having been with KIPP since middle school.
Students Received Acceptances from 126 Colleges & Universities, Including: • • • • • • • •
Albion College Brown University Clark Atlanta University College of Wooster Dillard University Duke University Emory University Georgia Institute of Technology
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Georgia State University Hampton University Howard University Johns Hopkins University Kennesaw State University Morehouse College North Carolina A&T University Savannah State University
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Spelman College Syracuse University Tennessee State University Tuskegee University University of Pennsylvania University of Georgia University of West Georgia Valdosta State University
The Importance of College Match
When advising students about college, the KIPP Through College team has begun focusing on a simple truth: “match matters.” A growing body of research into college success rates has shown that choosing the right school can make or break a student’s chances of graduating. This means that it is important to strike a balance between the hard-and-fast numbers (e.g. graduation rates and average financial aid packages) and attributes that appeal to a student’s personality and interests (e.g. campus size and academic offerings). At KIPP, we also know that even when a student finds a great match, gaining admission is only half the battle. Therefore, our college persistence advisors work with KIPP alumni throughout their college years to make sure that they have access to the resources−academic, financial, and social−that they need to persist and ultimately earn a college degree.
Unique Supports Provided by KIPP Through College in High School
Support provided to students by the KIPP Through College team increases in high school, as students begin making important decisions about their futures. Key services include:
Sending students to competitive summer programs 10
Taking students on college tours
Supporting students with college applications
Securing student internship opportunities
Advising families about the college financial aid process
“KIPP opened doors for me that I didn’t even know existed.” −ELIZABETH SHELBY, 2015 POSSE SCHOLAR
RAISING THE BAR 2015 KINDERGARTEN MAP RESULTS
Our youngest KIPPsters continue to far outperform the national norm on the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test, which is administered in the fall and spring to assess academic growth over the year.
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% OF STUDENTS MEETING GROWTH TARGETS
83
NATIONAL AVERAGE 50%
KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools READING
MATH
Note: There is no district or state comparison data available for the MAP test.
INTRODUCING GEORGIA MILESTONES
During the 2014-15 school year, the state of Georgia introduced Georgia Milestones, a comprehensive assessment system intended to replace the CriterionReferenced Competency Tests (CRCT) spanning grades three through twelve. Georgia Milestones is a significantly more rigorous test aligned to the Common Core State Standards; as a result, state-level data indicates that fewer students in Georgia scored proficient on the new assessment. This does not mean that Georgia’s students know less, or are performing at a lower level, than in recent years; rather, it means that they have been asked to clear a higher bar. Georgia Milestones reflects the greater demands of today’s academic setting, and the national competition that students will face on the journey to and through college. KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools values Georgia Milestones’ increased rigor and is committed to continually improving instructional strategies to better serve our students.
2015 SEVENTH GRADE GEORGIA MILESTONES END OF GRADE RESULTS*
Our current middle school students pre-dated our having a KIPP elementary school option and entered our middle schools significantly behind grade level. By the seventh grade, KIPP students outperformed their peers at the state level and at Atlanta Public Schools, and had mixed results versus Fulton County Schools; the trends are similar for eighth grade. While we are encouraged by this relative performance, we recognize that we have significant work to do to close the overall proficiency gap. We are working hard to analyze and learn from these results so that we can better refine our instructional practices. 55 46
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37 % OF STUDENTS REACHING PROFICIENT OR DISTINGUISHED LEARNER
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44
42
40
37
30
36
27
36
27
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KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools Atlanta Public Schools Fulton County Schools State of Georgia
ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS
MATH
SCIENCE
SOCIAL STUDIES
*As of November 16, 2015, due to an unforeseen scoring error, the State of Georgia was delayed in releasing ELA and math Milestones scores for one-third of the eighth graders at KIPP STRIVE Academy. In the interest of providing the most complete results possible while still meeting our print deadline for this annual report, we opted to instead include scores for our seventh graders.
2015 HIGH SCHOOL GEORGIA MILESTONES END OF COURSE RESULTS
KIPP Atlanta Collegiate (KAC) students generally outperformed their peers at Atlanta Public Schools and had mixed results versus the state. As KAC enters its second year with a full ninth- through twelfth-grade offering, we are embracing this early opportunity to learn from both the bright spots and the gaps in our scholars’ performance in order to improve instruction and outcomes. 50 42
% OF STUDENTS REACHING PROFICIENT OR DISTINGUISHED LEARNER
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38
38 39
38 35
34
32 32
29
29 24 24
26
24 21
19
KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools Atlanta Public Schools State of Georgia
9TH GRADE LIT/ AMERICAN LIT/ COMPOSITION COMPOSITION
COORDINATE ALGEBRA
ANALYTIC GEOMETRY
BIOLOGY
U.S. HISTORY
Note: Fulton County Schools’ comparison data is not included, as KIPP does not have a high school in the district.
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ECONOMICS
KIPP ATLANTA COLLEGIATE 2015 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE
KIPP Atlanta Collegiate’s inaugural graduating class significantly outperformed district and state graduation rate averages.
GRADUATION RATE (%)
93 72
79
KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools Atlanta Public Schools State of Georgia Note: Fulton County Schools’ comparison data is not included, as KIPP does not have a high school in the district.
KIPP METRO ATLANTA SCHOOLS 2015 FINANCIALS* REVENUE Public Funding (86%) $ 29,007,870 Private Operational Support (11%) 3,667,349 Other (3%) 1,019,855 $ TOTAL OPERATIONAL REVENUE 33,695,074
EXPENSES Instruction/Program (90%) $ 30,036,352 General Administration (9%) 2,901,434 Other (1%) 446,799 TOTAL OPERATIONAL EXPENSES $ 33,384,585
% 86 PUBLIC
FUNDING
% 90 INSTRUCTION/
PROGRAM
*Does not include revenue restricted for capital projects or expenses related to capital improvements.
Charles King, an alumnus of KIPP WAYS Academy’s founding fifth-grade class, graduated from the University of Georgia in May 2015. He returned to his former middle school over the summer, this time as a teacher.
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OUR SUPPORTERS KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools thanks all of our 2014-15 donors. Your generosity allows us to support our students on the journey to and through. John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable A.J. Robinson and Nicole Foundation Ellerine Family Fund Joseph B. Whitehead Amica Companies Foundation Foundation Anne and Alex Bernhardt Kay Family Foundation Fund Foundation KELIN Foundation The Arthur M. Blank Family The Kendeda Fund Foundation KIPP Foundation Arthur Rock and Toni Rembe The Livingston Foundation Foundation The Marcus Foundation Balloun Family Foundation Mary Alice and Bennett Bank of America Foundation Brown Foundation Beautiful Star Philanthropic McKenna Long & Aldridge Fund Foundation The Belk Foundation Morgridge Family Foundation The Brewer Fund Peter Howland Family Fund at Brian and Karla Sadler the Rhode Island Charitable Fund Foundation Catherine W. and Edwin A. R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Wahlen, Jr. Foundation Foundation Fund Rich Foundation Charter School Growth Fund Robyn and David A. Cole Chick-Fil-A Foundation Family Fund Cobb Community Foundation The Ron and Carol Beerman The Cohen Family Foundation Philanthropic Fund Community & Southern Bank Salesforce Foundation Foundation The Sara Giles Moore Connolly Family Foundation Foundation The Costley Family The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Foundation The David, Helen, and Marian Thunder Bay Fund Children’s Woodward Fund - Atlanta Charities Douglas J. Hertz Family Tolleson Family Foundation Foundation Tull Charitable Foundation, ELMA Music Foundation Inc. Emily Winship Scott United Way of Greater Foundation Atlanta The Evans Family Charitable Vogel Family Foundation Fund The Walton Family Foundation Foundation for a Better World, The Ward Foundation Inc. Wilds L. Pierce II Charitable The Frances and Beverly Foundation DuBose Foundation, Inc. The Zeist Foundation, Inc. Fred and Sara Jean Burke Family Foundation Fund The Goizueta Foundation The Helen Fuqua Charitable AT&T Employee Giving Fund Campaign The Home Depot Foundation Atlantic Capital Bank The Imlay Foundation Atlantic Trust Private Wealth J. B. Fuqua Foundation, Inc. Management Jack and Jean Ward Advised Bank of America Matching Fund Gift Program Jewish Federation of Greater Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Atlanta BrandBank Jim and Janet Letson The Clorox Company Charitable Fund The Coca Cola Company John and Mary Franklin Matching Gifts Program Foundation
Foundations
Organizations
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Colliers International The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Cornercap Investment Counsel Cox Enterprises Deloitte Delta Air Lines Deutsche Bank Dorsey Alston Realtors Ed Farley & Associates FedEx Frazier & Deeter, LLC Genuine Parts Company Georgia Charter Schools Association Georgia Commerce Bank Global Payments GMT Capital Corp Goldman Sachs HealthGrades Jones Day Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. A Stifel Company King & Spalding, LLP Lawyers Club of Atlanta, Inc. Mauldin & Jenkins McKenney’s, Inc. McMaster-Carr Supply Company Momar Incorporated MTBL Consulting, LLC Mueller Water Products Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group, LLC Principal Life Insurance Company Printpack Raymond James Financial, Inc. Realty Atlanta Midtown, LLC Recall Corporation Rotary Club of Atlanta SAP America Sherrill & Hutchins Financial Advisory State of Georgia (Innovation Fund) SunTrust Bank, Atlanta SweetWater Brewing Company Teach for America−Metro Atlanta Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign Wells Fargo Foundation Educational Matching Gift Program
Individuals
Rita Burnat Kyra Caldwell Sheyda Aboutalebi Ross Cannon Howell and Madeline Adams Lee and Leigh Cardwell Jeffrey and Corinne Adams Dr. Meria Carstarphen J. Douglas Alexander Ned and Elizabeth Case Tonja Alexander Bedford and Sarah Cash John Allan Grace and David Cass Sonia Alvarez-Robinson Toby Chambers Peter Aman Hwang-mei and Chiu-shan Robert and Dean Anastasi Chang Kim Anderson Lucinda and Bob Chapman Raphael Anderson Tomeka Cherry Richard and Susan Anderson Sidney and Don Childress Stephen Andrews and Doris Sandra Christian L. Downs Thomas and Aimee Chubb James Angelos H. Malcolm Clark Joe Arnold Melissa Claugus William Arnold Teresa Claugus Tom and Deborah Avery Thomas Claugus Brendan Baby Sheilah Clay Anoosh Bahraini Marina and Carl Cofield Christine and John Bakalar Howard and Caryl Cohen Theresa D. Baker-King David and Robyn Cole Balloun Family Fund Tammie Coley Richard Barth and Wendy Laura Compton Kopp Heather S. Comstra Nancy Beane Susan Conger James and Cynthia Beasley Evan Connell Tom and Suzanna Beaty George Connell Bruce and Cynthia Becker Kevin Conniff Fred and Mary Beerman Miles and Nicole Cook Ron and Carol Beerman Vaughan Cooper Bill Beery LeighAnn and Chad Costley David Bellaire Warner R. Couch Anne Bennett Tanya Counter Shauna Bentley Abigail Cox Dave and Maureen Berger Benjamin Cox Barry and Martha Berlin James and Virginia Crowley BJ Bernstein Bradley Currey Douglas and Melissa Biggs Andy and Betty Jo Currie Kirk Billings Lavona Currie Donald Blackburn Thomas Cypher Jerome and Elaine Blumenthal Barry Daniel Jim and Edith Bostic Bruce Daniels Drs. Thomas and Catherine Vonetta Daniels Ross Boston Jamina Cole D’Amico Henry Bowden Jessica D’Annunizo Celeste Boyd-Spear Gilbert and Julie Davis Blair Brading Pete Davis Kate and Lyons Brewer Silvia de la Cruz Patrick and Elizabeth Rick Deane Broderick Nichole and Nathan Deluke Jody Brooks Sachin Desai Kathe and Morris Brown Reed and Roberta Deupree Carie Buchanan Marilyn Dickerson Laurel and Gordon Buchmiller James Dillard Mark and Heather Buffington Elaine and Shep Dinos David and Sally Burge Keith Donnelly Fred and Sara Jean Burke
Jessica Douglas Carl and Elise Drake Bo and Eileen DuBose Elizabeth DuBose Robert Dunn Torarie Durden and C.C. Williams Greg and Kattia Easterly Barbara Edelin Milton Edelin David Edwards Kathleen Edwards Paul Elizondo Erika Ellison Elizabeth W. Elloitt Clark and Bonnie Emerson Bob Arotsky and Ilene Engel Elise Eplan Jon and Vanessa Evans Randy and Vicki Evans Manning and John Fairey James Fallon Vivian and Roger Farah Elizabeth Mary Ferrara Frank and Jacqueline Ferris Irial and Dierdre Finan John Fischer Alan and Jane Fishman Hunter Fleetwood Gray Fleming Sean and Kim Fogarty J. DeLano Ford Robert and Meeghan Fortson Rebecca Fouche David and Tricia Frame Sara and Robert Franco Jason Frank Chip and Dorothy Franzoni Selden Frissell Ally and Lynne Fuqua Rex and Duvall Fuqua Siobhan A. Gardner Jeff Gaster Peter and Gina Genz Whitney and David Gerkin Adia German Harvey Gilbert Brent S. Gilfedder John and Marty Gillin Tom and Connie Glaser Desiree Glover Frank and Nancy Glover Taylor and Shearon Glover Robert and Naomi Godfrey Twana Goodloe-Vintes Robert U. Goodman John and Helen Gordon Thomas A. Gould Jared Gourrier Bradley and Erin Graner Nicholas Grant Minnedore Green Nancy E. Hadley Rand and Seth Hagen Alex Hahn Robert Hahn and Stephanie Sherman F. Sheffield and Elizabeth Hale Jason and Louise Hammer Michael and Karen Hammer Larry and Vickie Hampton Bill and Sudie Hanger Jaymes Hanna
Jefferson Harralson Drs. Sidney E. and Mary S. Harris Evan Hart Brian Harvel Sandeep Heda Darien Henry Alexander Higgs Alex Hill Bill and Melba Hill Nicholas Hill Richard and Dorothy Hines Etta R. Hirsch Carson and Ryan Hobbs Kevin Hodges Tommy and Beth Holder Amy Hendren Roger House Herman Howard Dave and Emily Howland Mike and Laura Hubbell David and Connie Huelsbeck Joe and Diane Hurley Patricia Hurley David Huseth Tad and Janin Hutcheson Eden L. Hutchins Randy Hyman Anne Irwin Joel and Mary Stuart Iverson Karen Jaramillo J.J. Jaxon Derrick Jenkins David Jernigan Warren and Sally Jobe Caroline John Tharon Johnson Craig and Mary Coleman Jones Stephanie Jones Thomas and Elinor Jones Greg and Holly Judge Tanya Judge Kathy Judy F. Burton and Elizabeth Kann Lefteri Karacalidis Michael and Ann Kay Samreen Khan Pete and Terri Kight Robert Kight Brigitte Killings Charles and Sabrina King, Sr. Marsh and Mary King David and Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Scott and Kimberly Kitchens Daniel Kolb Peter Konz Chad Lane James and Regina Lanigan John Lanigan, Jr. Elizabeth and Peter Lauer Cheryl Leitz Amanda Lewis Andrew Lewis Judy Lin and David T. McMurtry Lauren Linder Hollis and Matthew Linginfelter Sandy and Hank Linginfelter Gregory Lionberger Carolyn C. Lisbon
Muriel Littman Dennis Love L. Loveland Paul Luppino Kevin and Staci Lynch Cheryl L. MacKinnon Meghan and Clarke Magruder Daniel P. and Tucker Ballard Mahoney Justin Major Sabrina Mallett Adam and Lindsey Mangone Kelly Mann Jean Ann Mansfield Tim and Mary Mapes Scott B. Mario Sam Matchett Whitney and Kevin Maxwell Atiba Mbiwan Douglas and Carol McAlpine Kerry McArdle Mona and Phil McArdle Jane McCauley Lisa and Tom McChesney Spence McClelland Ollie and Stacey McCoy Elizabeth McCurtain Connie and Ken McDaniel Billy and Dianne McDavid Brian and Toby McGuire Thomas P. McNulty Leonard and Jennifer McReynolds Catherine and Bill Mealor Nick Meeks Philip and Kirsten Mekelburg Marc Merlin Selby Merritt David Mills Katie N. Mock and Timothy McClanahan Ellen Monk Cynthia Monroe Gairy R. Moore Sarah Moore Dustin Moriarty Steven and Vicki Morris W. Hampton and Carter H. Morris Charlie and Brenda Moseley Thomas and Clair Muller Avery and Valerie Munnings Bill Murray Richard Murray Joseph V. Myers, III Brian and Kara Mylod Usha Nair-Reichert Erica Nanke Martha Nedderman Jeffrey and Anne Neikirk Michael Neville James and Carol Ney Ted Noble Guerry Norwood Nancy Nunn Vernetta Nuriddin Emily Nybo Alexander Oliver Eric Olsen Lee and Steve Olsen C. Kendi and Ashani O’Mard Rachel Orrison Michael O’Sullivan
Willson and David Overend Pierce Owings Steve and Susan Owings Melody Palmore Ashi and Tejal Parikh Laura Parker Sajal Patel Kinnari Patel-Smyth and Richard Smyth Erinn and Marc Pearson Dana Pederson Bud and Valerie Peterson Eric and Anne Phillips Hunter and Leslie Pierson Walter Plyler Timothy and Patrice Pollock Chelle and Greg Pope Harriet Porter Judith A. Powell Folami Prescott-Adams Carlette Prince Lisa Pritchard Tom and Elizabeth Pritchard William Pritchard Jondré Pryor David Pulliam Lombard Puri Kerry Quinn Carol and Stephen Raeber Michael and Carrie Raeber Deepak and Priya Raghavan George and Sally Read Travis and Kristi Reaves George and Claire Reid Cleon Rice Ann Richards Russ and Sara Richards Robert Rickles Katie Rigby Timothy and Jane Rigby Mark and Becky Riley A.J. and Nicole Robinson Sakeissa Robinson Sidney and Phyllis Rodbell Laura Rodridgo Eric Rosen Ronald and Maxine Rosen Michael S. Rosenberg Ramona Russell William Russell Robert and Laura Sales Ed Salley Dawn Sanders Rodney and Linda Sanders Vincent and Ann Scacchitti Deborah Schneider Rebecca Schuetz Roger and Maryearle Scovil Sue Sehgal Bart Seidner Vernon and Brenda Sermon Daniel and Lynn Sharp Mark Sheerin Elizabeth and James Shelton Stephanie and Robert Sherman Jessica Sherrill Tom and Dianne Sherrill Joseph Shiffler Michael Simone John Simpson Rachel Simpson Jodie Skorecki
Frank and Deborah Slover Joanne D. Smith Ontario and Rian Perry Smith Justin and Sallie Stanley Mary-Kate and Will Starkel Chris Statham Alexandria and Ed Sternstein Logan and Laura Stevens Akissi Stokes Alison Stokes Richard Storrs Sam Story Cheryl Strickland Eric and Kimberley Strickland Catrice Swann Lovita Tandy Robyn O. Tanenbaum Andrew Taylor David H. Tenney Elaine Thagard Stephanie Thames Edward and Kristina Thomas Rebecca Thompson Robert and Dede Thompson Anthony Toliver Anne and Pat Tolleson Nancy Toro Midge Tracey Magaret Tracy The Trotter Family Yasmin Tyler-Hill Dana and Obi Ugwonali, M.D. Andrew Vantine Kathryn Venz Kim Vo Bill and Judy Vogel Kyle Waide Sonya Walston Seth and Kirsten Walton Jack and Jean Ward Clifford and Jessica Warren Irma Webb Jonathan and Lissa Webber John and Julie Webster Howard and Joan Weinstein Steven and Melinda Wertheim Mark and Randi Wesley Amy Wheeler Mike and Dana White Vernon and Amy White William Whitesides Warren and Anna Wick Richard Wicklund Doug and Barbara Wiley Andrew Williams Barb and Thomas Williams James Williams Larry and Yeardley Williams Sterling Williams Jeffrey W. Willis Jim and Heather Wininger Alan and Tracy Wise Bruce Woodward Paul Woodworth Troy Wright Charles and Mary Yates Dennis and Marietta Zakas Marko and Alana Zrno
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OUR MISSION The mission of KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools is to equip students with the academic skills, scholarly habits, and character traits necessary to be successful in top-quality colleges and the competitive world beyond. To achieve this mission, we partner with school districts in Metro Atlanta to increase the number of college graduates and to change the mindset of what is possible in public education.
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Craig Jones, Chairman Retired Chief Investment Officer, Cousins Properties Kim Anderson Chief Executive Officer, Families First Joe Arnold Senior Vice President, SunTrust Atlanta Tom Avery Retired Managing Director, Raymond James & Associates BJ Bernstein Attorney, The Bernstein Firm Jim Bostic Managing Director, HEP & Associates Kathe Brown* Community Volunteer
Mark Buffington Co-Founder & Managing Director, Buckhead Investment Partners Ned Case Chief Operating Officer, GMT Capital Sidney Childress Community Volunteer Rick Deane Partner-in-Charge, Jones Day Atlanta Charlotte Dixon* Community Volunteer Torarie Durden Director of Strategic Development, Healthgrades Sidney Harris Professor & Former Dean, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
Tharon Johnson Director, GreenbergTraurig Dennis Love Chairman & CEO, Printpack Marni Mohr* Community Volunteer Tom Pritchard President, E² Capital Group Jack Ward Retired Chairman & CEO, Russell Corporation Mark Wesley President, Recall North America Alan Wise Senior Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group *Denotes Honorary Director
OUR PRINCIPALS Wheda Carletos Founding Principal, KIPP Vision Primary School Tasha Davis Principal, KIPP Vision Academy Christy Harris Principal, KIPP STRIVE Academy
OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
Erika Ellison Chief Financial Officer Shyam Kumar Managing Director of Talent and Strategy Judy Lin Chief Operating Officer
Dwight Ho-Sang Principal, KIPP WAYS Academy Dave Howland Founding Principal, KIPP Atlanta Collegiate High School Tandi Prillerman Founding Principal, KIPP WAYS Primary School
Jondré Pryor Principal, KIPP South Fulton Academy Mini’imah Shaheed Founding Principal, KIPP STRIVE Primary School
Kerry McArdle Managing Director of External Relations Kinnari Patel-Smyth Executive Director Katie Rigby Chief Academic Officer
Troy Wright Managing Director of Finance
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