The Urban Academy faculty and staff are a family oriented team driven by the school’s twenty year mission to provide a superior education that will develop in our students’ academic excellence, leadership skills, and social values that will enable them to ultimately become positive contributors to the community in which they live, and society as a whole.
We work daily to deliver instructional and school-based activities that reinforce our students’ perception of skill, self-esteem, and self-sufficiency. At the Urban Academy, we have high expectations for our students, and as such we make sure that our students have access to the tools, resources, and support needed to succeed in an environment of high expectations, academic standards, and familiar cultural context.
When a student leaves the Urban Academy, he or she will have the skills and attitudes necessary for academic success and life-long learning. Moreover, they will be prepared emotionally and psychologically to avoid or withstand, the rigor of the Urban Academy environment as they matriculate through their learning career.
The Urban Academy has a rich legacy as the region’s oldest charter school, founded in 1998 by African American community leaders and educators, chief among them being Esther L. Bush of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh. The school traditions are deeply rooted in our founders’ belief that ALL children, specifically black children, deserved to be immersed in a high-quality, rigorous, and culturally relevant and responsive learning environment. Under the leadership of Dr. Janet Bell, Dr. Gail Edwards, and now K. Chase Patterson and Principal Angelique Drakeford, the school, has become a model of academic excellence for Black students in the greater Pittsburgh region.
Company Details
- Employees
- 16
- Founded
- -
- Address
- 437 Turrett St, Pittsburgh,pennsylvania 15206,united States
- Industry
- Primary And Secondary Education
- NAICS
-
Elementary and Secondary Schools
- Website
- http://www.urbanacademypgh.org
- Keywords
- Black Studies, Spanish, Science, STREAM, Small Group, Character Education, Family First Center, Student Support Sevices, 1:1 Technology.
- HQ
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Competitors
- Center for RISC at UChicago, Homewood Children's Village, Operation Warm, Community Health Center of Buffalo, Inc., URBAN ACADEMY OF GREATER PITTSBURGH CHARTER SCHOOL, Tiger Rockliverpool, Elmhurst District 205 Public Schools, The State of Black Learning, The Levitt Lab, The Citizen Science Lab.
The Urban Academy Questions
The Urban Academy's website is http://www.urbanacademypgh.org
The Urban Academy's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-urban-academy
The Urban Academy has
16 employees.
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employees at The Urban Academy.
The Urban Academy's industry is
Primary and Secondary Education
The Urban Academy's top competitors are
Center For Risc At Uchicago,
Homewood Children's Village,
Operation Warm,
Community Health Center Of Buffalo, Inc.,
Urban Academy Of Greater Pittsburgh Charter School,
Tiger Rockliverpool,
Elmhurst District 205 Public Schools,
The State Of Black Learning,
The Levitt Lab,
The Citizen Science Lab.
The Urban Academy's categories are Primary and Secondary Education
The Urban Academy's founding year is 1998
