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Gordon Parks Academy is an International Baccalaureate Candidate School in the process of being authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization. We are a neighborhood magnet but both neighborhood and out of neighborhood students must apply and go through the magnet application process. All students are required to apply through the Magnet Admissions Office .
To view Gordon Parks school web site, click here.
On the first floor are three kindergarten, first grade, second grade third grade and fourth grade classrooms. There is also an art room, two music rooms, a cafeteria, a FEMA shelter, gymnasium with bleacher seating, boys and girls dressing rooms, a media center (library) and associated computer room.
The second floor has three math, language arts, and fifth grade classrooms as well as a computer lab, a science classroom, a social studies classroom, and Spanish and Mandarin Chinese classrooms. Connected to the southeast side of the school is a clinic building with exam, dental, immunization, and records rooms, as well as office spaces.
School Hours: 8:00-3:10
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Achievement Highlights
Gordon Parks is a Primary Years and Middle Years International Baccalaureate Candidate School. Our focus is to develop 21st century learners who are internationally minded and can communicate in more than one language.
Once authorized, Gordon Parks Academy will be the first PYP (Primary Years Program) and MYP (Middle Years Program) in Kansas.
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Directions
I-35 North to 21st street. Exit on 21st street and go East. Turn north on Grove. Turn west on 25th street.
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Mission
Gordon Parks Academy will cultivate self-directed learners by providing multiple learning opportunities and rigorous assessments across disciplines in partnership with our parents and community. We will nurture and develop students who have an intercultural understanding and respect for others.
Vision:
Gordon Parks Academy will be a positive student-centered learning environment which holds all students to high expectations of respect, international mindedness, and student achievement.
Beliefs:
- Providing students the opportunity to work with a diverse population provides them with a sense of community, a global understanding and acceptance of others that will make them a positive, contributing member of society.
- We believe that all students will be active participants in their learning by developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- We believe that when students' natural curiosity and questioning are encouraged, students develop a deeper understanding of concepts.
- When connections between parents, students, staff and community are made, bonds are formed that enrich and support the learning experience.
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Campus Improvement Program
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Site Council Information
Site Council meetings are the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30 in the library.
Everyone is welcome!
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Programs
IB encourages well rounded, holistic learning. All students in grades K-8 receive Spanish language instruction and it is a requirement in our middle school program. Our middle school program requires technology, physical education, visual arts and performing arts each year in addition to second language instruction. More information on the International Baccalaureate program and the authorization program can be found at www.ibo.org.
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Student Activities
Our middle school has cross country, volleyball, basketball, and track teams.
Gordon Parks also has a National Academic League team and a Chess Club.
Gordon Parks has a Student Council who has members that attend PTO meetings and Site Council meetings.
We have before- and after-school School Age Program, run by the Wichita YMCA, for elementary and the After School Program after school Monday-Thursday for middle school students.
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School History
Gordon Parks Academy is Wichita Public Schools' newest school, located in Northeast Wichita. It opened its doors to students in August 2008.
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