ONE COMMUNITY

The CQA community consists of CQA I elementary and middle school and CQA II elementary school. We may learn, play, grow, and excel in different schools and in different ways, but we are one community.

CQA is a unified community.  There is much that we share as a unified community.  As several schools that serve scholars of very different ages and developmental stages, there are numerous ways that we differ.  We understand that for families, it is comforting and reassuring to know that their children of various ages can attend school in the same location.  We understand that children want to and need to feel like their middle school experience is different from that of their elementary school. Working to support both families and scholars, we have built a program that is DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, ONE COMMUNITY.

How is CQA ONE COMMUNITY?  What do WE share?

  • We share a mission to prepare scholars for success in education, the workforce, and the community.

  • We share a mission to build a school that integrates literacy, standards-based academics, and culturally responsive supportive services. 

  • We share the same CORE Values

    • Care for our Community

    • Quality of Character

    • Achievement Through Academics

  • We share the same approach to educating children

    • Whole school focus on literacy

    • High academic standards

    • Caring and competent teachers

    • More time in school

    • The importance of social/emotional learning

    • The importance of enrichment in children’s lives

  • We share a common annual calendar

  • We share the language of calling our young learners “scholars”

  • We share an expectation that scholars wear a CQA uniform

  • We share some celebrations throughout the year

  • We share a vision for scholar voice driving our classroom instruction

  • We share an expectation of parents and families as partners

What are the differences?

  • We have different start and end times

  • We have a different flow to classes throughout the day

  • We have different behavioral expectations and consequences

  • We have different uniforms

  • We have some different celebrations throughout the year

  • We have different homework expectations

  • We have different methods to engage children

  • We have different extracurricular opportunities

  • We have different opportunities for scholar leadership

  • We have a different approach to grading