Pierre A. Capdau-UNO Charter School

Grades K to 5
9301 Chef Menteur Highway  map
New Orleans, LA 70127
(former Prince of Peace Lutheran School building)
Phone: TBA
Fax: TBA

Grades 6 to 8 (shown in photo)
3708 Gentilly Boulevard  map
New Orleans, LA 70122
(former Gentilly Presbyterian Church School building)
Phone: TBA
Fax: TBA

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Principal: J’Vann L. Martin,

Interim Director of Curriculum and Instruction: Stephanie Peters, 

Charter Organization: New Beginnings Schools Foundation

Board President: Hugh Hamilton – Greater New Orleans Regional Chairman, Capital One Bank

Mission Statement: Pierre A. Capdau-UNO Charter School is a community of learners in which academic achievement and personal growth are expected and are supported in a positive, inclusive and enriched environment.

Vision Statement: Pierre A. Capdau-UNO Charter School will be an outstanding school that is characterized by its caring community of learners where everyone plays an important role in creating an inviting and engaging learning environment. As a result, students will have the knowledge and skills necessary to participate meaningfully in a global economy and multicultural society.

Goals:
Our students will become strategic readers who read for a variety of purposes. They will construct, extend and examine meaning from what they read.
Our students will become problem solvers who utilize math for a variety of purposes.
Our students will clearly communicate what they know through writing.
Our students will demonstrate good citizenship by showing respect, responsibility, preparedness, safety and being their personal best each day.

School Motto: "Where learners take flight through Rigor, Relevance and Relationships."

Grade Configuration: K-8th grades

Student Enrollment: 350 (projected)

School Calendar: August 12, 2010 – May 27, 2011

School Hours: 8 am – 4 pm

Registration Information: Pierre A. Capdau-UNO Charter is an open enrollment school. Registration takes place in January, 2011. Parents must complete an application which will be available at the school and on this web page during the registration period.

Prospective students will be selected by lottery if there are more applications than there are spaces available.

Special Education Model: Inclusion

Transportation: Yellow school bus transportation provided by school.

Health Services: School nurse, 2 full-time counselors (individual counseling, family counseling, group counseling, and at risk group dynamic counseling), LA Yes, Tulane mobile mental health bus

Extracurricular Activities: Dance, Music, Creative Writing & Multimedia, Intramural Sports, Cheerleading, Game 24: First in Math, Chess Club

Special Programs

• Volunteers of America Lighthouse Enrichment Program
• S.T.A.I.R. (Start the Adventure in Reading Program)
• Primetime Reading Program
• LA Yes
• Young Black Engineers
• UNO Professional Development School: LaSIP
• UNO Student Teaching Program
• Tulane mobile, mental health bus 

Special Events

• Monthly Positive Behavior Support Activities for students
• Monthly PTO Meetings
• Awards Day
• Pierre A. Capdau Charter School 1st Annual Arts Extravaganza
• Literacy Night
• Family Fun Math Night
• Social Studies Fair
• Science Fair
• Fall Festival
• Spring Festival
• Grandparent’s Day
• Moms and Muffins
• Dads and Doughnuts