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About Us

Welcome to Centennial Academy: Home of the Heroes!

Centennial Academy is a conversion charter school in the heart of Atlanta educating scholars from Kindergarten through 8th grade. As a community school, Centennial Academy readily extends beyond its campus borders in strong partnerships with institutions of early and higher learning, industry, and social service that support a Pre-K to 8th-grade curriculum.

Our Mission

The Mission of Centennial Academy is to provide educational equity through a rigorous STEAM curriculum to all of its scholars.
 

Our Vision

We envision Centennial Academy scholars and educators as high achievers, critical thinkers, lifelong learners, and ethical leaders in a global society.

Our Core Values

A commitment to EXCELLENCE in critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity embodies what it means to be a HERO at Centennial Academy!

  • Critical Thinking: Analyzing and breaking down challenges through applying knowledge from different subjects and disciplines as captured by mindfulness.

  • Collaboration: Working together to reach a goal by combining effort, talent, and expertise as we maintain trust.

  • Communication: Sharing ideas, thoughts, and solutions in effective, open, and transparent ways.

  • Creativity: Trying new approaches to solve problems in order to generate innovation and invention without fear of failure or reprisal.

 

Our Commitments: 

  • We will focus on scholars’ academic achievement and social-emotional growth; they will be at the center of all that we do and serve as the heart of our work.

  • We will create a family-oriented environment that is grounded in creativity and innovation.

  • We will value all members of our community including our educators, parents, and partners and will treat each other with dignity and mutual respect.

  • We will implement a best-in-class system for retaining, developing, and attracting top talent.

  • We will hold ourselves accountable and establish measures and means for regularly assessing progress towards our goals. We will target resources, support, and attention where the need is greatest.

  • We will adopt a proactive communications approach, eagerly seeking input and clearly and transparently sharing information in a variety of ways to all internal and external stakeholders.

  • We will strive for EXCELLENCE and will make decisions that are scholar-centered, data-informed, and evidence-based.

Heroes Today. Legends Tomorrow!