Discovery Charter School


Discovery Charter School Discovery Charter School, located in the West Parkside area of the city, is surrounded by beautiful, scenic Fairmount Park. It serves approximately 500 students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. Now in its fifth year, Discovery has a professional, support and volunteer staff of 68 persons. Our Vision *Our Vision* is to empower children to develop knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors that will make them lifetime learners and engage them in opportunities where they can put them into practice. Our Mission Our Mission is to connect what is learned in the classroom to the real world. The learning program provides extensive opportunity to make education relevant through “discoveries outside the classroom”. Through an expeditionary learning approach, educational concepts are made concrete and reinforce the necessary relationship between actual experience and education. Our Motto “Where education is not just preparation for life, but life itself ”
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