{"id":1095,"date":"2019-12-20T17:22:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T22:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amana-academy-dev.flywheelsites.com\/north-fulton\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2020-12-17T13:03:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T18:03:19","slug":"a-look-at-charter-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look at Charter Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Atlanta Parent<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jennifer Almonte-Gomez’s son, Chase, is in kindergarten at Amana Academy. She and her husband chose Amana, because they see STEM as the future.<\/p>\n

“A STEM education provides an opportunity to really develop and practice critical thinking skills that help with solving real world challenges. He is able to acquire relevant knowledge in respect to a world he is actively living and participating in,” she says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The STEM focus allows students to apply what they’ve learned to solve an authentic problem for the local community. “This provides tangible evidence for students that they are prepared to be global changemakers; not in the distant future, but in the present,” says Cherisse Campbell, Amana’s principal.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Almonte-Gomez’s son, Chase, is in kindergarten at Amana Academy. She and her husband chose Amana, because they see STEM as the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Look at Charter Schools - Amana Academy North Fulton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Look at Charter Schools\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jennifer Almonte-Gomez's son, Chase, is in kindergarten at Amana Academy. She and her husband chose Amana, because they see STEM as the future.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Amana Academy North Fulton\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmanaAcademy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-20T22:22:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-17T18:03:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Amana-0819-IMG_2176.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amana Academy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AmanaAcademy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AmanaAcademy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amana Academy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/news\\\/a-look-at-charter-schools\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/news\\\/a-look-at-charter-schools\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amana Academy\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3a8e36c574471a38d95727c1c802a232\"},\"headline\":\"A Look at Charter Schools\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-20T22:22:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-17T18:03:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/news\\\/a-look-at-charter-schools\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":123,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/news\\\/a-look-at-charter-schools\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/Amana-0819-IMG_2176.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/news\\\/a-look-at-charter-schools\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/news\\\/a-look-at-charter-schools\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/news\\\/a-look-at-charter-schools\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Look at Charter Schools - Amana Academy North Fulton\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/news\\\/a-look-at-charter-schools\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/news\\\/a-look-at-charter-schools\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/Amana-0819-IMG_2176.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-20T22:22:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-17T18:03:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/news\\\/a-look-at-charter-schools\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/news\\\/a-look-at-charter-schools\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/news\\\/a-look-at-charter-schools\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/Amana-0819-IMG_2176.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/Amana-0819-IMG_2176.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/news\\\/a-look-at-charter-schools\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Look at Charter Schools\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/\",\"name\":\"Amana Academy North Fulton\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Amana Academy North Fulton\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Amana-Academy_color.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Amana-Academy_color.png\",\"width\":2022,\"height\":570,\"caption\":\"Amana Academy North Fulton\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/AmanaAcademy\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AmanaAcademy\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/amanaacademy_charterschool\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3a8e36c574471a38d95727c1c802a232\",\"name\":\"Amana Academy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e14240913ab5bd23c698961510bbda8b74d763bb0bfaf8d9dc4d93691c6b5862?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e14240913ab5bd23c698961510bbda8b74d763bb0bfaf8d9dc4d93691c6b5862?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e14240913ab5bd23c698961510bbda8b74d763bb0bfaf8d9dc4d93691c6b5862?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Amana Academy\"},\"description\":\"The family of Amana Academy Charter Schools is an educational community with a mission to prepare students for high academic achievement, beyond what they think possible, so they become active contributors to building a better world.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amanaacademy.org\\\/north-fulton\\\/author\\\/amanaacademy\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Look at Charter Schools - Amana Academy North Fulton","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Look at Charter Schools","og_description":"Jennifer Almonte-Gomez's son, Chase, is in kindergarten at Amana Academy. She and her husband chose Amana, because they see STEM as the future.","og_url":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/","og_site_name":"Amana Academy North Fulton","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmanaAcademy","article_published_time":"2019-12-20T22:22:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-12-17T18:03:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Amana-0819-IMG_2176.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Amana Academy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AmanaAcademy","twitter_site":"@AmanaAcademy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Amana Academy","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/"},"author":{"name":"Amana Academy","@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/#\/schema\/person\/3a8e36c574471a38d95727c1c802a232"},"headline":"A Look at Charter Schools","datePublished":"2019-12-20T22:22:57+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-17T18:03:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/"},"wordCount":123,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Amana-0819-IMG_2176.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/","url":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/","name":"A Look at Charter Schools - Amana Academy North Fulton","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Amana-0819-IMG_2176.jpg","datePublished":"2019-12-20T22:22:57+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-17T18:03:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Amana-0819-IMG_2176.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Amana-0819-IMG_2176.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/news\/a-look-at-charter-schools\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Look at Charter Schools"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/#website","url":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/","name":"Amana Academy North Fulton","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/#organization","name":"Amana Academy North Fulton","url":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Amana-Academy_color.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Amana-Academy_color.png","width":2022,"height":570,"caption":"Amana Academy North Fulton"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmanaAcademy","https:\/\/x.com\/AmanaAcademy","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amanaacademy_charterschool\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/#\/schema\/person\/3a8e36c574471a38d95727c1c802a232","name":"Amana Academy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e14240913ab5bd23c698961510bbda8b74d763bb0bfaf8d9dc4d93691c6b5862?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e14240913ab5bd23c698961510bbda8b74d763bb0bfaf8d9dc4d93691c6b5862?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e14240913ab5bd23c698961510bbda8b74d763bb0bfaf8d9dc4d93691c6b5862?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Amana Academy"},"description":"The family of Amana Academy Charter Schools is an educational community with a mission to prepare students for high academic achievement, beyond what they think possible, so they become active contributors to building a better world.","url":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/author\/amanaacademy\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1095"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1275,"href":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions\/1275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amanaacademy.org\/north-fulton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}