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2019 SUSAN STEELMAN BRAGATO Award Winners: 10 Charter Public High School Seniors

This year at the 26th Annual California Charter Schools Conference, 10 charter public school seniors received the Susan Steelman Bragato Scholarship.

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Two Academic Powerhouses Strike Again at the California Academic Decathlon!

Last weekend, Granada Hills Charter High School finished first in the statewide Academic Decathlon. Next month, they will head to Bloomington, Minn. to compete for the school’s seventh national title. The Academic Decathlon features nine-member...

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The 2019 Hart Vision Award winner was so special that they got their very own category!

Announced during the 26th Annual California Charter Schools Conference, the “Authorizer of the Year” award went to the Butte County Office of Education. The BCOE provided tireless, around-the-clock, hands on support to six Paradise charter public...

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During Peak Seasonal Depression, CSUS Sacramento Partners with Lighthouse Charter to Offer Students Additional Help

We just marked the one- year anniversary of the tragic Parkland school shooting. Couple the anniversary with a week that included Valentine’s Day, and it can all be a sad reminder of loneliness, rejection, or worst of all, those we’d like to shower...

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Mi escuela chárter me salvó la vida:

Nací en Compton, California, crecí con 13 hermanos, una madre que era drogadicta, un padre en la cárcel y me tocó ir a una escuela pública tan grande que los maestros no tenían tiempo para darme la atención necesaria.

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Championing charters this school year

After the success of the 2017 – 18 school year, California charter school students should be especially excited about going #BacktoSchool.  

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Meet our CharterNation storytellers!

Ana Tintocalis

Ana Tintocalis - Director, Media Relations and Research
atintocalis@ccsa.org

Ana is Director of Media Relations and Research and a member of CCSA’s External Affairs Team. In this role, she supports the organization’s mission through creative and effective communications platforms that increase public awareness and support for high-quality public charter schools. Additionally, she will help amplify positive local charter school stories happening to win hearts and minds in target media markets across the state. Read More >>

Myrna Castrejón

Myrna Castrejón - President and Chief Executive Officer
mcastrejon@ccsa.org

As the leader of CCSA, Myrna Castrejón has managed the membership organization representing California's public charter schools since January 2019.

Prior to assuming the role of President and CEO, she served for nearly three years as the Founding Executive Director of Great Public Schools Now, an organization created in winter 2015. As the Executive Director, Myrna led Great Public Schools Now's strategy to transform public education in Los Angeles by expanding high-quality public schools of diverse governance models in the areas most in need of support. Read More >>