Stem Preparatory Academy
Stem Preparatory Academy
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About this organization
Mission
STEM Prep’s mission is to deliver a rigorous, inquiry-based education with a strategic focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. By cultivating a community of learning and academic excellence, STEM Prep will bolster the number of underrepresented students who graduate from the most competitive universities in the country and lead the discoveries and innovations of the future. We achieve our mission through a progressive, rigorous, and research-based academic program coupled with robust supports for students’ holistic development and post-secondary transition. STEM Prep aims to cultivate a talent pipeline capable of transforming the communities and industries in which we live and work in this state. Graduates of STEM Prep will become persistent and steadfast problem-solvers, active leaders in the community, and highly engaged and empathetic citizens of the world. STEM Prep has intentionally designed its structure and operations around evidence-based practices proven to accelerate academic achievement, educational attainment, and career readiness. The essential design features include: Academic press supported by and facilitated through a rigorous, college preparatory curriculum with an integrated focus on STEM learning and authentic application thereof.Systematic instruction to ensure all students master basic skills in literacy and mathematics.Inquiry-driven and project-based learning to advance students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills.Frequent and sustained progress monitoring through formative assessments that identifies small increments of growth or deficits.Ongoing and relentless support, care, and love of students within a structured and safe small high school environment and supported by a strong school culture of community and academic excellence. Taken together these design features create a school model robust in its evidence-based and inquiry-driven instructional program, holistic in its deliberate attention to the whole student and family, and comprehensive in its early intervention and college-ready normative and functional strategies.
About
IN 2019, STEM CELEBRATED ITS EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF SERVING THE FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH NASHVILLE COMMUNITY. THOUGH MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE THE INAUGURAL YEAR, OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES CONTINUES TO PERSIST. STEM SERVES A UNIQUE, HIGHLY DIVERSE POPULATION AND HAS ESTABLISHED A TRACK RECORD OF OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC RESULTS, ACHIEVED WITH UNMATCHED FISCAL EFFICIENCY. STEM CONTINUES TO OUTPERFORM PEER SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE ACROSS ALL SUBJECT AREAS.SINCE ITS INCEPTION, STEM HAS ACCOUNTED FOR 100% OF THE "EXCELLING" SEATS IN THE CLUSTER, AS DETERMINED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK. MOREOVER, ENGLISH LEARNERS ACHIEVE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ON AVERAGE IN ONE TO TWO YEARS AT STEM, COMPARED TO FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS IN DISTRICT EL PROGRAMS.FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING STEM PREP'S 2019 ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PLEASE CONTACT THE SCHOOL'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DR. KRISTIN MCGRANER, AT THE ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER STATED ON PAGE 1 OF THE FORM 990.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing specifies the mission of the non-profit as “To provide a college preparatory education with an integrated focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, to fifth through twelfth grade students in south nashville.”.
When explaining its duties, they were described as: “To provide a college preparatory education with an integrated focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, to fifth through twelfth grade students in south nashville.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is authorized to operate legally is TN.
- According to the filing, the address of the non-profit for the year 2020 is 1162 FOSTER AVENUE, NASHVILLE, TN, 37211.
- The non-profit has reported 137 employees on their form for the year 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $37,409.
- The organization has 7 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2010.
- The organization pays $6,501,250 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $0 in fundraising expenses.
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