ALA FAQ
A Charter School provides all the opportunities of a private school with none of the cost! Charter Schools are publicly funded by the state, but are privately managed.
Charter Schools provide a unique setting for learning that will improve student achievement and make available additional public school alternatives. Charter Schools encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods. Decision making and control is returned to the local leadership, teachers and parents. That’s why more parents every year are choosing Charter Schools.
American Leadership Academy is a safe environment where high student achievement is the focus of the school. We provide a rigorous educational program with character core values.school boundaries.
Our teachers, like all public school teachers, are required to meet the federal standards of Highly Qualified in accordance with the federal laws regarding No Child Left Behind. Although it is not required by the State Department of Education, most of our teachers are also Certified with the State of Utah.
Yes, along with the increased flexibility there is increased accountability. However, instead of being “rule-based” accountable, Charter Schools are “performance based” accountable. The state monitors the outcome, or performance, of students through annual Standardized Testing. American Leadership Academy is accountable to both the State Board of Charter Schools and the Utah Department of Education. A strenuous annual compliance and fiscal audit is performed each year by a State approved outside audit firm. American Leadership Academy is also subject to the various fire, health, safety, municipality, local, and federal agencies.
Any student may apply to enroll. Once open enrollment has ended (usually around March of each year) students are taken as space is available. Students with discipline issues from current schools may not be eligible to enroll.
One of our goals is to foster parental involvement. Parents are encouraged to be involved in the following ways:
• Develop a close teacher-parent interaction
• Volunteer, when possible, for 1-2 hours per week
• Participate in Parent/Teacher Organizations
• Support your children in their homework, assignments, attendance, etc.
• Attend the open Governing Board Meetings
Yes. American Leadership Academy has a school nutrition lunch program available for purchase, and participates in the Government sponsored Free/Reduced Lunch Program.
Four days a week: Kindergarten to 12th Grade Monday – Thursday 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM.
Kindergarten has both a half day and full day program option.
American Leadership Academy does not require uniforms, but they do have a enforced dress code.
Our students are administered the current Utah State Assessments just like any public school. These are used by the state to determine our school’s performance. In addition, we use several other methods to monitor our students’ progress.