At a Glance

Y5-8

Grades

507

Amazing Students

Character-building Monthly Virtues

1998

Year Opened

Three students show their ages on their fingers

Joshua Dicares (right) wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the second time.

Ridge Park Student Wins Spelling Bee

Eighteen spellers were down to just two: Joshua Diocares, an eighth-grader at Ridge Park Charter Academy, in Grand Rapids, and Lakhshar Mitra, a seventh-grader at East Rockford Middle School. In the end, the word diluent secured Joshua’s as the repeat champion of the regional bee affiliated with the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which took place at Gerald R. Ford Presentational Museum.

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Facts

Breakfast and Lunch

We offer healthy, balanced breakfast and lunch to all students. Meals are provided at no cost through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).

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Before and After School Care

We partner with the Grand Rapids YMCA to provide on-site after-school care. We do not offer before-school care, but there are several local providers who may provide transportation to and from our school building.

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Transportation

Busing is not provided, so parents are expected to provide the means for children to get to and from our school.

Dress Code

We have a dress code designed to reduce distractions so children can focus on academic success. Our dress code is flexible and cost effective.

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NHA Shines: Stanford Study Shows Our Students Surpass Their Peers by 3.5 Months Each Year

A recent Stanford study shows NHA partner-school students continue to outperform their traditional public school peers. They do so by gaining nearly three-and-a-half months of additional learning. NHA also earned the new “gap busters” designation for outstanding progress in eliminating learning disparities for minority and poverty students.

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