Welcome to Enterprise Charter School

Attention Parents, Guardians, and Community Members:

We were recently recognized for participating in an MLK Celebration at the Buffalo Public Library.

This just in:

The lottery for admission to Enterprise Charter School for the 2015-2016 school year will take place on April 2, 2015 at 12:30

Please stay tuned for more information regarding our annual lottery. Choose either our English or Spanish Application.

Also, please review our updated Frequently Asked Questions in English or Spanish.

We hope to see you at our next Read and Lead Assembly. It will take place on Friday, January 30th from 10:00 to 11:00.

We can't wait to see you and help our kids practice their STEPS, STEPS, STEPS!!!!

Enterprise is excited to announce that we will be once again partnering with AmeriCorps to provide additional support to our students. Through this partnership we will have 9 additional support teachers in our classrooms to work with our students and support their growth and success!

The staff at Enterprise found time to synergize and sharpen their saws. Spending time together is a great way to bond and grow as a community.

On Tuesday, December 9, 2014, players from the Buffalo Bandits and their mascot, Rax, came to speak with our students about the harmful effects of bullying and about being engaged in school. Thanks to everyone from the Bandits for their time and leadership!

A Message from our Head of School, Dr. Heather Lyon

Hello Members of the Enterprise Family and School Community,

I have some GREAT news! Enterprise Charter School showed the greatest growth in ELA on the 2013-2014 NYS Assessments of any Buffalo area school! Of the 53 Buffalo area schools, not only did Enterprise show the greatest growth (nearly 9 percent better this year than last year), but our growth was better than the total growth of the schools that ranked 5th-53rd on the list! This is very exciting news!

In the spring all students in grades 3-8 across New York State take assessments in English (ELA) and Math. These tests allow the schools to have a sense of how well the students are performing so that we can provide them with the appropriate instruction. In other words, the results of these tests allow us to better meet the needs of the children. Even more important for us as a charter school, these tests help us to show the state that we are doing good things for students. With this in mind, I strongly encourage you to talk to your child about how important it is for them to try their best every day because each day brings them closer to their goal.

One of the very, very important actions that we're taking this year to help your child reach goals is to have students earn "steps" every day for their reading. One "step" is equal to 15 minutes of independent reading. We provide each child with at least 30 minutes, or two steps, of reading time daily in school. It is extremely important that your child earns the additional two steps (30 minutes) of reading at home and that you sign-off that your child has completed that reading. We are also working with our students on becoming Math Fact Fluent. For our students in grades 3-8, that means that they learn their multiplication tables with numbers 0-12.

So, please ask your child what math facts s/he is focusing on at school and ask him/her to share those with you. Making it into a game or a routine at home will provide your child with the repetition s/he needs to become an expert in this work. Parents of students in grades K-2 should talk with your child's homeroom teacher about the math facts they are learning because each grade in K-2 is different.

The most important thing you can do for your child to help support your child’s learning is to talk to them about what they are learning about. I encourage you to talk to your child about school and to help your child understand that when s/he is learning, mistakes will happen. The goal is not to be perfect, but to make progress. Just like Enterprise was able to do this past year with our growth, we want your child to grow too!

Sincerely,

Dr. Heather Lyon

Please click here to view a chart of this incredible data!

Check out our new Playground!!!!

The Enterprise Charter School is now accepting applications for grades K-8 for the 2014-2015 school year. Earlier this year, we held a lottery on April 3, 2014 from 11:00-12:00 at Enterprise Charter School. The letter explaining the process can be downloaded by clicking here.

CLICK HERE FOR THE 2014-2015 ECS APPLICATION

Upcoming Events

Attention Enterprise Families: This Wednesday, January twenty eighth will be our next Family Fun Night. The event will take place from five o clock to seven o clock at night. We will be holding a Charter High School Fair, with representatives from at least six local charter high schools presenting their information about what they have to offer. We will also be holding a movie night at the same time. We hope to see many of you there!