Our Success

New Heights Charter School of Brockton

Accessible and equitable early college design

 

Transitions between educational periods - middle to high school, high school to college, college to career - hinder student achievement. To remove those barriers, the New Heights Early College Model was designed and recaptures John Dewey’s notion that “schools are places where students acquire academic skills in addition to learning how to live”.

The New Heights Model encompasses Five Resiliency Principles which have propelled our success:

1.  A community of care – meet students’ unmet needs and see students for who they will become and not where they come from. 

2. Give students a voice – develop agency in students by including them as partners in their education.

3. Rigorous programming with high expectations - create robust academic schedules, align high school and college curriculum through our College Companion Courses, and share staffing models that include College Liaisons.

4. Wrap-around services - provide after school programming, academic monitoring, behavior incentive programs, and nutrition classes.

5. Family Engagement - provide targeted events for families, include parents and caregivers’ voices in our programming design, and create a culture that is inclusive and inviting.

Success in Numbers

  • 6,300 college credits earned = tuition savings of $1,357,080.00

  • 53.5% of 2021 seniors graduated with a high school diploma and AA degree from Massasoit Community College

  • 100% of students earned at least 12 college credits

  • 60% of students graduated with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. 

  • 2021 graduates were awarded over $110,771 in scholarships

  • Drop out rate = .5%

 

School Demographics

If you’re looking to bring this approach to your own school, this model can be deployed in the following ways:

  • Governed by the School Committee and supervised by the Superintendent. In Massachusetts, for example, we will utilize the Innovation School Statute.

  • Governed by a Board, approved by the School Committee, that reports to the Superintendent. In Massachusetts, for example, we will utilize the Horace-Mann Charter School model.

  • Governed by an external Board, Charter Schools operate as an independent school district. In Massachusetts, for example, we will operate within the district.