Kuumba Academy creates a culture of love and trust based on high academic and behavioral expectations. Students, staff and families embody the Nguzo Saba in order to contribute to our community.
Our focus is on the whole child, and our commitment is to help all students achieve within an innovative arts integrated learning environment. Kuumba Academy directors, staff, and parents work together to ensure that every child can maximize his or her potential. All students will feel a sense of belonging, joy, and support in order to help them succeed in school and life.
In response to the outcry from Wilmington parents looking for a high-quality public education and increased access to arts education for their children, Christina Cultural Arts Center leaders, parents, and community supporters took action and were granted a Department of Education charter to create Kuumba Academy Charter School (KACS) in 2001. KACS was the first school model in the state that partnered a public charter school with a nonprofit community organization.
Christina Cultural Arts Center (CCAC) and KACS form a unique nonprofit/public school partnership committed to educational excellence. Through the innovative union of academics, arts, technology, and family engagement, each KACS student’s individual learning style is nurtured—resulting in creative learners who are agents of positive change in the community.
The CCAC/KACS model is regarded by many as the single most significant achievement in Wilmington’s post public school desegregation history.
KACS is a premier Vision 2015 Network School of choice and our K–8 students lead the pack statewide by excelling personally, academically, and artistically.
We subscribe to the Seven Principles (Nguzo Saba) of Kwanzaa. We believe that young people who incorporate these core values and principles in their lives will be better prepared to achieve academically.
Christina Cultural Arts Center (CCAC) and KACS form a unique nonprofit/public school partnership committed to educational excellence.
Over the past 20 years, KACS has earned a reputation for success. Nearly 800 children have prepared for great futures since the school opened in 2001.
KACS is a premier Vision 2015 Network School of choice, and our K–8 students lead the pack statewide by excelling personally, academically, and artistically.
We also subscribe to the Seven Principles (Nguzo Saba) of Kwanzaa:
We believe that young people who incorporate these core values and principles in their lives will be better prepared to achieve academically and to become productive, caring citizens who will make positive contributions to their individual communities and society as a whole.
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Kuumba Academy Charter School (KACS) is a dynamic learning environment where teachers, families, students, and community partners work together.