Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS AS THEY PREPARE TO BECOME LIFE-LONG LEARNERS AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY THROUGH INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, MATH AND ENGINEERING INTO THE TRADITIONAL CONTENT AREAS OF READING, LANGUAGE SKILLS, SOCIAL STUDIES, THE ARTS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION. KINDNESS AND RESPECT FOR OTHERS IS THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP INTO CRITICAL AND ETHICAL THINKERS WHO WILL BE PREPARED TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF FUTURE JOB MARKET AND INTRAPERSONAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS.
SEE PART III, LINE 1.
SCMSA IS A NEW PUBLIC STEM-BASED CHARTER SCHOOL THAT OPENED IN 2014. DURING THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, WE SERVED 196 STUDENTS IN GRADES K-5. WE BELIEVE IN HANDS-ON STEM LEARNING AT OUR SCHOOL. IN ALL OF OUR CROSS CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THE STUDENTS WILL BE DOING HANDS-ON MINDS-ON LEARNING. THEY WILL BE CREATING AND LEARNING BY DOING PROJECTS. STUDENTS WILL BE USING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS BY USING THEIR OWN CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION. BY HAVING THE STUDENTS LEARN THROUGH THEIR OWN CREATIVITY THIS WILL DRIVE INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC LEARNING. WITH A MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT OF 216 STUDENTS WE ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN SMALL CLASS SIZES OF 15-20 STUDENTS PER CLASS. SCMSA USES A BALANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAM THAT IS UNIQUE TO OUR STUDENTS AND ALIGNED WITH MINNESOTA STATE STANDARDS TO TEACH READING, MATH, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES. INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM ARE COMPONENTS FOR GUIDED READING, READ ALOUD, SHARED READING, AND INDEPENDENT READING. TO IMPLEMENT, SCMSA HAS A LIBRARY WITH A VARIETY OF FICTION AND NONFICTION READING MATERIALS, COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF READING LEVELS INCLUDING MATH AND SCIENCE TOPICS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Tammy Bengtson | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $138,138 |
| Sherri Hodge | VICE PRESIDENT | 41 | $68,105 |
| Amy Cross | TREASURER | 41 | $46,744 |
| Mary Whit-Levilain | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Mohamad Ali | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Mullin | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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