Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School

Congratulations to the Thurgood Marshall Academy Class of 2009!

The Board of Trustees, the Faculty, and Administration of Thurgood Marshall Academy are very proud of you.

Thank you to everyone who attended the 9th Annual Shining Star Gala! Your contribution helps make a difference in the lives of students in Ward 8, the most under-served community in Washington, DC.

Thurgood Marshall Academy hosted the 1st annual Earth Fair on May 5, 2009. The “green makeover,” made Thurgood Marshall Academy the second school greened through the Earth Day Network and University of Phoenix partnership, and is part of Earth Day Network’s “Green Schools Campaign,” which aims to create healthy, energy-efficient and sustainable learning environments—both indoors and outdoors—at schools across the nation.

Thurgood Marshall Academy has been named “Most Improved School in DC” by Great Schools/Business Week.

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Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, visited Thurgood Marshall Academy on January 19, 2009. Duncan participated in a College Scholarship Application Event for our juniors and seniors in honor of President Obama's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service.

Thurgood Marshall Academy faculty and staff along with volunteers from the law firm of Williams & Connolly and members of the Young Lawyers for Obama organization, as well as Mr. Duncan and his staff, helped seniors, juniors and their parents complete scholarship applications to support enrollment in post-secondary education institutions.

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BBC America visited Thurgood Marshall Academy on December 2, 2008 to speak with students and administrators. Two separate features aired on BBC America:

The first segment, which aired on Thursday, December 4, 2008, featured four Thurgood Marshall Academy students discussing their views on President-Elect Obama and the effect his presidency will have in the community. To see this feature, please click here.

The second segment, which aired on December 16, 2008, featured interviews with two students and Academic Director Alexandra Pardo. This clip was part of a segment on education in the District of Columbia and was tied to President-Elect Obama’s announcement of his choice for Education Secretary. To read more about the feature and to see the clip, please click here.

Thurgood Marshall Academy was highlighted in a Washington Post article that discussed how charter schools are making gains on standardized test scores. The article attributes much of the success to rigorous methods and ample funds that are unique to charter schools. The article is available here.

Results for the District of Columbia’s state assessment (the DC CAS) indicate that Thurgood Marshall Academy has made Adequate Yearly Progress in both reading and math as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act for school year 2007–08.

The results indicate that 70.19% of TMA students were proficient in reading (up from 42.59% in SY 2006–07) and 60.58% of TMA students were proficient in math (up from 50.00% in SY 2006–07). One-hundred percent of tenth-grade students were tested. These scores represent a 28-point gain in reading, and an 11-point gain in math compared to last year’s scores.

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Thurgood Marshall Academy was recently featured in several national news organizations, including The Wall Street Journal, the Glenn Beck Show and the Lou Dobbs Show. Click here for more information.

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