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塔尔萨荣誉学院于 2015 年开业后的最初几年，创始人 Elsie Urueta Pollock 亲自拜访了几乎每个学生的家，并向家长承诺她将帮助他们的孩子取得成功。和他们一样，她是东塔尔萨拉丁裔家庭的一员，希望回馈她所热爱的社区。她保留了她的[...]
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In the first years after Tulsa Honor Academy opened in 2015, founder Elsie Urueta Pollock visited almost every student’s home herself, promising parents that she would help their children be successful.
和他们一样，她是东塔尔萨拉丁裔家庭的一员，希望回馈她所热爱的社区。 She kept her word.这所新的特许中学很快就跻身俄克拉荷马州最好的学校之列，在州成绩单上获得了 A 的成绩。
But on a recent sunny morning in May, she sat in a conference room in the former paper mill the school purchased and renovated and spoke words uttered by countless school leaders since 2020: “Then the pandemic happened.”
The school’s ranking fell. Chronic absenteeism spiked, and instead of being two or three grade levels behind academically, some students arrived as much as four years off track. Even as she worked to expand the network, Pollock began to doubt that she would be able to fulfill her commitment to get kids in and through college.学生们在危机期间出去工作以帮助家人或照顾弟弟妹妹。
“学校是重中之重的观念已经转变，”她说。
但有迹象表明复苏正在进行中。 All 74 seniors in last year’s graduating class were accepted to at least one four-year university, and the small network’s two middle schools received recognition for growth in reading and math from a national charter school organization.
As the network prepares to take its next major step, opening an elementary school, Tulsa Honor Academy is “back on an upward trajectory,” Pollock said. “我们的目标是在学术发展和学校文化方面恢复到卓越水平。”
‘Unapologetically college prep’
‘Overextended’
‘Tipping point’
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