1. Annual

2. Report
2013

3. Dear Supporters,
We

4. had

5. another

6. historic

7. year.

9. As

10. you

11. will

12. read

13. in

14. these

15. pages,

16.
our

17. scholars

18. exceeded

19. all

20. expectations

21. and

22. continue

23. to

24. show

25.
what’s

26. possible

27. in

28. public

29. education.
The

30. highlights

31. run

32. wide

33. and

34. deep.

36. We

37. were

38. rated

39. the

40. number

41.
one

42. charter

43. school

44. in

45. Tennessee

46. for

47. a

48. second

49. consecutive

50. year.

52.
Our

53. scholars

54. dramatically

55. exceeded

56. the

57. state

58. and

59. city

60. in

61. every

62.
subject,

63. and

64. our

65. 6th

66. grade

67. scholars

68. even

69. outperformed

70.
Williamson

71. County

72. (the

73. highest

74. performing

75. county

76. in

77. the

78. state)

79.
in

80. three

81. of

82. four

83. subjects.

85. Our

86. fifth

87. grade

88. scholars

89. had

90. the

91.
highest

92. growth

93. of

94. all

95. public

96. schools

97. in

98. the

99. state

100. in

101. three

102. of

103. four

104.
subjects.

106. These

107. are

108. all

109. important

110. markers

111. en

112. route

113. to

114. our

115.
ultimate

116. destination:

117. college

118. success.

122.
We

123. also

124. took

125. significant

126. steps

127. to

128. build

129. a

130. brighter

131. future

132. for

133. more

134.
scholars.

136. We

137. renovated

138. and

139. moved

140. into

141. an

142. historic

143. public

144. school

145.
facility,

146. achieving

147. the

148. long-term

149. home

150. we’ve

151. been

152. fighting

153. for

154.
since

155. day

156. one.

158. We

159. also

160. received

161. unanimous

162. approval

163. for

164. our

165.
second

166. charter

167. school,

168. the

169. Nashville

170. Academy

171. of

172. Computer

173.
Science,

174. which

175. will

176. open

177. this

178. summer.

180. We

181. even

182. launched

183. a

184. food

185.
truck.

187. We

188. have

189. even

190. bigger

191. plans

192. for

193. 2014.

199.
As

200. always,

201. we

202. are

203. extremely

204. grateful

205. for

206. your

207. continued

208.
generosity.

210. We

211. couldn’t

212. have

213. achieved

214. any

215. of

216. this

217. without

218. you.

220.
As

221. we

222. begin

223. 2014,

224. we

225. are

226. thankful,

227. most

228. of

229. all,

230. for

231. our

232. growing

233.
family

234. of

235. supporters.

236.
Ravi

237. Gupta
Executive

238. Director

240. 314
Scholars Currently Enrolled
Our Scholars
83.5%
Students Qualifying for Free/
Reduced Lunch
98%
94%
92%
9%
Attendance Rate
2012-13
Scholars of Color
Percent of parents who are satisfied
with the overall program
Student Attrition
2012-13

241. Student

242.
Achievement
Highlights
We

243. were

244. ranked

245. the

246. #1

247.
charter

248. school

249. in

250. TN

251. for

252.
student

253. growth

254. for

255. a

256. second

257.
consecutive

258. year

259. (Stanford

260.
CREDO).
Our

261. 5th

262. grade

263. scholars

264. had

265. the

266.
highest

267. growth

268. in

269. 5th

270. grade

271.
Reading,

272. Science,

273. and

274. Social

275.
Studies

276. of

277. all

278. public

279. schools

280. in

281.
the

282. state

283. of

284. Tennessee.
Our

285. 6th

286. grade

287. scholars

288.
scored

289. the

290. highest

291. of

292. all

293.
open

294. enrollment

295. public

296.
schools

297. in

298. the

299. city

300. in

301. all

302.
subjects

303. and

304. even

305.
outperformed

306. the

307. academic

308.
magnets

309. in

310. Science.

311. Tennessee Public Schools
5th Grade Science TCAP
% Proficient/Advanced v. Growth
Science
Our

312. 5th

313. grade

314. scholars

315. had

316. the

317. highest

318. Science

319. growth

320. of

321.
all

322. public

323. schools

324. in

325. the

326. state

327. of

328. Tennessee

329.
(Source:

330. TN

331. Department

332. of

333. Education)

334.
Our

335. 6th

336. grade

337. scholars

338. outperformed

339. Williamson

340. County

341.
and

342. all

343. city

344. public

345. schools

346. (including

347. magnets)

348. on

349. the

350.
Science

351. TCAP

352. exam.

353.
Our

354. 5th

355. grade

356. scholars

357. outperformed

358. the

359. city

360. and

361. state

362.
averages

363. on

364. the

365. Science

366. TCAP
(Source:

367. TN

368. Department

369. of

370. Education)
6th Grade TCAP Proficient/Advanced
100
75
5th Grade TCAP Proficient/Advanced
100
75
50
25
0
MNPS
50
25
0
MNPS
Nashville Prep
State
Nashville Prep
Williamson County
State

371. Tennessee Public Schools
5th Grade Social Studies TCAP
% Proficient/Advanced v. Growth
Social Studies
Our

372. 5th

373. grade

374. scholars

375. had

376. the

377. highest

378. Social

379. Studies

380.
growth

381. of

382. all

383. public

384. schools

385. in

386. the

387. state

388. of

389. Tennessee

390.
(Source:

391. TN

392. Department

393. of

394. Education)

395.
Our

396. 6th

397. grade

398. scholars

399. outperformed

400. Williamson

401. County

402.
and

403. all

404. city

405. public

406. schools

407. (including

408. magnets)

409. on

410. the

411. Social

412.
Studies

413. TCAP

414. exam.

415.
Our

416. 5th

417. grade

418. scholars

419. outperformed

420. the

421. city

422. and

423. state

424.
averages

425. on

426. the

427. Social

428. Studies

429. TCAP
(Source:

430. TN

431. Department

432. of

433. Education)
6th Grade TCAP Proficient/Advanced
100
81
5th Grade TCAP Proficient/Advanced
100
75
50
25
0
MNPS
63
44
25
MNPS
Nashville Prep
State
Nashville Prep
Williamson County
State

434. Tennessee Public Schools
5th Grade ELA TCAP
% Proficient/Advanced v. Growth
Literacy
Our

435. scholars

436. had

437. the

438. highest

439. reading

440. growth

441. of

442. all

443. charter

444.
schools

445. in

446. the

447. state

448.
(Source:

449. Stanford

450. CREDO)
Our

451. 5th

452. grade

453. scholars

454. had

455. the

456. highest

457. English

458. Language

459.
Arts

460. growth

461. of

462. all

463. public

464. schools

465. in

466. the

467. state

468. of

469. Tennessee

470.
(Source:

471. TN

472. Department

473. of

474. Education)

475.
Our

476. scholars

477. outperformed

478. the

479. city

480. and

481. state

482. in

483. English

484.
Language

485. Arts

486. and

487. Writing

488.
(Source:

489. TN

490. Department

491. of

492. Education)
5th Grade TCAP Proficient/Advanced
100
75
6th Grade TCAP Proficient/Advanced
100
50
75
25
50
0
25
0
MNPS
Nashville Prep
State

493. 6th Grade TCAP Proficient/Advanced
90
74
Math
Our

494. 6th

495. grade

496. scholars

497. outperformed

498. Williamson

499. County

500.
and

501. all

502. city

503. public

504. schools

505. (including

506. magnets)

507. on

508. the

509. Social

510.
Studies

511. TCAP

512. exam.

513.
Our

514. scholars

515. outperformed

516. the

517. city

518. and

519. state

520. averages

521. on

522.
the

523. Social

524. Studies

525. TCAP
(Source:

526. TN

527. Department

528. of

529. Education)
58
41
25
MNPS
Nashville Prep
Williamson County
State
5th Grade TCAP Proficient/Advanced
100
75
50
25
0
MNPS
Our

530. scholars

531. do

532. not

533. use

534. calculators,

535. even

536. though

537. calculator

538.
use

539. is

540. permitted

541. and

542. is

543. common

544. practice

545. for

546. the

547. TCAP.

549. We

550.
believe

551. forgoing

552. calculator

553. use

554. builds

555. strong

556. logical

557.
reasoning

558. skills

559. and

560. deeper

561. conceptual

562. mathematical

563.
understanding.

564.
Nashville Prep
State

565. Random

566. Facts

567. and

568. People

569. of

570. Note
Generous Businesses
Helped turn NP
into a Haunted
House
Baker

571. Donelson
Barry’s

572. Bootcamp
Bongo

573. Java

574. Roasting

575. Company
Butler

576. Snow
Dinner

577. Lab
Dozen

578. Bakery
HCA

579. Healthcare
Jackalope

580. Brewing
Kickboard
Las

581. Paletas
Morgan

582. Stanley
Performance

583. Costume

584. Studios
The

585. Cupcake

586. Collection
The

587. Frothy

588. Monkey
Sunset

589. Bar

590. and

591. Grill
Rob

592. Beach
Joyce

593. Cole
Matt

594. Cuilla
Carissa

595. Cruz
Haley

596. Dale
Created and
John

597. and

598. Josephine

599. Darwin
maintain NP’s
Jordan

600. Johnson
gardens
Sheri

601. Patterson
Sarah

602. Silva
Gene

603. Smalley
David

604. Smith
Elizabeth

605. Stringer
Vanderbilt

606. “Spirit

607. of

608. Gold”

609. Marching

610. Band
Marathoners
Kira Walmer (1/2)
Stephanie Kahn (1/2)
Volunteer Champions
Kate Cooper
(Full)
Greg Schermbeck
(Full)
Worked full time
to ensure our
Annie production
was a success
Old Books That Inspired Us
Mountains

611. Beyond

612. Mountains,

613. by

614. Tracy

615. Kidder
The

616. Amazing

617. Adventures

618. of

619. Kavalier

621. Clay,

622. by

623. Michael

624. Chabon
The

625. Giver,

626. by

627. Lois

628. Lowry
Zeitoun,

629. by

630. Dave

631. Eggers
For [Literally] Ensuring We Had A Roof Over
Our Head:
Jamie

632. Oldham

633. (MNPS)

634. The average Nashville Prep staff
member met 98% of her/his
deadlines.
Schools We Visited in 2013
Deadline Warriors
These

635. teachers

636. made

637. 100%

638. of

639. their

640.
deadlines

641. in

642. the

643. first

644. semester

645. of

646. 2013:
Adnan

647. Pirzada
Allison

648. Deissler
Stephanie

649. Kahn
Erica

650. Austin
Christine

651. Rua
Liz

652. Mullins
Cari

653. Turner
Rick

654. Zadd
“Mr. Schermbeck and I
have the same birthday,
so instead of calling him
“I like Nashville Prep because when you talk people
Abdris Mohammed
call him February 20th.”
“Wait, it’s called
Scholar Quotes of the
Year
was Rooster 7, like a
hen..”
Donnie Holiday
Hunter

655. Shimpff

656. (TN

657.
Charter

658. Center)
People Who’ve Inspired Us
Cassandra

659. Curry,

660. for

661. being

662. one

663. of

664. the

665. toughest

666. and

667. most

668.
persistent

669. grandmothers

670. in

671. the

672. world
Doug

673. Lemov,

674. for

675. continuing

676. to

677. shine

678. the

679. spotlight

680. on

681. great

682.
teaching
The

683. team

684. from

685. Unlocking

686. Potential,

687. for

688. showing

689. us

690. what’s

691.
possible

692. in

693. public

694. education
Wooster 7? Like with a
W? I always though it
For consistently
sharing the good
news about NP on
social media:
listen to you; they care about what you are saying.”
Mr. Schermbeck I just
Isaiah Walden
Brown

695. Elementary

696. (Jackson,

697. MS)
Collegiate

698. Academies

699. (New

700. Orleans,

701. LA)
Crescent

702. City

703. Schools

704. (New

705. Orleans,

706. LA)
Denver

707. Schools

708. of

709. Science

710. and

711. Technology
East

712. End

713. Prep

714. (Nashville,

715. TN)
Edward

716. Brooke

717. Charter

718. Schools

719. (Boston,

720. MA)
Excel

721. Academies

722. (Boston,

723. MA)
Democracy

724. Prep

725. (Harlem,

726. NY)
I.S.

727. 51

728. (Staten

729. Island,

730. NY)
KIPP

731. Bay

732. Area

733. (San

734. Jose,

735. CA)
KIPP

736. New

737. Orleans

738.
Liberty

739. Collegiate

740. Academy

741. (Nashville,

742. TN)
Moore

743. Catholic

744. High

745. School

746. (Staten

747. Island,

748. NY)
Purpose

749. Prep

750. (Nashville,

751. TN)
Rocketship

752. (San

753. Jose,

754. CA)
STEM

755. Prep

756. (Nashville,

757. TN)
Summit

758. Public

759. Schools

760. (Redwood

761. City,

762. CA)
Uncommon

763. Schools

764. (NY,

765. MA)
University

766. School

767. (Nashville,

768. TN)
Unlocking

769. Potential

770. (Boston,

771. MA)
YES

772. Prep

773. (Houston,

774. TX)
Nashville Prep has inspired me to read more. I
actually like reading now. - Matthew Wong
Mayor

775. Karl

776. Dean,

777. for

778. fighting

779. for

780. strong

781. public

782. school

783.
options

784. for

785. our

786. parents
Timothy

787. Church,

788. for

789. defying

790. the

791. odds

792. and

793. learning

794. how

795. to

796.
read

797. at

798. 11

799. years

800. old

801. In

802. April,

803. we

804. received

805. a

806. generous

807. offer

808. from

809. Metro

810.
Schools

811. to

812. lease

813. the

814. McCann

815. building.

817. Built

818. in

819.
1936,

820. with

821. additions

822. made

823. in

824. the

825. 1950s

826. and

827.
1970s,

828. the

829. McCann

830. building

831. had

832. a

833. strong

834.
foundation

835. but

836. needed

837. serious

838. work.

840.
The Story of
Revive McCann
By

841. Dana

842. McGarty
However,

843. with

844. an

845. aging

846. Art

847. Deco

848. exterior

849.
entrance,

850. beautiful

851. trees,

852. and

853. large

854. and

855. sturdy

856.
classrooms,

857. we

858. had

859. a

860. great

861. canvass

862. upon

863. which

864.
we

865. could

866. paint.
We knew this was going to be a
hipster renovation.
Equipped

867. with

868. generous

869. donations

870. from

871. the

872.
Tennessee

873. Charter

874. School

875. Center,

876. the

877. Frist

878.
Foundation

879. and

880. smaller

881. (but

882. meaningful!)

883.
donations

884. from

885. many

886. others,

887. we

888. got

889. straight

890. to

891.
work.

893.
Our

894. goal

895. was

896. to

897. make

898. McCann

899. an

900. inviting

901. and

902.
happy

903. space

904. for

905. our

906. scholars

907. ­–

908. and

909. add

910. a

911. little

912.
Nashville

913. style

914. to

915. the

916. mix.

917.
We

918. linked

919. up

920. with

921. our

922. website

923. designer,

924. Rob

925.
Williams,

926. and

927. storyteller

928. guru,

929. Sam

930. Davidson,

931. to

932.
create

933. the

934. Revive

935. McCann

936. Campaign:

937. an

938.
opportunity

939. for

940. supporters

941. to

942. directly

943. contribute

944. to

945.
our

946. new

947. building

948. by

949. buying

950. items

951. on

952. our

953. wish

954. list.
Only

955. one

956. day

957. after

958. we

959. launched

960. the

961. site,

962. we

963. had

964.
over

965. $25,000-worth

966. of

967. items

968. donated!

970. After

971. two

972.
weeks,

973. we

974. raised

975. over

976. $100,000.

978. Donated

979. items

980.
included

981. everything

982. from

983. books

984. for

985. our

986. library

987. to

988.
picnic

989. tables

990. for

991. our

992. playground.

994. Donors

995. loved

996. this

997.
mechanism

998. because

999. they

1000. could

1001. choose

1002. exactly

1003.
where

1004. their

1005. funds

1006. would

1007. go

1008. and

1009. then

1010. visit

1011. the

1012.
school

1013. to

1014. see

1015. their

1016. investment

1017. in

1018. action.

1022. The McCann School was
Built in 1936
Reviving With No Time To Lose
We

1023. received

1024. the

1025. keys

1026. to

1027. the

1028. McCann

1029. building

1030. on

1031.
May

1032. 29,

1033. and

1034. our

1035. contractors

1036. were

1037. right

1038. to

1039. work.

1041.
We

1042. had

1043. to

1044. rewire

1045. classrooms,

1046. clear

1047. asbestos,

1048. fix

1049.
the

1050. roof,

1051. and

1052. perform

1053. myriad

1054. other

1055. structural

1056. fixes.

1058.
We

1059. also

1060. had

1061. the

1062. opportunity

1063. to

1064. dramatically

1065.
upgrade

1066. the

1067. cosmetics

1068. of

1069. the

1070. interior

1071. by

1072. replacing

1073.
the

1074. lighting

1075. and

1076. floor

1077. tile.

1079. With

1080. the

1081. help

1082. of

1083.
Morgan

1084. Stanley,

1085. Hands

1086. on

1087. Nashville

1088. and

1089. some

1090.
wonderful

1091. community

1092. volunteers,

1093. we

1094. were

1095. able

1096. to

1097.
repaint

1098. the

1099. interior

1100. and

1101. redo

1102. the

1103. landscaping.

1109.
Thanks

1110. to

1111. a

1112. generous

1113. donation

1114. from

1115. the

1116. Cal

1117. Turner

1118.
Family

1119. Foundation,

1120. we

1121. also

1122. designed

1123. an

1124. innovative

1125.
classroom

1126. called

1127. the

1128. Revolution

1129. Lab

1130. in

1131. which

1132. each

1133.
seventh

1134. grader

1135. gets

1136. his

1137. or

1138. her

1139. own

1140. laptop

1141. to

1142. work

1143.
on

1144. blended

1145. math

1146. programs,

1147. participate

1148. in

1149. a

1150.
twenty-first

1151. century

1152. writer’s

1153. workshop

1154. model,

1155. and

1156.
learn

1157. to

1158. code.

1161.
Volunteers from Morgan
Stanley and Hands on
Nashville repainted the
entire McCann interior.
In April 2013, the Nashville
school board approved NP
for a 10 year lease on
McCann
The Revive McCann Team
completed a full landscape
makeover, including an herb
garden and butterfly
garden.
Moving In, Starting the Year
At

1162. 7:20

1163. a.m.

1164. on

1165. August

1166. 6,

1167. Nashville

1168. Prep

1169. opened

1170.
the

1171. doors

1172. to

1173. its

1174. first

1175. permanent

1176. location.

1178. As

1179. the

1180.
first

1181. few

1182. scholars

1183. lined

1184. up

1185. outside,

1186. we

1187. could

1188. feel

1189.
their

1190. enthusiasm.

1192. At

1193. that

1194. moment,

1195. all

1196. of

1197. the

1198.
hassles

1199. of

1200. renovating

1201. and

1202. relocating

1203. disappeared.

1205.
Everything

1206. our

1207. staff

1208. and

1209. teachers

1210. worked

1211. so

1212. hard

1213.
for

1214. over

1215. the

1216. summer

1217. was

1218. finally

1219. here:

1220. the

1221.
opportunity

1222. to

1223. welcome

1224. the

1225. class

1226. of

1227. 2020

1228. to

1229.
Nashville

1230. Prep.
That

1231. moment

1232. was

1233. made

1234. possible

1235. by

1236. so

1237. many

1238.
committed

1239. supporters:

1240. donors,

1241. teachers,

1242. parents,

1243.
staff

1244. members,

1245. volunteers,

1246. families,

1247. scholars,

1248. and

1249.
community

1250. members.

1252. We

1253. want

1254. to

1255. give

1256. a

1257. special

1258.
thanks

1259. to

1260. the

1261. Frist

1262. Foundation,

1263. Hands

1264. on

1265. Nashville,

1266.
Morgan

1267. Stanley,

1268. the

1269. TN

1270. Charter

1271. School

1272. Center,

1273. the

1274.
Cal

1275. Turner

1276. Family

1277. Foundation

1278. and

1279. Metropolitan

1280.
Nashville

1281. Public

1282. Schools.

1284. So

1285. many

1286. gracious

1287. and

1288.
wonderful

1289. people

1290. who

1291. share

1292. our

1293. excitement

1294. and

1295.
enthusiasm

1296. for

1297. our

1298. scholars

1299. came

1300. together

1301. and

1302.
created

1303. this

1304. incredible

1305. learning

1306. environment.

1308. ẇ
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NASHVILLE
ACADEMY OF
COMPUTER
SCIENCE
{
NASHVILLE
ACADEMY OF
COMPUTER
SCIENCE
}
We

1309. received

1310. unanimous

1311. approval

1312. to

1313. open

1314. our

1315. second

1316. middle

1317. school,

1318. the

1319. Nashville

1320.
Academy

1321. of

1322. Computer

1323. Science

1324. (NACS).

1326. NACS

1327. will

1328. open

1329. in

1330. August

1331. of

1332. 2014

1333. to

1334. a

1335. class

1336. of