Southwest Baltimore Charter School

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

- John F. Kennedy

Our Vision: SBCS is a vibrant, rigorous school of active learners at the heart of a thriving Southwest Baltimore community.

Our Mission: To empower each student to achieve authentic academic success by harnessing the kindness, cooperation, and trust of faculty, family, and community.

The following tenets have guided our development of curricula and school culture:

Differentiated instruction to meet children where they are and move them forward
Experiential learning designed to allow children to use all their senses to construct and retain knowledge
School-wide, thematic units that will both foster academic community and allow for in-depth study of a topic from many facets and perspectives
Social capital curriculum designed to develop the educational, professional, and personal networks of students and families in the southwest Baltimore community
Choice Theory, an approach to behavior management that teaches children to be intrinsically rather than extrinsically motivated, and guides children in making choices that will lead to personal success.

Approved by the Southwest Baltimore Charter School Board of Directors in October 2007.