Graduation rate up 25 percentage points since it opened
NASHVILLE — Opened in August of 2005, Berrien Academy Performance Learning Center was recently granted a second five-year charter.
Berrien County Collaborative Executive Director Matt Jansen said, “The overwhelming support we receive from the Berrien County Board of Education and community helped to move this school into a new charter for another five-year term. Over the past five years, we have assisted in raising the graduation rate from 49 percent in 2004 to 74 percent in 2010.”
Located inside the Youth Empowerment Services building at 1015 Exum Road in Nashville, Berrien Academy is a public charter school. It is operated in partnership between the Berrien County Board of Education and Berrien County Collaborative Inc.
Berrien Academy serves as many as 75 students in grades nine through 12.
It is SACS accredited and students completing the state requirements receive a high school diploma.
“We have continually offered dual enrollment courses through Wiregrass (Georgia) Technical College (formerly Valdosta Technical College) while increasing the number of tech prep and college prep diplomas and simultaneously decreasing the dropout rate below the state average,” Jansen added. “The partnerships that have developed over the past five years have led to over $2 million in additional resources being awarded to the school system to train our teachers and students in the areas of technology and cross curriculum project-based learning. The innovative course structure and educational environment is focused on business skills needed to succeed in a 21st Century job market.”
As for the future of Berrien Academy, Jansen said there are plans to develop a Career Academy.
“The Career Academy has become the model for the future of high school in our country,” he said. “By integrating high school and technical college courses, students will be given the opportunity to graduate high school with marketable skills and certified training.”
To learn more, visit www.berrien.k12.ga.us or call Matt Jansen at (229) 686-6576 or the Berrien County Board of Education at (229) 686-2081.
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