Roanoke Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids, NC) - “Dole visits Gaston College Prep”
By Katy Nicholson
November 30, 2007
GASTON - Brandon Scott waited patiently in the entrance of Gaston College Preparatory School on Wednesday, dressed in a red sweater.
Scott was awaiting the arrival of Sen. Elizabeth Dole, and his choice of clothing reflected his support of the Republican party.
“I'm very excited,” he said. “This is my first time meeting a senator.”
Roanoke Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids, NC) - "UNC chancellor visits Gaston Prep and KIPP Pride High School Monday"
By Hank Dewald
October 9, 2007
James Moeser, chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill, spoke to students at both Gaston College Preparatory and KIPP Pride High Monday as part of his Carolina Connects initiative to strengthen UNC's ties to the state's people and communities.
Moeser did something much more important than just give a speech to students, though. He listened to them.
Charlotte Observer - “Charter School Coming To Charlotte; Teaching style yields success; KIPP approach rejects notion that poverty, race hinder students”
By Ann Doss Helms
March 25, 2007
ROANOKE RAPIDS -- In Francie Webb's fifth-grade class, a vocabulary drill looks like a pep rally. Hands wave wildly when Webb asks a question. Chants and gestures, done in unison, help the words stick in young minds.
Most of the 458 students at KIPP Gaston College Prep, a charter school in northeastern North Carolina, are African Americans from low-income homes. They're outperforming white and middle-class peers on N.C. reading and math tests.
KIPP ACADEMY CHARLOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL APPROVED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
KIPP Press Release, Thursday, March 1, 2007
-- New public middle school will provide college prep education to underserved children in Charlotte --
CHARLOTTE, NC – The KIPP Academy Charlotte public charter school, led by principal Keith Burnam, was approved today by the North Carolina State Board of Education. Scheduled to open in July of 2007, the new Charlotte public middle school will prepare students in Charlotte for college through innovative teaching, hard work, and a structured learning environment.
Winston-Salem Journal - “School gives at-risk kids a chance to change their lives; Gaston Prep students told to work hard, aim high and their goals can be achieved”
By Gil Klein
February 19, 2006
GASTON
It's 9 a.m. Saturday and nearly 150 fifth- and sixth-graders sit in the school cafeteria, reading books and doing homework.
Nobody whispers. Nobody passes notes. Nobody squirms. The only sound is the shuffling of chairs and rustling of papers.
At a signal from teacher Keith Burnam, students break into a foot-stomping, raplike cheer.
"Why you work so ha-a-a-rd in pre-algebra?" shouts a sixth-grader.
