KIPP middle school band ranks among the best

“We don’t expect most middle school bands to play beautiful music. But the KIPP Impact Middle School is breaking the mold.” Way to go KIPPsters! For the first time in over 20 years that a middle school in north and west Jacksonville has brought home a...

Public Schools Achieve By Setting Goals

Here is an excerpt from the article: And it was reinforced by Tom Majdanics, executive director of KIPP Jacksonville, who said a relentless sense of accountability fuels the mission of KIPP’s two local successful public charter schools, which have waiting lists of...

Learning about heathy eating

After being quizzed on the roles plants play in keeping humanity and the animal world alive, a group of fifth-, sixth- and seventh-grade students from Jacksonville’s KIPP Impact Middle School got their hands dirty. The middle school’s teaching garden was sponsored by...