Historically, Epiphany’s student body has been approximately 20% African American, 25% Cape Verdean, 5% Caucasian, 5% Haitian, 20% Latino, 15% West Indian, 5% Vietnamese, and 5% ‘other.’
Our students often face a host of challenges that threaten to impede their learning:
15% of our students are homeless during some of their time at Epiphany.
Almost all of our students have recently witnessed violence.
20% of our students are involved with the Department of Children and Families.
For 50% of our students, English is not their native language.
60% of our students need dental work or routine exams.
13% of our students need glasses, and an additional 22% need either new lens prescriptions or repairs to existing frames.
We still believe in the promise of each child and strive to create an environment in which each child may realize his or her potential:
Approximately 20% of our students are on individualized learning plans.
Over 1/3 of our students receive tutoring outside the classroom.
We place a premium on teacher excellence. Our classroom teacher to student ratio is 1:10. All but one of the 6 founding teachers are still with the school after ten years.
We require each student to master appropriate social skills as well as each subject’s curriculum.
Social and academic skills are evaluated annually through comprehensive, specific benchmark exams.
Though students unable to pass such exams risk retention, virtually none of our students leave the Epiphany community, despite its demands
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