Nowell Academy

Why Nowell Academy was nominated

Nowell is a student-first environment that offers several supports to students, including but not limited to on-campus daycare services for students with children and a primary person model that creates strong adult-student mentorship and relationships. The school rethinks traditional credit recovery opportunities through its transformative learning experiences, which are indterdisciplinary classes that give students double credits in subjects (e.g., Nowell's food revolution class gives students history and science credits). These classes also connect students to outside-school experiences (e.g., the social justice class visits the local court house and partners with lawyers from a local university, the food history class travels into local neighborhoods to map out food deserts to include a newsletter made available to students campus-wide). , Project-based learning with transformative learning experiences Primary person model with academic counseling Post secondary success planning with students, Interpersonal relationships (Primary Person Model), SEL focus (restorative justice circles), CTE pathways, and meeting preganant and parenting students needs through an on campus day care, uber rides, a store providing essentials, etc.