To develop well educated, community-minded children by providing high-quality, community-based education that capitalizes on the diversity of nearby neighborhoods and uses the resources of Patterson Park.

Vision

Our vision for educating students at Patterson Park Public Charter School is to unite students, parents, guardians, educators, and the Patterson Park area through an educational environment that rewards creativity and builds community ties. Strong academic standards and community/arts-related partnerships will encourage students to become independent and responsible thinkers. Patterson Park Public Charter School aspires to socioeconomic, racial and ethnic diversity in its student population and will incorporate the many attendant cultures into its curriculum and daily life.

Core Values

The core value of PPPCS is excellence; excellence that pervades all aspects of the school’s existence: academic, social, physical, and cultural. It is an excellence that is reflected in high test scores; but also in parent, student and staff satisfaction and enthusiasm; in the school’s reputation; in the socioeconomic and racial diversity of its students and staff; in the quality of its facilities; in the role that the school plays in the community and in the quality of its partnerships. 

PPPCS is an educational model that exceeds state standards while giving maximum academic growth to every single student. We emphasize community, culture and civility; which when combined with our academic program provides students the best opportunity for a happy and productive adult life.

PPPCS strengthens Baltimore City by offering a high quality education that attracts a diverse community and keeps families in the neighborhood. We are redefining urban education, providing a private-school-like education at public school prices; giving inner city kids the chance of a lifetime and proving that academic achievement is a function of the quality of education, not of the student’s background.

Our educational model receives national recognition, with low student and teacher attrition that other schools aspire to replicate, and creates a competitive environment where families actively seek to enroll their child. Students are eager to come to school and have the foundation for choice of secondary school and post-secondary education. PPPCS is a first-rate facility that includes state-of-the-art classrooms and technology with a sustainable-green approach.

PPPCS reaches its goals with a strong accountability model that relies on constant evaluation of the things that are important.  We know where we are going, how we are getting there, and whether or not we are making progress.