ConneXions is…

A school for thinking and social change

* Project and inquiry-based curricula written by teachers
* Performance assessment system featuring promotion by exhibition
* Home of the ConneXions Xchange Program, an innovative domestic exchange program
* Teacher-led school: co-Directors are teachers and teachers participate in leadership and decision-making
* Affiliated with the Sankofa Dance Theater, the Urban Leadership Institute, the Coalition of Essential Schools, the Baltimore Urban Debate League, and other organizations

A school focused on the arts

* Daily classes in
o African Drum and Dance
o HipHop Dance
o Printmaking and Painting
* Martial Arts
* Performance and exhibition opportunities for all
* Traveling company in Dance and Drum

A small, personalized school

* Enrollment of 200 students in grades 6-10
* Class size of 16-20 students; staff to student ratio 1:10
* Strong advisory system
* School culture based on humans not bureaucracy

ConneXions Community Leadership Academy
BCPSS #325
2801 North Dukeland Street
Baltimore, MD 21216