Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics

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Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics
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Address
Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics
260 University Blvd.

Morehead
,
Kentucky
40351

United States
Coordinates 38°11′17″N83°26′02″W / 38.187956°N 83.433805°W / 38.187956; -83.433805
Information
Type Public, boarding, dual enrollment
MottoImagining. Inventing. Impacting Kentucky.
Established2014;10 years ago (2014)
CEEB code 181849
DirectorCarol Christian
Grades 11–12
Enrollment146 (April 2021)
Color(s)Blue and Gold   
AthleticsIntramural only
Website www.moreheadstate.edu/craft-academy

The Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics (simply Craft Academy) is a two-year residential early college high school serving approximately 146 academically exceptional high school juniors and seniors at Morehead State University (MSU). The students live in Craft Hall and earn dual credits as they complete their last two years of high school at the Academy while at the same time taking at least 60 credit hours of college-level courses, with tuition, room and board, and meal plan all free of charge. The Academy is funded in large part by Joe Craft and Ambassador Kelly Craft, who have donated over $10 million to the Academy, the largest donation in MSU history.

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Founding and funding

Joe Craft and Ambassador Kelly Craft Joe and Kelly Knight Craft at Independence Day celebration.jpg
Joe Craft and Ambassador Kelly Craft

Kelly Craft and Joe Craft co-founded the Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics in 2015. [1] It is a two-year residential early college high school serving approximately 146 academically exceptional high school juniors and seniors at Morehead State University (MSU). [2] When students complete the two-year program, they will have earned both a high school diploma and at least 60 college credit hours, free of charge. [3] Tuition, room and board, and meal plan are free for students. [4]

The Crafts' initial $4 million pledge in support of the Academy was the single-largest cash gift in the history of MSU. [5] In 2019, Joe Craft and his wife Kelly Craft committed an additional $3.5 million across five years. [6] By 2019 they had committed over $10 million to the Academy. [6] Their contributions to the Academy are the largest donation in MSU history. [2]

The Academy is supported by a public-private partnership between the Crafts and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. [7]

History

Students live in Craft Hall on campus and take MSU classes during their time at the Academy, graduating with a Craft Academy high school diploma as well as at least 60 hours of MSU college credit. [8] The Craft Academy specializes in providing "a unique academic and social high school experience that will better prepare [students] for college". [9]

The first graduating Class of 2017 included 55 students. The Academy originally admitted 60 students to each of the first five classes, but has begun increasing class size in accordance with an increase in state funding.

In 2019, the Academy graduated its third class, with an average ACT score of 31. [10] Of its 50 graduates, 35 scored 31 or higher. [10]

In 2021, it was named among the top elite public schools in the nation by The Washington Post Education Editor Jay Mathews, and was certified by Cognia, provider of assessment services, as an elite STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) program. [2]

The Academy admitted 69 students to its Class of 2023. [11]

The Academy was formerly located in Grote-Thompson Hall, but has since moved to the recently renovated Craft Hall (formerly Alumni Hall).

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  2. 1 2 3 "Morehead State University: Morehead State's Craft Academy continues to grow". Morehead State News. April 22, 2021.
  3. ↑ Bentley, Jackie Hollenkamp (February 3, 2021). "First Class Opportunity". Kentucky Monthly.
  4. ↑ Madelynn Coldiron (July 2017). "Craft Academy launches its first graduates". KSBA.
  5. ↑ "Morehead State to start residential high school for gifted students". Lexington Herald Leader. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Morehead State receives additional $3.5M commitment for Craft Academy". Lane Report. October 18, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  7. ↑ James, Mike (April 11, 2014). "Plans for Craft Academy unveiled". The Independent. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Morehead State University: Craft Academy". moreheadstate.edu. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Craft Academy - Prospective Students". moreheadstate.edu. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
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