MOT Charter School

Last updated

MOT Charter School
Address
MOT Charter School
1156 Levels Road / 1275 Cedar Lane Road

Middletown
,
Delaware
19709

United States
Coordinates 39°30′00″N75°41′29″W / 39.500018°N 75.691459°W / 39.500018; -75.691459
Information
Type Charter school
Established2002 (2002)
School districtMOT Charter School
NCES School ID 100001900123 [1]
Head of schoolEdward B. Southworth, IV [2]
Teaching staff76.00 (on an FTE basis) [1]
GradesK–12
Enrollment1,314 (2018–2019) [1]
Student to teacher ratio17.29 [1]
Campuses2
Athletics conference Diamond State Athletic Conference (high school)
MascotMustang
Website www.motcharter.com

MOT Charter School is a charter school in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It was established in 2002 and operates on two campuses. [3] The K-8 Academy is in the city limits of Middletown, while the high school is in an unincorporated area outside of the Middletown city limits, though it has a Middletown postal address. [4]

Contents

MOT means "Middletown, Odessa, and Townsend". [5]

History

MOT Charter School was established in 2002 as a K–8 charter school. [6] [7] In June 2013, the Delaware State Board of Education approved MOT Charter's request to add a high school beginning in the 2014–2015 school year. [8] Although the high school building was not yet completed for the 2014–2015 school year, [9] the school expanded to ninth grade as planned, [10] adding tenth grade in 2015–2016, eleventh grade in 2016–2017, and twelfth grade in 2017–2018, making the class of 2018 the first class to graduate from the high school. [7]

Admissions

Students are admitted to MOT Charter School using a lottery system. An open enrollment process is conducted annually; the process is set by Delaware regulations and runs from the first Monday in November until the second Wednesday in January. If the number of students applying for admission is greater than the number of seats available, a public lottery is run, with lottery winners invited to enroll in the school, and other students placed on a wait-list in the order determined by the lottery. If the number of students applying for admission is less than the number of seats available, all applicants are invited to enroll in the school.

Some students are offered preference in the lottery, such as if they have siblings or parents affiliated with the school, or (at the high school level) if the student has a particular interest in MOT Charter School's academic offerings. [11] Preference is given to residents zoned for the Appoquinimink School District. [12]

Academics

MOT Charter High School's first graduating class, in 2018, had a 100 percent college acceptance rate, with every student receiving an offer of admission from at least one post-secondary institution. [7] The class of 2019 also had a 100 percent college acceptance rate. [13]

The high school offers 11 Advanced Placement classes, [14] as well as a dual enrollment program with Wilmington University. [15] [16]

Athletics

High school

MOT Charter High School is a member of the Diamond State Athletic Conference. The Mustangs compete in Division II for sports in which the DIAA has split schools into divisions for playoffs or state championship meets. MOT Charter High School fields teams in all three sports seasons. [17] [ better source needed ]

The boys lacrosse team began varsity competition in the 2016–2017 school year. [18] The varsity swim team was founded in the 2017–2018 school year. [19]

Extracurricular activities

High school

MOT's chapter of the Technology Student Association has produced several state officers, state champions, [20] and national finalists, [21] and the 2019–2020 National Vice President. [22] [23]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Middletown, Delaware</span> Town in Delaware, United States

Middletown is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2021 Census, the population of the town is 24,164.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Odessa, Delaware</span> Town in Delaware, United States

Odessa is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 364 at the 2010 census. Founded as Cantwell's Bridge in the 18th century, the name was changed in the 19th century, after the Ukrainian port city of the same name. Today a significant part of the town is a historic district list on the National Register of Historic Places.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Townsend, Delaware</span> Town in Delaware, United States

Townsend is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 2,049 at the 2010 census, an increase of 492.2% from 2000. The center of population of Delaware is located in Townsend.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy</span> Public residential magnet school in Aurora, Illinois, United States

The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, or IMSA, is a three-year residential public secondary education institution in Aurora, Illinois, United States, with an enrollment of approximately 650 students.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lowell High School (San Francisco)</span> Public school in San Francisco, California, United States

Lowell High School is a co-educational, magnet public high school in San Francisco, California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harvard Extension School</span> Extension school of Harvard University

Harvard Extension School (HES) is the extension school of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1910, it is one of the oldest liberal arts and continuing education schools in the United States. Part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Extension is Harvard University's part-time, open-enrollment program, offering undergraduate ALB and graduate ALM degrees primarily for nontraditional students. Academic certificates and a post-baccalaureate pre-medical certificate are also offered.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Princeton Charter School</span> Charter school in Princeton, New Jersey

The Princeton Charter School (PCS) is a K-8 Charter school in Princeton, New Jersey. Admission to the school is by lottery, available to all residents of the town, and free of charge. The school was founded in 1997, following the passage, by the New Jersey Legislature, of the Charter School Program Act of 1995. From the original class of 72, the school has grown to around 400 students. Students from the school go on to Princeton High School or one of several private schools in and around Princeton. The Charter School is a top academic performer statewide, especially in standardized testing, with 91% of students proficient in math and 92% of students proficient in reading. In 2019, the school was ranked as having the best teachers in the state by Niche.com. The main focus of Princeton Charter School's academics is on "core academic skills", with an emphasis on English and mathematics, which meet daily for one hour, while classes such as history and science meet daily for 45 minutes. A silent reading period is built into the schedule for students to receive individual help, as well as three recess period for all grades.

The Appoquinimink School District is a public school district in southern New Castle County, Delaware. The district office is located in the Odessa Park Building, 313 South Fifth Street, in Odessa, Delaware, with Matthew Burrows as the current superintendent. Former superintendent Tony Marchio retired in June 2011. The district is growing by nearly 600 students every year, making it the fastest growing school district in Delaware.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Delaware Technical Community College</span> Community college in Delaware, U.S.

Delaware Technical Community College is a public community college in the U.S. state of Delaware. Delaware Tech is an open admission institution accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Georges Technical High School</span> Voc-tech public high school in Middletown, Delaware, United States

St. Georges Technical High School is a public vocational-technical high school in unincorporated St. George's Hundred, Delaware, northeast of Middletown. It has over 1,100 students in grades 9–12 with a student-teacher ratio of 14 to 1. If desired, students at St. Georges can follow a Business, Communication, and Computers ; Construction Technologies ; Health Services ; Public and Consumer Services ; Science, Energy, and Drafting Technologies ; or Transportation pathway. Students typically graduate with some form of certificate in addition to their diploma.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Delaware Route 299</span> Highway in Delaware, United States

Delaware Route 299 (DE 299) is a 9.77-mile-long (15.72 km) state highway in New Castle County, Delaware. It runs from Maryland Route 282 (MD 282) at the Maryland state line east of Warwick, Maryland to DE 9 in Mathews Corners, traveling through Middletown and Odessa. The route intersects the U.S. Route 301 (US 301) toll road, DE 15, and DE 71 in Middletown, the DE 1 toll road east of Middletown, and US 13 in Odessa. The highway travels through a mix of suburban development and some farmland.

The Diamond State Athletic Conference is a high school sports conference organized in 2007, featuring charter and private schools in New Castle County, Delaware. The teams participate in a variety of sports including football, boys and girls soccer, track and field, cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls indoor track, boys and girls outdoor track, wrestling, boys and girls lacrosse, baseball, softball, cheerleading, boys and girls swimming, and field hockey. Conference titles are awarded based on the best record at the end of the regular season or in championship competitions between the schools.

Academy Charter High School is a four-year charter public high school located in Lake Como, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, that operates independently of the local school district under the terms of a charter granted by the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education. The school serves residents of Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Neptune, Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken and Lake Como. Students are accepted at the school on a lottery basis with seats in the incoming freshman class allocated in proportion to the population of each of the participating municipalities and any remaining unfilled seats are then offered to residents of other communities.

The Academy for Science and Design (ASD) is a Blue-ribbon public charter school located in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. It has been consistently ranked as among the top high schools in the United States, as well as the #1 school in the state of New Hampshire. ASD concentrates on providing a STEM-based education. The academy is tuition-free for New Hampshire residents. However, the limited space available for new students makes a lottery system necessary. All applicants who are eligible for the lottery are drawn and this order is used to create the waiting list each year. The school is physically located in Nashua, but is a New Hampshire public school and all New Hampshire students are eligible to apply for enrollment. Nashua students are not given priority over students from any other New Hampshire towns.

ChristianaCare is a network of private, non-profit hospitals providing health care services to all of the U.S. state of Delaware and portions of seven counties bordering the state in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey. The system includes two hospitals in Delaware, Wilmington Hospital and Christiana Hospital, and one in Maryland, ChristianaCare Union Hospital in Elkton. ChristianaCare operates the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute, the Center for Heart & Vascular Health, The Center for Women & Children's Health, and ChristianaCare HomeHealth, as well as the Eugene du Pont Preventive Medicine & Rehabilitation Center, and a wide range of outpatient and satellite services. ChristianaCare is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

Charter schools in New York are independent, not-for-profit public schools operating under a different set of rules than the typical state-run schools, exempt from many requirements and regulations. Any student eligible for public schools can apply.

Latin American Montessori Bilingual Public Charter School is a public charter school in Washington, D.C. It operates in two buildings in the Northwest and Northeast quadrants of the city: one on 14th Street in Northwest's Sixteenth Street Heights and one at the corner of Perry Street and South Dakota Avenue in Northeast's Brookland neighborhood.

Middletown High School is a public high school located in Middletown, Delaware, United States. It is one of three high schools in the Appoquinimink School District and serves students grades 9–12. It was previously located in what is now the Everett Meredith Middle School building. Originally opened in 1997, the current facility added a two-story wing in the summer of 2002, and an expansion of its cafeteria/lobby to create extra capacity.

University Academy Charter High School is a four-year comprehensive public charter high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Jersey City, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The school opened in the 2002–03 school year and operates under the terms of a charter granted by the New Jersey Department of Education in 2001. Through its affiliation with New Jersey City University, students who graduate from the school with a grade point average of 3.8 or higher are eligible to receive a four-year scholarship to NJCU.

Odessa High School is a public high school in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware. It has a Townsend postal address, while its name refers to nearby Odessa. It is a part of the Appoquinimink School District. The ducks are the mascot.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - MOT Charter School (100001900123)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ "MOT Charter School Directory". MOT Charter School. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  3. ↑ "MOT Charter School". MOT Charter School. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Home". MOT Charter School. Retrieved June 21, 2021. MOT Charter K-8 Academy 1156 Levels Road, Middletown, DE 19709 [...] MOT Charter High School 1275 Cedar Lane Road, Middletown, DE 19709 - The K-8 is in the Middletown city limits, but the high school is not in the Middletown city limits. Compare to: "Middletown Zoning Map" (PDF). Middletown, Delaware. March 17, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  5. ↑ "PHOTOS: Back to school in M.O.T. area". Middletown Transcript . September 1, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2021. Most schools in the Middletown-Odessa-Townsend area[...] while M.O.T. Charter School students [...]
  6. ↑ "About MOT Charter School". MOT Charter School. Archived from the original on March 15, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 Bies, Jessica (May 3, 2018). "100 percent of MOT Charter School's first graduating class accepted to college". The News Journal. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  8. ↑ Goss, Scott (June 27, 2013). "MOT Charter planning to open new high school for 2014-2015 school year". Middletown Transcript. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  9. ↑ Goss, Scott (October 2, 2013). "MOT Charter postpones new high school opening until 2015". Middletown Transcript. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  10. ↑ Bernal, Dolores M. (August 6, 2015). "Fourth high school in Middletown area opens this month". Middletown Transcript. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  11. ↑ "MOT Charter School Admissions Policies & Procedures" (PDF). MOT Charter School. September 18, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  12. ↑ Nagengast, Larry (November 30, 2016). "Is A Charter School Right For Your Child?". Out and About Greater Wilmington. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  13. ↑ "All MOT Charter seniors offerered [sic] college acceptance". Middletown Transcript. May 16, 2019. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Admissions". MOT Charter School. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  15. ↑ Morrison, James (September 7, 2016). "Dual enrollment program expanding in Delaware". Delaware Public Media. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  16. ↑ "High School Academics". MOT Charter School. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  17. ↑ "MOTCharterSports.com". MOTCharterSports.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  18. ↑ Myers, Brad (May 17, 2017). "Tillman helps teammates learn lacrosse at MOT Charter". The News Journal. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  19. ↑ Myers, Brad (February 22, 2018). "MOT Charter swimmer finally gets chance at state title". The News Journal. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  20. ↑ "2018 DETSA State Conference Results" (PDF). Delaware Technology Student Association. September 20, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  21. ↑ "Future Delaware STEM professionals honored at student conference". State of Delaware News. July 3, 2018. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  22. ↑ "National TSA Officers". Technology Student Association. Archived from the original on May 13, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Delaware TSA students bring home awards from national conference". Hockessin Community News. July 24, 2019. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.