{"id":20954,"date":"2012-09-10T09:45:55","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T16:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=20954"},"modified":"2012-09-13T08:30:53","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T15:30:53","slug":"ilead-lancaster-charter-school-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/09\/10\/ilead-lancaster-charter-school-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"iLEAD Lancaster Charter School opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20955\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/iLEAD-Charter-School.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20955\" title=\"iLEAD Charter School\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/iLEAD-Charter-School.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/iLEAD-Charter-School.jpg 634w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/iLEAD-Charter-School-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/iLEAD-Charter-School-171x111.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iLEAD Lancaster Charter School is located at 254 E. Ave K-4 in Lancaster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LANCASTER \u2014 The City of Lancaster welcomes iLEAD Lancaster Charter School, the Antelope Valley\u2019s newest charter school, located in the Lancaster Business and Technology Center.<\/p>\n<p>iLEAD, which opened Tuesday, September 4, is a tuition-free public school, with no district boundaries which will provide Valley residents with choices for their children\u2019s education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur children are our leaders of tomorrow,\u201d said Mayor R. Rex Parris, a founding board member of iLEAD.\u00a0 \u201cThrough charter schools such as iLEAD, we are fulfilling our responsibility to them to by providing excellence in education while giving parents increased options as to how and where their children are instructed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>iLEAD aims to develop leaders for the 21st century by taking a \u201cwhole child\u201d approach to learning, while integrating projects and technology into every aspect of its curriculum.\u00a0 For the 2012-13 year, iLEAD will serve children entering kindergarten through fifth grade.<\/p>\n<p>Cutting edge technology is incorporated into the classroom in a way that mirrors today\u2019s business environment. In addition, three foreign languages, Spanish, Chinese and Korean, will be taught at iLEAD.<\/p>\n<p>Like all public schools, iLEAD\u2019s classrooms are led by fully credentialed teachers who follow California state standards.\u00a0 iLEAD was granted its charter by the Lancaster School District; founding board members include Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris, Amber Raskin, Dawn Evenson and Benson Sainsbury.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently openings in most grades \u2013 kindergarten through fifth grade.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a title=\"iLEAD Charter School website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ileadcharterschool.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.iLEADCharterSchool.org<\/a> to learn more, complete an \u201cintent to enroll\u201d form, or join their mailing list for email updates. For further questions about iLEAD, call 661-722-4287 or email <a href=\"mailto:information@iLEADCharterSchool.org\">information@iLEADCharterSchool.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Information via press release from the City of Lancaster.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER \u2014 The City of Lancaster welcomes iLEAD Lancaster Charter School, the Antelope Valley\u2019s newest charter school, located in the Lancaster Business and Technology Center. iLEAD, which opened Tuesday, September 4, is a tuition-free public school, with no district boundaries which will provide Valley residents with choices for their children\u2019s education. \u201cOur children are our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}