Pelican Educational Foundation has been operating the Abramson Science & Technology Charter School in New Orleans and Kenilworth Science & Technology School in Baton Rouge since Fall2007.
Pelican Educational Foundation is a local community based non-profit organization established in December 2005 that is dedicated to preparing students for academic success through enhanced learning of math, science and technology. This new concept for education was developed through a workgroup comprised of professors from Louisiana State University, Southern University, and Southeastern Louisiana University.
The mission of the Pelican charter schools is be to prepare students for best academic success in their future education, enable students to have a broad spectrum of options for their future endeavors, and to prepare them to be effective, responsible and productive citizens. In Pelican’s educational philosophy, the school exists for the welfare and dignity of the child. The school should be student-centered and each child should be recognized as a unique individual with unique interests, needs and abilities.
Pelican Foundation’s specific goals include: increasing student achievement, eliminating achievement gaps, improving dropout rates and completion rates, maintaining high promotion standards, increasing the number of students taking advanced placement exams, ensuring that special education students are appropriately served, increasing management efficiency, increasing emphasis on resources devoted to instruction, enhancing teacher quality, increasing parental involvement, and improving public support and confidence in schools by providing safe and healthy learning environments.
Pelican charter schools have innovative programs that emphasize the integration of technology into curriculum and constructivist learning. Through cross-disciplinary education, use of multiple intelligences in learning, and the use of digital arts in education are encouraged.Web-based training, examination and monitoring is provided and students are encouraged to collaborate with university professors and researchers to participate in national and international science competitions.Parental and community involvement in the classroom as well as in extracurricular activities, and improvement of parent-teacher relationship via home-visits are other key components of the Pelican education model.
In this new education model, Pelican Educational Foundation partners with the Cosmos Foundation, a well-established non-profit entity that supports the Harmony Science Academies Charter School System. In operation since 2000, Harmony Schools have proven to be one of the most successful charter school systems in the nation serving mainly economically disadvantaged and minority students in Texas. Harmony Schools have received several national awards and recognition including: National Title-I Distinguished School Award and National Championship in Math Counts competition. U.S. News and World Report has also recognized the Harmony Schools as among America’s Best High Schools.
The board of directors of Pelican Foundation consists of 7 members:
Orhan
Kizilkaya, Ph.D., President
Research associate, Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices at LSU
Phone: (225) 578-0325 Email: orhan@lsu.edu
Karen Fontenot, Ph.D., Vice President
Professor of Communications and Chair, Southeastern Louisiana University
Phone: (985) 549-2105 Email:
kfontenot@selu.edu
Mehmet F. Cihan, Secretary
PhD. Candidate in Finance, Tulane University
Phone: (504) 493-1385 Email:
mcihan@tulane.edu
Adem
Ozel, Treasurer
Local business Owner, New Orleans
Phone: (504) 888-3143 Email:
ademozel@hotmail.com
Tevfik
Kosar, Ph.D., Member
Professor of Computer Science, Louisiana State University
Phone: (225)578-9483 Email:
kosar@lsu.edu
Yusuf Dag,
Phone: (225) 955-0257 Email: yusufdag@gmail
Eugene Kennedy, Ph.D., Member
Professor of Education, Louisiana State University
Phone: (225) 578-2193 Email: ekennedy@lsu.edu
Board Meeting Schedule:
August 21st, 2010 @10:00am 7600 Boone Drive, Baton Rouge, LA
September 18th, 2010 @10:00am 7600 Boone Drive, Baton Rouge, LA
October 16th, 2010 @10:00am 5552 Read Blvd. New Orleans, LA (postponed to October 23rd)
November 27th, 2010 @10:00am 7600 Boone Drive, Baton Rouge, LA
January 22nd, 2010 @10:00am 5552 Read Blvd. New Orleans, LA
March 12 th , 2011 @10:00am 7600 Boone Drive, Baton Rouge, LA
April 30 th 2011, @10:00am 7600 Boone Drive, Baton Rouge, LA
June 25th , 2011 @10:00am 5552 Read Blvd. New Orleans, LA
July 23rd , 2011 @11:00am 7600 Boone Drive, Baton Rouge, LA
August 13th , 2011 @10:00am 7600 Boone Drive, Baton Rouge, LA
August 27th , 2011 @10:00am 7600 Boone Drive, Baton Rouge, LA
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September 17, 2011
@10:00am |
Kenilworth S&T
School |
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October 29,2011,
@10:00am |
Kenilworth S&T
School |
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December 3, 2011,
@10:00am |
Kenilworth S&T
School |
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January 21, 2012,
@10:00am |
Kenilworth S&T
School |
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February 18, 2012,
@10:00am |
Kenilworth S&T
School |
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March 24, 2012,
@10:00am |
Kenilworth S&T
School |
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April 21, 2012,
@10:00am |
Kenilworth S&T
School |
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May 19, 2012, @10:00am |
Kenilworth S&T
School |
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June 23, 2012,
@10:00am |
Kenilworth S&T
School |
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July 21, 2012,
@10:00am |
Kenilworth S&T
School |
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August 18, 2012,
@10:00am |
Kenilworth S&T
School |
For more information on Pelican Educational Foundation, please visit http://www.pelicanfoundation.org