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Pelican Foundation Will Lead Kenilworth Middle to Success
Louisiana State University professor, Dr. Tevfik Kosar, who also serves as
president of the Pelican Educational Foundation, said: “After undergoing a
rigorous review process, I am very pleased that the
state Department of Education and BESE have selected the Pelican Educational “We look forward to working alongside parents, teachers and community leaders to create a high-quality learning environment at Kenilworth where science and technology become vital tools that all our children and families can use for living, learning, and working.” “We’re very excited and not wasting any time. We’ve already identified the lead administrative team and will soon begin the hiring process.” The 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 LSU, Southern University, Pelican Foundation is partnering with a non-profit education management
organization, the Cosmos Foundation, which is managing 19 outstanding
schools in Texas. These schools have been listed among the best public
schools in the nation and received numerous nationwide awards including a
National Distinguished School Award and a Math Counts gold medal from Kenilworth Middle will become the second RSD school to be managed by the Pelican Educational Foundation. The Foundation is also working with parents, teachers and school leaders, at the Abramson Science and Technology Charter School. Located in New Orleans East, the school was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and reopened in 2007 as part of the Recovery School District. In the Foundation’s first year of operation, student performance scores at Abramson improved by more than 50 percent. Similarly the attendance rate increased from 82% to 97%, and the drop-out rate decreased from 17% to zero compared with previous years. Another measure of progress is the recent success Abramson students had at
the 2009 Greater New Orleans Science & Engineering Fair (GNOSEF). With 13
Junior and Senior Division Awards and 21 Special Awards, Abramson received
the most number of awards in the junior division, and the second most number
of awards overall in the regional competition. The only school to receive
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On March 12th, 2009, the Board of Elementary and Secondary
Education approved Pelican Educational Foundation’s application to
transform Kenilworth Middle, a consistently failing public school in East Baton Rouge
parish, into a high-performing college-preparatory science and technology oriented charter school.