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Learn About The New Charter School

Chester Charter School for the Arts The Chester Charter School for the Arts (CCSA) will be dedicated to improving our community through high academic achievement and artistic excellence. Dr. John Alston’s love and knowledge of children is a driving force behind the creation of a charter school where academics and the arts will inspire minds and enrich souls. The...

Why The Arts?

Building creativity, confidence, self-discipline and intelligence through studying the arts helps children learn to become better leaders. Creativity blossoms when students make the hundreds of conscious and unconscious decisions required in the arts; what colors to use, what size, what mood. The practice of art requires self-discipline, self-critique and...

Charter Enrollment Information

Before you can enroll your child in the Chester Charter School for the Arts, we need your support to get the charter application approved so that the school becomes a reality!! Click here for details on how you can help to create this school. Click here to view/download/print the Chester Charter School for the Arts Statement of Intent to Enroll...

Curriculum

CUSA’s Core Arts Curricula Each student is provided with experiences in the arts that are age-appropriate and have cross-curricular connections to the areas of literacy, math, science, history, motor skills, social interaction and cultural context. The study “Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development,” funded by the U.S....

How You Can Help

HOW YOU CAN HELP TO GET OUR CHARTER SCHOOL APPROVED !! Unless we get approval for our charter-school application, there will be no school for your child to attend. WE NEED YOUR HELP to make this school a reality. What You Can Do On Thursday, January 26th, the Chester Upland School Board voted unanimously against The Chester Fund’s charter school application....

Character Development

CUSA takes the development of character very seriously. Embedded in the core philosophy of its educational program is the nurturing of character traits that will build scholars, artists, and leaders. Every person in the school—students, teachers and staff— is expected to treat others respectfully, thoughtfully and courteously and to commit to a carefully considered...

Mission + Vision

The mission of The Chester Fund for Education and the Arts is to provide children at Chester Upland School of the Arts with a world-class education: one that combines academic rigor with artistic creativity; encourages personal responsibility; and addresses the intellectual, emotional, and social needs of each child.

The CUSA Difference

Chester is a small city of eight square miles with only 37,000 residents and a school-age population of just 7,000 children. CUSA is already demonstrating significant results and this unique partnership is inspiring the renewal of the Chester school system.

CHARTER APPLICATION DENIED—ON TO HARRISBURG

CHARTER APPLICATION DENIED—ON TO HARRISBURG On Thursday, January 26th, the Chester Upland School Board voted unanimously against The Chester Fund’s charter school application. And so, we are headed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to appeal our case.