Uplift Ascend
School Information
Primary:
M-F
- AM Carline: 7:15am - 7:45am
M, Tu, Th, F
- PM Carline: Carline: 3:05pm - 3:30pm
Wednesday
PM Carline: Carline: 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Half Day
- PM Carline: Carline: 12:00 pm - 12:30pm
Middle:
M-F
- AM Carline: 7:00am - 7:25am
M, Tu, Th, F
PM Carline: Carline Starts 3:35pm - 4:00pm
Wednesday
- PM Carline: Carline Starts: 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Half Day
- PM Carline: Carline Starts: 12:30pm - 1:00pm
High:
M-F
- AM Carline: 7:30am - 7:50am
M, Tu, Th, F
- PM Carline: Carline 4:00pm - 4:30pm (M, T, Th, F)
Wednesday
- PM Carline: Carline Starts: 2:30pm – 3:00pm
Half Day
- PM Carline: Carline Starts: 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Main form of school communication- Email is a big one but also phone calls.
After care providers – Champions
- Before school: 6:30AM/After school 6:30PM
- 1-5 days Before-school: $35/week
- 1-2 days After-school: $25/week
- 3-5 days After-school: $53/week
How long you’ve been open- 5 years, since 2018.
TEA grade- Elementary – C 76/100 I Middle School – 75/100
Average class size- Growing campus, first graduating class to graduate 2025.
- Student Teacher Ratio Elementary – 13.4/ Middle School – 13.5
Staff / Campus Highlights
- Academic highlights from last year- Growing into PreK-10, next year will be the first year of 11th graders.
- In the DP candidacy phase
- Thriving Business course
Exceptional EOC passing rate for the 22-23 school year
- Principal born and raised in Forest Hill
- School Traditions (ex. carnivals, fairs, field day)- We plan a fall festival, Winter Art show, Spring cookout, among other things!
- We will be offering monthly parent/family events along with monthly opportunities for parents to volunteer within the school. This will include helping conduct carline, content nights, parent education sessions and opportunities to engage with MS Admin
- Scholars will participate in two field trips in the upcoming year, one academic and one recreational. The field trips have already been identified – different for each grade level – with a focus on STEM for our academic focused one.
How many employees send their kids to their Uplift school? Uplift Ascend had 21 scholars who are employee’s children for the 21-22 SY. An estimate of 25 for the 22-23 SY.
Elementary
- Pre-K Qualification- We must qualify the students for our Pre-k program since we are state funded.
- Field Trips-Last SY we have had at least 1 for each grade level. Moving forward, we will be attempting to do more, including for clubs and extracurricular activities.
Middle School
- Sports
- Academic Support
- Extracurriculars
- Science Fair
High School
- RTCC
- Senior Decision Day
- ACT/Testing Highlights
- College Signing Day
- College Fair
Campus Clubs
- Art club, STEM club, Cheer, Student Council, Music/Choir, Theatre, Dance, and Anime Club
- Students can create unique clubs; all they need is an advisor
- We offer clubs for all scholars during the school day during our Happy Half Hour. These clubs will range from Scholar Council and honor societies to Anime and chess clubs, etc.
Sports
Primary
- This year we were able to conduct an in-house soccer league for our 2nd – 5th grade scholars. Parents, staff, and scholars had the opportunity to participate, coach, and engage in community fun!
- We also were able to offer flag football for our 3rd -5th grade scholars through a 3rd party partnership. This allowed our scholars to build community with each other while also competing against other scholars in the FW area.
Secondary
- Basketball
- Flag Football
- Soccer
- Volleyball
Where do games take place? Secondary Gym or Opponent Campus
Awards or championships
- MS Boys and Girls Champions for 2022
- Basketball, volleyball & soccer district champs 2022-23