Partners

DC Arts & Humanities Collaborative: Through their Arts and Humanities for Every Student program, the DC Collaborative provides our students with access to age-appropriate cultural experience in the community and provides visiting artists to enhance our programming. A perfect fit for our EL Education school. The Collaborative also offers professional development for teachers.

Diverse Charter Schools Coalition: As a member of DCSC, Capital City is connected to fellow diverse charter schools and receives access to outside resources to help improve our education practice.

DC SCORES: Since 2012, Capital City has partnered with DC SCORES to offer after school soccer and creative writing programs to our 4th-8th grade students. DC SCORES provides training, coaches, equipment, uniforms, a competition schedule, and transportation for away games. Through the outstanding developmental program provided by DC SCORES, we have built one of the strongest school-based soccer programs in the city. In October 2015, Capital City was one of 20 schools around the country to receive a state-of-the-art soccer mini-pitch thanks to MLS WORKS, adidas, the U.S. Soccer Foundation and Southern New Hampshire University. Our partnership with DC SCORES was instrumental in bringing this opportunity to our school.

EL Education: Since our inception in 2000, Capital City has proudly partnered with EL Education (formerly Expeditionary Learning) to implement this comprehensive model. Through hands-on learning experiences, EL provides a model that challenges students with high level tasks and active roles in the classroom. EL provides school leaders and teachers with professional development, curriculum planning resources and new school structures to boost student engagement, character, and achievement.  Because of our exemplary implementation of the model and strong track record of academic achievement, Capital City was selected to serve as an EL Mentor School. We regularly host visiting educators and others interested in learning about the EL model.

Leveling the Playing Field: Leveling the Playing Field provides donations of sporting equipment to jump start and support our athletic programs.

North Carolina Outward Bound School: Through our partnership with North Carolina Outward Bound School, Capital City high school students have had the opportunity to participate in a 21-day summer wilderness course in the Blue Ridge Mountains.  Capital City teachers have also participated in the educators program, experiencing an Outward Bound course and participating in a year-long cohort of teachers learning and sharing best practices in experiential education.  

The Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC): The STC supports our arts program by providing tickets and transportation to shows as well as pre-workshops so that students are well prepared for the experience. Additionally, the STC offers outstanding professional development to arts and classroom teachers.    

Spark the Journey: Spark the Journey offers academic support and college and career readiness programming through a one-on-one mentoring program that works with students in high school and through college. Capital City is proud to have partnered with Spark the Journey (formerly Capital Partners for Education) since 2011 and to currently have the largest number of Spark the Journey scholars.