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 and Evolution Academy We believe

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 that all students deserve a second

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 chance With an emphasis

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 on hard work integrity

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 and personal growth our

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 students learned to take back

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 their education Serving nine

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 through twelve grade evolution Academy

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 is a public charter high school which

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 specializes in reaching at

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 risk youth With three locations

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 in Beaumont Houston and Richardson

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 Evolution Academy works with

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 all kinds of students across

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 Texas offering a mix of traditional

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 and computer based instruction Teachers

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 and faculty have developed a curriculum

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 that encourages students to work at

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 their own pace Students earned two

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 credits or more every nine weeks

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 so they can make up for lost time

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 or even graduate early Uh

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 evolution Academy has taught me how

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 to be responsible and well disciplined

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 whenever I'm doing my work in the

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 graves that I receive all

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 my progress that I make it

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 reflects my determination and

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 I feel that as a young adult that's something

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 that's very important upon entering

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 the dark world And evolution

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 doesn't well you know put job

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 is you know preparing us for that What

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 I love most about Evolution Academy

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 is our small staff We feel more

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 like family than just coworkers

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 going to work But I also love

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 students that we serve They're at risk

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 and they need us just as much as we need

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 them By maintaining smaller class

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 sizes students receive more

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 one on one attention Ultimately

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 cultivate stronger relationships

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 with their teachers Whether you're looking

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 to enter the workforce enlist in

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 the military or enroll in college

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 will match you with specific programs

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 and classes that help you reach

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 your goals Evolution Academy

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 gives me control of my education

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 by offering programs like credit

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 by exam and credit recovery

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 Now I have the opportunity to take

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 college courses while I'm still in

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 high school My son graduated

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 here last year It Evolution Academy

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 My daughter is coming here

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 and she will also graduate

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 from Evolution Academy And I'm a

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 problem Expanding Three

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 times since its founding in two

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 thousand two Evolution Academy

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 has grown into a two building campus

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 which includes a cafeteria fitness

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 center science lab music studio

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 and more Students can write

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 produce and perform their own music

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 and conduct their own science experiments

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 or choose any one of our many

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 career technology education

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 courses That air focused on equipping

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 our students with tangible skills

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 that can be used in the real world

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 I like the idea that here it evolution

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 We have Karen Teachers

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 way Have a caring staff

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 We have people that

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 encourage the students and believe

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 in the students and we're here to

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 make them productive Citizens

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 in this world with a little most

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 by evolution academy give us

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 young people a second chance to come

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 back to school and feel excited

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 about coming back to high school

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 and building their self esteem

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 up and helping him reach in and go

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 in life so they would have a successful

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 career one day What I

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 love most about Evolution

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 Academy is our ability

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 to meet students where they are and

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 taken them where they need to be Also

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 enjoy working with the staff and

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 helping them to realize their potential

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 when it comes to their own professional

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 growth Our students graduate

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 and they go on to college and

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 they see success They feel successful

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 either Here we make them feel welcome

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 That's the way we want them to rave about

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 what we do That's why I love

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 we're gonna devolution academy because it's the

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 best here We're helping students

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 understand that an education

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 isn't about following a single path

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 But finding your own by working

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 alongside you are teachers

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 faculty and staff Cause

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 you to never lose sight of who you're

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 becoming on the way there Evolution

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 Academy where the high school

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 with the higher calling