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Aspire APEX Academy

Welcome to the Aspire APEX Academy landing page!

Grades: K – 5
Sponsoring District: Stockton
CDS/Charter Numbers: CDS: #39-68676-0121541 Charter: #1552
Afterschool program? Y

Enrollment: 328
Ethnicity:
Hispanic: 62%
African-American: 13%
Pacific Islander: 5%
Asian-American: 10%
Caucasian: 10%
Free and Reduced Lunch: 78%

Key Dates 2019-20:

First Day of Teacher Work Year: July 29, 2019
First Day of School: August 5, 2019
Back to School Night: August 15, 2019
Labor Day: September 2, 2019
Staff PD Day (no students): September 30, 2019
Student Led Conferences (minimum days): October 1-4, 2019
Fall Break (1 Week): October 7 – 11, 2019
Staff PD Day (no students): October 14, 2019
Veteran’s Day: November 11, 2019
Thanksgiving Holiday (1 Week): November 25 – 29, 2019
Winter Break (2 Weeks): December 23, 2019 – January 3, 2020
Staff PD Day (no students): January 6, 2020
Student Led Conferences (minimum days): January 7-10, 2020
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: January 20, 2020
President’s Day: February 17, 2020
Saturday School: February 29, 2020
Staff PD Day (no students): March 13, 2020
Spring Break (1 Week): March 16 – 20, 2020
Staff PD Day (no students): March 23, 2020
Memorial Day: May 25, 2020
Last Day of School: June 5, 2020
Last Day of Teacher Work Year: June 5, 2020

School Address & Contact Information

Address

444 North American Street,
Stockton, CA 95202, United States

Contact Info

Phone:
209-466-3861

Fax:
209-466-4290

School Officials

School Calendar

Nothing from December 13, 2019 to January 13, 2020.

Principal’s Message

October 9, 2017

Hello my name is Melissa Brookens and I am honored to serve as the principal of Aspire APEX Academy. In 2010 I began my career with Aspire by becoming a founding teacher at APEX Academy teaching 3rd grade. Through my time here I taught 4th and 5th grade where I was lead teacher until I joined the Principal Residency program in 2014 and became principal of APEX in 2015. It has been exciting to watch APEX grow into the school it is now. I am inspired each day coming to APEX to work with our staff, families, and Wildcats.  Each person is committed and passionate to ensure we are giving our Wildcats the skills needed to be successful in middle/high school and college. We are here to set the foundation in their elementary career to ensure success later on.

Being born and raised in Stockton and coming from a low-income family, I know the challenges that exist for our families which drives me to work harder to help our families succeed. When not enhancing the lives of our Wildcats I spend time with my husband, Peter and three children, Jon, Mariah, and Makayla. We enjoy doing many activities together as a family such as spending time hiking, reading, and snuggling to watch a good family movie.

At APEX we are committed to giving students the necessary skills both academically and socially. In thinking through the main goals for APEX, it would be to ensure students feel welcomed each day while at school and gain skills to establish and maintain their social-emotional well-being. In having strong social emotional skills where students feel a sense of community, it will support with them to achieve their academic goals. Each day our Wildcats will engage in quality standards driven lesson plans that allow them to explore and construct meaning of their new learnings. In Stockton, we are looking to defy the odds of students who come from low-income families and we know that each student can and will achieve success.

Here at APEX, we are home of tomorrow’s leaders. We are smart, we lead and more importantly we serve!

Sincerely,
Melissa Brookens
Principal, APEX Academy

Key Documents + Links

Board Meeting Minutes

Board Members

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