Our Mission

We will prepare students to love learning, have outstanding character, and take responsibility for themselves and others through a culturally responsive, single-sex educational environment that emphasizes quality academic content, character development, community envolvement, and student leadership.

Learning Communities Of Achievemnt And Hope

Imagine Schools, founded by Dennis and Eileen Bakke in 2003, is an organization that operates independent and nonprofit public charter schools. This year, over 25,000 students are being educated at 51 Imagine Schools in ten states and the District of Columbia.

Imagine Schools is comprised of 2,728 people, mostly teachers, dedicated to the goal of restoring vision and purpose to schools and returning parents and guardians to full participation in their children's education. There are three shared values that guide our work.

Integrity

Integrity means wholeness and this drives us to live the same values outside the schoolhouse as we do inside. It requires us to give the same priority to the stewardship of resources as we do to the development of virtuous characters and the attainment of academic success. Of course, it also means living up to our commitments to students, parents, and the local community. Integrity requires freedom mixed with responsibility and accountability.

Justice

Justice means to each person what he or she deserves and to each person what is appropriate. Since each student, employee, parent, and organization with whom we interact is unique, each must receive special treatment. Justice does not mean sameness or equality, but that everyone is treated uniquely and appropriately.

Fun

Imagine Schools strives to create the most fun and successful schools possible. The fun value requires extraordinary decentralization of decision-making to teachers, staff, and students to create a joy-filled school. The key to a fulfilling and enjoyable school is creating an environment where all the stakeholders participate in educational, economic and administrative decisions and take responsibility for the results.