Director's Message

As a school community, this year academic rigor was addressed. This meant re-examining our curriculum for each course. Staff with content specialists wrote curriculum and then held themselves accountable not only for what and when they taught (scope and sequence) their curriculum but also how they taught (rigor) the curriculum. Content specialists provided feedback on observed teacher lessons periodically to affirm content consistency. All students were placed in support or enriched classes this year based on their individual formative and summative data. Once placed, weekly student progress monitoring occurred. Students were under stringent eligibility criteria to attend extra-curricular activities and promotion to the next grade level. Also, based on each student’s quarterly growth they were reassigned to their RTI support classes and tutoring or enriched Chomp class. This very close monitoring of student data and class assignments increased our overall student academic growth in all quadrants.

Our schools are staffed with talented and dedicated professionals. These professionals are to be commended for going above and beyond to provide students with an outstanding education. Quest Charter Academy continues to play an essential role in transforming the education of hundreds of students each year. The many additional opportunities and advantages that Quest Charter Academy offers students and families makes it a crucial learning environment. It also helps to support the quality of life and standards in our Peoria community.

We thank Mrs. Barton and the many individuals and businesses who continue to support Quest. Likewise, we are also grateful to all who have contributed their time, talents and resources.

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Community Partnerships

We believe student success depends on our ability to create an environment and provide the resources that foster meaningful and sustained relationships between teachers, students, parents, stakeholders and the community. Therefore, Quest has established key partnerships with community organizations, educational institutions and individuals who provide our students with invaluable exposure to the world that awaits them.

To engage the larger community and foster community partnerships, special guests and organizations frequent the school and involve students, such as the Peoria Symphony Orchestra, the Caterpillar African American Network (CAAN), the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Bradley University, Eureka College, Illinois Central College, the Junior League of Peoria, the Society of Women Engineers, and many others.

We look to our community partners to provide such things as:

Mentors for individual students and small groups
Classroom/School speakers
Career planning
College prep
Job shadowing opportunities
Volunteer opportunities
Tutors
Hands-on STEM activities

We welcome the opportunity to partner with additional businesses, organizations and individuals in the community. If you would like to become one of our community partners, please contact Dr. Nicole Wood, Executive Director, at 309-402-0030 ext. 206 or via email at wood@questpeoria.org