KIPP Ujima Village Academy

Posted September 9, 2009

I remember not being able to sleep at night once the end of my son's 5th grade year slowly approached at one of Baltimore s low performing schools. My son always charted as advanced in school over performing his school, Baltimore city and the state of Maryland. I didn t feel his zone middle school Booker T Washington would be a good fit for his quiet demeanor and his excellent grades. I am a single mother of three and my income didn t exceed 30,000.00 annually during that period. I was at my wits end, I applied and he tested at a catholic school and didn t meet deadlines for him to attend Roland Park or Mount Royal middle schools. I was not familiar with any charter school at that time. I ran into an old elementary friend of mine who was then teaching at KIPP Ujima and told her about my frustrations. I asked a question If you were in my situation and you had a option of sending your child to a catholic school or KIPP Ujima what would you do? without a doubt she responding KIPP. I admired receiving the cell phone numbers to all the teachers, the great trips for our students at a very low cost to the parents, the Saturday school, and the visual arts programs. Overall, the great difference of KIPP. I support paying Kipp teachers more money they deserve it, but they already earn 18% more in salary than other Baltimore city teachers. Services for the students were already cut, giving the teachers the raise the union is requesting would further cut services that make KIPP great. Sincerely, JML Parent of a senior
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Posted September 4, 2009

LOVE IT!!! My son is a 5th Grader here and he has NEVER liked math, the way they go about teaching is so 'Outside the box' He was always an Honor Roll student but he has only been an 80% student in math. His NERY FIRST Math test @ KIPP he scored a 93% which means his math teacher did in 1 month what his former scholl failed to do in 4 years. I was given links to web pages to assist with studying for his test (fun activities) which we used and still do even when he has no test. My son is an A Math student in 1 month. That says something. I also LOVE Mr. Toler he is MARVELOUS, if you have a probem he has a resolution and he will follow through!!! I LOVE KIPP!!!
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Posted August 29, 2009

My son graduated from KIPP Ujima in 2007. This school is the best school in Baltimore City. The teachers and staff truly care about your child's education and will go to great lengths to ensure that your child is giving it all that he/she has. I love how the staff doesn't 'give up' on a student, no matter how hard it is. It's that kind of a positive environment that can turn an average child to a great student. My son is now a Junior at Calvert Hall College High School. I truly believe that it wouldn't been possible if it wasn't for KIPP. I love this school so much. I would love to see all city schools turned into KIPP schools. They would be 150% better than they are now.
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Posted March 25, 2009

I am a student at KUVA .I did not graduate yet and I am in the 7th grade.This is a great school and if you are reading this I think you should send your child here.We have some of the highest scores in the state of Maryland. I love this school. From A. Shipley
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