The W.E.B. DuBois Academy is a new, innovative middle school in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) opened during the 2018-19 school year. The DuBois Academy’s inaugural class consisted of 157 sixth-grade students, and in subsequent years, it has grown to become a sixth- through eighth-grade school serving 450 students. Each student have received a personal device (Chrome Book or iPad), and we are a 1:1 school for technology.
The DuBois Academy is open to all male students and our innovative learning environment will offer an Afrocentric and multicultural curriculum that is both rigorous and engaging. While many schools focus on academic achievement as the sole measure of success, we believe both academic and social emotional excellence are needed to raise our young lions into the kings they were meant to become. We guarantee each student will demonstrate growth becoming more adept mathematicians, readers, writers, and speakers, while also becoming better role models, listeners, and leaders in their homes and communities.
The pedagogical practices of the DuBois Academy draw from evidence-based research and culturally responsive teaching to actively engage our students as they grow as learners and self-aware young men. The core tenets emphasize literacy, numeracy, social sciences, technology usage, and speaking a foreign language. In addition, we show P.R.I.D.E. by focusing on leadership attributes, such as perseverance, resilience, initiative, discipline and empathy. (Taken from DuBois' website)
