National Heritage Academies Soars with Eagle Awards

National Heritage Academies (NHA) celebrated its schools during the 2023 Leadership Summit with the annual Eagle Awards ceremony, created to recognize outstanding schools for their hard work.

The top honor of the night was awarded to Keystone Academy. The school was the winner of the Founder’s Award for Excellence in Moral Focus. Keystone has created a culture that embodies each Moral Focus virtue in what they say and do when interacting with parents, students, and staff.
 
“When we think about all of the moving parts and pieces that come together to create a teaching and learning environment in which everyone is engaged from teachers to students to parents, this school is truly living our mission to transform lives,” said interim NHA President and CEO Jason Pater.
 
Other finalists for the Founder’s Award included Great Oaks Academy, Legacy Charter Academy, Oakside Prep Academy, and Pembroke Academy.
 
Schools were also honored for categories including:

• Parent Satisfaction
• Employee Engagement
• Student Attendance
• Student Enrollment
• Safety

Congratulations to all the honorees and thank you to all the schools for celebrating!

2022-23 EAGLE AWARD CRITERIA & WINNERS

PARENT SATISFACTION: Awarded to schools with at least 90% of parents satisfied (top two boxes) and at least a 50% response rate on the spring 2023 parent survey.

• Achieve Charter Academy
• Cross Creek Charter Academy
• Excel Charter Academy
• Greensboro Academy
• Keystone Academy
• Legacy Charter Academy
• Paragon Charter Academy
• Summerfield Charter Academy                     
   

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: Awarded to schools with a Glint Employee Engagement Index at or above 85 on the spring 2023 employee engagement survey.

• Advantage Charter Academy
• Burton Glen Charter Academy          
• Great Oaks Academy
• Hamtramck Academy
• Keystone Academy   
• Legacy Charter Academy      
• Linden Charter Academy       
• Pembroke Academy  
• South Canton Scholars         
• Warrendale Charter Academy           

STUDENT ATTENDANCE: Awarded to the top 10% of schools with the lowest percentage of students chronically absent. Criteria are measured by school type.

• Advantage Charter Academy
• Chandler Woods Charter Academy
• Cross Creek Charter Academy
• Excel Charter Academy
• Forsyth Academy
• Gate City Charter Academy 
• Research Triangle Charter Academy
• Riverton Street Charter School
• Winterville Charter Academy 

STUDENT ENROLLMENT: Awarded to schools with 1) count day enrollment at 100% of their enrollment goal, with an enrollment goal at or above expected capacity and 2) ADM at 99% of the lesser of fall enrollment or offered capacity.

• Achieve Charter Academy
• Chandler Woods Charter Academy
• Cross Creek Charter Academy
• Excel Charter Academy
• Foundations Academy
• Greensboro Academy
• Hamtramck Academy
• Landmark Academy at Reunion
• Legacy Charter Academy
• Linden Charter Academy
• Peak Charter Academy
• Plymouth Scholars Charter Academy
• Queen's Grant Community School
• Riverton Street Charter School
• South Arbor Charter Academy
• South Canton Scholars Charter Academy
• Summerfield Charter Academy
• Triumph Academy
• Vanguard Charter Academy
• Walton Charter Academy
• Westfield Charter Academy

SAFETY: Awarded to schools that were compliant with the NHA safety program, completed the required emergency drills on time, participated in School Safety Week (spring 2023), earned a top box score of 75%+ on the spring parent survey safety question, and earned an overall score of 90+ on the spring Glint Employee Engagement survey safety question.

• Achieve Charter Academy
• Advantage Charter Academy
• Cross Creek Charter Academy
• Detroit Enterprise Charter Academy
• East Arbor Charter Academy
• Great Oaks Academy
• Greensboro Academy
• Hamtramck Academy
• Keystone Academy
• Legacy Charter Academy
• Linden Charter Academy
• Paragon Charter Academy
• Peak Charter Academy
• Pembroke Academy
• Ridge Park Charter Academy
• South Arbor Charter Academy
• South Canton Scholars
• Summerfield Charter Academy
• Vanguard Charter Academy
• Warrendale Charter Academy
• Westfield Charter Academy

TAKING FLIGHT AWARD CRITERIA & WINNERS

Taking Flight, was awarded to the top 5% of schools in each of the following categories for the greatest improvement:

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT:  Awarded to the top 5% of schools with the greatest improvement on the Glint Employee Engagement Index from the fall to spring employee survey. 

• Chandler Woods Charter Academy                                                                          
• Ridge Park Charter Academy                                                           
• South Canton Scholars                                                         
• Stambaugh Charter Academy           
• Taylor Preparatory High School        

STUDENT ATTENDANCE: Awarded to the top 5% of schools with the greatest year-over-year improvement in the percent of students chronically absent.
 

• Gate City Charter Academy  
• Hamtramck Academy
• Keystone Academy   
• Oakside Prep Academy         
• Triumph Academy     

 
STUDENT ENROLLMENT: Awarded to the top 5% of schools with the greatest improvement in year-over-year count day enrollment, based on same-grade configurations.

• Center Line Preparatory Academy    
• Endeavor Charter Academy  
• Oakside Prep Academy         
• Westfield Preparatory High School     
• Taylor Preparatory High School        

 
PARENT SATISFACTION: Awarded to the top 5% of schools with the greatest improvement in the percent of parents highly satisfied from the fall to spring parent survey.

• Canton Charter Academy      
• Keystone Academy   
• Lansing Charter Academy     
• Paragon Charter Academy    
• Walton Charter Academy      
• Warrendale Charter Academy

About National Heritage Academies:
National Heritage Academies (NHA) is a network of 100 tuition-free, public charter schools across nine states, serving more than 65,000 students in kindergarten through 12^th grade. For more information, visit nhaschools.com.