Nuestra misión es fomentar caminos para liderar y aprender.

Girls Global Academy is a community of dedicated innovators who believe girls matter. Through our daily work, we are committed to actions that equip the next generation of leaders to navigate the world with confidence and compassion to succeed in any path they may choose. Our approach to education will allow girls to develop strong voices that inspire change. Because of their time at GGA, students will navigate the world with confidence and success, succeed in any post-secondary endeavor of their choosing, serve as lifelong ambassadors for change locally and internationally, and practice mindfulness and compassion with themselves and others.

Nuestra visión en Girls Global Academy es la de líderes que influyen en el cambio para el beneficio global.

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PATHWAYS

Nuestras niñas tendrán la confianza para participar y tomar decisiones que tengan un impacto en el mundo. Nuestros graduados estarán preparados/listos para tener éxito en cualquier camino/arena de su elección. Su camino la llevará a su viaje personal e intelectual.
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LIDERA

Nuestro ambiente académico, el aprendizaje a través de la experiencia y el compromiso con la acción, facultan a las niñas para ser la voz que inspira el cambio. Ella descubrirá temas complejos y desafiantes, creará soluciones y demostrará el impacto en la comunidad desarrollándola social y emocionalmente.
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APRENDA

Nuestro enfoque de la educación permitirá a las niñas utilizar su poder de intelecto, creatividad y elección para explorar las posibilidades en el mundo interconectado. Ella reconocerá perspectivas, entenderá la interseccionalidad y las dinámicas de poder, y dominará los estándares académicos.

Acerca de Girls Global Academy (GGA)

Girls Global Academy (GGA) is an all-girls public charter high school in Washington, DC. We will provide a diverse group of young women a global education that ignites empowerment and develops confidence to influence change for global benefit. Our school’s program has three primary focuses:

International Baccalaureate academics, combined with distinctive engineering and business pathways; A school culture that values all learners by working daily to fulfill the four promises of sisterhood, scholarship, service and safety; Service learning projects that extend rigorous academics to provide experiences outside the classroom.

Girls Global Academy is a candidate school* for the CP. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students.

* Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted.
Girls Global Academy is a candidate school* for the CP. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students. * Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes visit http://www.ibo.org.

Nuestra Historia

The idea for Girls Global Academy grew out of a conversation around the founder’s kitchen table in 2010. The voices around the table included voices around wanting an all girls school options, feelings that the transition from middle school to high school was challenging, and discussions around not the right options for girls of color.

To respond to the needs, it was important to the founding team to hear from the source, what girls of color in DC want and are looking for in a school to ground the school model in their suggestions. The GGA founding team facilitated focus groups with girls who attend middle school, high school, or attend/attended an all-girls school to identify what they want and need in an education. The more than 200 young women ranged in age from eleven to twenty-five years old and they described a school that would give them:
Sentido de comunidad y pertenencia
Altas expectativas y cursos rigurosos
Salud y Bienestar
Aprendizaje fuera de la escuela: aprendizaje de servicio y voluntariado
Positive role models that look like us

Academic literacy and study skills

A place to build confidence and grit

Career related activities to build technical skills

Support with the transition to college

Empowerment, especially around my identity

Nuestros fundadores

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Karen Venable-Croft, Co-Founder

Cofundador / Director Ejecutivo
Karen Venable-Croft is the Co-Founder and Founding Executive Director of Girls Global Academy, an all-girls public charter high school in Washington DC. Karen is a Prince Georges County native and started her career as a mathematics teacher at her high-school alma mater. During her 20-year career as an educator, Venable-Croft held different leadership roles including: Math Teacher Coordinator, Advanced Placement Coordinator, Curriculum Coordinator, School Planning and Management Team Chair, and Data Coach. As teacher coordinator, Venable-Croft managed teams of 20 - 25 mathematics teachers and facilitated departmental, and interdisciplinary planning and development. She is an experienced instructional coach for teachers of all skill levels and years of experience.
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Shayne Swift

Co-Founder / Director of Programs & Community Engagement
Shayne Swift has over 20 year’s experience in urban education in Washington DC and Prince George’s County. Swift began her career in DCPS at Shaw Junior High School, was formerly the Director at Huntington Learning Center, and taught 9th grade English for 10 years in Prince George’s County Public Schools. At Parkdale High, Shayne served in a variety of leadership roles including the 9th grade coordinator, PBIS Coach, and Co-Chair of the School Planning and Management Team. Most recently, Swift served as the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Coordinator where she expanded the IB Program access by increasing course offerings, improving student driven service-learning and parent engagement which led to increased pass rates and the schools overall graduation rate. She has extensive experience in experiential learning, coaching a team of IB teachers, and coordinating IB Creativity, action, service projects.