School Diversity Hope Schools of Excellence believes in diversity. We encourage the enrollment of students of all races, nationalities, and ethnic groups. Our students participate in a host of after school activities and athletics. After school activities are also diverse and include Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Photoshop, Swing Chorus, Robotics, Dance, Tae Kwon Do, Chess, Etiquette, Chinese, Girl Scouts, Percussion, Helen Ruffin Reading, Volunteers For Hope, Film, and Travel. Athletics for boys and girls include football, basketball, softball, tennis, and cheerleading. Commitment to Foreign Language Because we live in a diverse world, Hope Schools of Excellence is committed to providing foreign language to students. We currently offer Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. All students, beginning in K3, take courses in both languages. We have plans to add an additional language during the next school year. The Arts We are committed to enriching all aspects of our students, both academic and artistic. In as much, we have formal art classes and offer performing arts (drama, dance, percussion, etc.) as after school activities. Student Advisory Hope has established a team of teachers who are educated in student counseling to provide one on one guidance for our middle and high school students. The advisory works with students to set goals and provides the guidance for students to achieve their goals. They also work with students on college preparation and planning. SchoolNotes Teachers automatically notify students and parents that homework is posted via www.schoolnotes.com . School Uniforms Uniforms help students by decreasing peer pressure and eliminating social stigmas.
Why wear uniforms?
Uniforms help students by reducing the focus on appearance and increasing the focus on personality.
Uniforms help students to focus on learning and not on clothing.
Uniforms help parents to equalize economic differences between students whose parents are in different tax brackets.
Uniforms help parents to decrease the amount of money spent on clothes.
Uniforms help parents to make clothes laundering easier.
Uniforms help schools to have a cohesive appearance as a group.
Uniforms help schools to identify outsiders quickly, which helps with security.