Registration 2013-14
Upcoming Events
EDMS Spring Carnival & Recruitment Fair
EDMS Spring Carnival & Recruitment Fair May 22nd 10 am - 2 pm!
Located at Emma Donnan Middle School back parking lot!
Open to the public!!!
School News
Student Transportation
CSUSA has made the decision to transition to a new transportation provider for our Indianapolis schools. The new provider will be Atlantic and Southern Transportation and they will begin service on October 29, 2012. IPS will continue to provide our students with transportation services until that date. Please click here for a copy of the letter being sent home with our bus riding students. Route information and assignments will be published and sent home on Monday, October 22, 2012.
Indiana Gazette
View our current newsletter.
Please click to view a draft copy of the course selections for the 2012-13 school year. School brochure for the Emma Donnan Middle School is also available.
News
Teen's turnaround from brawler to 'good kid' reflects changing climate at Emma Donnan
IndyStar
May 23, 2013
Student channels aggression into sports arena, where he's excelling. Read More
Request for Proposal - Special Education Clinical Services
Charter Schools USA (CSUSA) is accepting competitive bids for speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, behavior specialists, mental health counselors, school psychologists, social workers, and nurses to conduct evaluations and/or to provide special education clinical services, and/or related services to CSUSA managed schools during the 2013-2014 school year. The Request for Proposal can be accessed here.
Request for Proposal
Food Service Vendors interested in bidding to provide food service management services for 2013-14 to Emma Donnan Middle School, Emmerich Manual High School, and TC Howe Community High School, can access the Request for Proposal here.
Emma Donnan Middle School teachers push accelerated lessons to bridge prior shortfalls
IndyStar
January 30, 2013
Emma Donnan Middle School teacher David Teeghman is constantly on the move in his classroom. There is method to his movement...read more
Jonathan Hage, CEO of Charter Schools USA, selected as Floridian of the year
To read the entire article, please click here.
A Charter Schools USA "A" school is making a difference in its students' lives.
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Indiana Turnaround Schools: Model for U.S.
The Center for Education Reform
Washington, D.C.
December 5, 2012
In testimony before the Indiana State Board of Education today, Jeanne Allen, Founder and President of the Center for Education Reform lauded the move by Indiana lawmakers to turn over failing schools to new management and shared the progress she noted in the three “turnaround schools ... (read more)
Emma Donnan Middle School
Welcome to Emma Donnan Middle School. We are a tuition-free public school educating students in grades 7-8 who reside in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Emma Donnan Middle School empowers students by fostering a positive school culture of lifelong learners and critical thinkers. We implement a rigorous curriculum that holds our students to high academics, social, and behavioral expectations. We develop leaders to serve the local, national, and global communities on the path to higher education.
Mission
Emma Donnan Middle School will provide students with the necessary tools and skills needed to develop superior levels of achievement. We strive for academic, social and physical excellence by providing a quality and challenging curriculum. We promote positive moral and social values, foster an atmosphere of self-discipline in a safe learning environment, and maximize individual productivity to meet the needs of a changing global society. Emma Donnan Middle School students will be able to maximize their potential for successfully actualizing their goals with confidence and intrinsic motivation, thereby enabling each student to become a lifelong learner and strong functional contributor to their local community as well as their global community.
Vision
Emma Donnan Middle School will become the model urban middle school in the state of Indiana.