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Leadership
Students develop self awareness, communicate clearly, set meaningful goals, make responsible decisions, and learn to guide themselves and others.
A proposed Las Vegas public charter middle school
Where leaders are crowned.
Crown Academy is being designed for students who are ready to discover their strengths, achieve at high levels, engage with their community, and lead with confidence.
Grades 6–8Initial grade span
August 2027Proposed opening
Las VegasCommunity focused
LEADLearn • Serve • Grow
Our mission
Through the LEAD Model: Leadership, Engagement, Achievement, and Discovery, Crown Academy empowers middle school students to lead with confidence, engage meaningfully with their community, achieve academic excellence, and discover their passions, strengths, and potential for success in high school and college.
The instructional model
Four promises to every student.
The LEAD Model shapes instruction, school culture, student projects, and the way students prepare for high school, college, careers, and community life.
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Engagement
Students participate actively in learning, build relationships, listen to diverse perspectives, and contribute to projects that matter.
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Achievement
Students receive rigorous instruction, targeted support, regular feedback, and opportunities to demonstrate growth through meaningful work.
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Discovery
Students explore their strengths, interests, career possibilities, and the ways their talents can create value in the world.
Leadership through service
Lead4Change at Crown Academy
Lead4Change serves as the foundational service learning curriculum for the Crown Leadership Seminar. Crown Academy extends the program with grade specific rigor, Nevada standards, academic language development, career exploration, community partnerships, student portfolios, and public demonstrations of learning.
Develop SelfStudents identify strengths, values, leadership habits, and meaningful goals.
Build a TeamStudents establish roles, norms, trust, communication, and shared responsibility.
Investigate a NeedStudents gather evidence, listen to stakeholders, and understand root causes.
Plan for ImpactStudents create SMART goals, action plans, timelines, budgets, and measures.
Lead ActionStudents carry out meaningful school and community projects while monitoring progress.
Reflect and ShareStudents evaluate results, use feedback, present publicly, and identify next steps.
A three year journey
Leadership grows with the student.
Lead4Change provides the foundation for a Crown Academy sequence that moves from personal responsibility to team leadership and community impact.
Grade 6
Leading Self
- Strengths, identity, and values
- Personal goals and habits
- Communication and responsibility
- School based service project
Grade 7
Leading Teams
- Trust and collaboration
- Conflict resolution
- Community research
- Partner connected team project
Grade 8
Leading Community
- Civic and career leadership
- Project management
- Proposal and public pitch
- Community capstone and portfolio defense
Crown Leadership SeminarTwo 45 minute lessons each week across a 36 week course, with project work blocks, student portfolios, service learning, reflection, and public exhibitions.
The Crown Academy graduate
Ready to lead, contribute, and keep growing.
By the end of Grade 8, students will have a portfolio of authentic work showing how they think, communicate, collaborate, serve, and improve.
Know SelfIdentify strengths, values, interests, emotions, and areas for growth.
Pursue GoalsSet measurable goals, monitor progress, use feedback, and persist.
CommunicateListen, speak, read, write, and present clearly for different audiences.
CollaborateBuild trust, fulfill a role, value perspectives, and support team success.
Think CriticallyDefine problems, ask strong questions, evaluate evidence, and consider consequences.
Act ResponsiblyMake ethical decisions, follow through, and take ownership of outcomes.
Serve CommunityIdentify needs, build partnerships, take action, and measure impact.
Reflect and ImproveLearn from successes and mistakes, then determine purposeful next steps.
Academic excellence
Strong foundations. Meaningful application.
Students build essential knowledge and skills, then apply them through discussion, writing, investigation, collaboration, and public presentation.
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Standards aligned instruction
Curriculum and assessments align to Nevada Academic Content Standards and grade level expectations.
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Growth for every learner
Regular assessment and academic monitoring help teachers respond quickly with feedback, intervention, and enrichment.
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Voice and communication
Students read, write, listen, speak, present, and defend ideas across academic and leadership experiences.
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College and career readiness
Career exploration, employability skills, digital responsibility, and leadership portfolios prepare students for what comes next.
Nevada aligned
Leadership strengthens academic learning.
The Crown Leadership Seminar applies Nevada standards through research, writing, discussion, presentation, civic inquiry, career exploration, and meaningful action.
English Language Arts
Students cite evidence, conduct research, write arguments and informative texts, revise their work, collaborate in discussions, and present findings to authentic audiences.
Social Emotional Learning
All five Nevada SEL domains are taught and assessed: self awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making.
Civic and Career Readiness
Students investigate community needs, consider multiple perspectives, communicate professionally, manage projects, use technology responsibly, and connect leadership roles to career pathways.
Multilingual Learner Support
English and Spanish materials, bilingual word banks, visuals, models, sentence supports, discussion, drawing, writing, and presentations provide multiple ways to learn and demonstrate understanding.
Families and community
A school built with Las Vegas.
Families, educators, board members, businesses, and community organizations all have a role in shaping a school that reflects local strengths and responds to local needs.
Prospective Families
Help shape programs, family communication, student supports, and the experiences that will make Crown Academy a strong choice for middle school.
- Share community knowledge and priorities
- Participate in listening sessions and exhibitions
- Help students connect learning to lived experience
Community Partners
Bring expertise, mentoring, career exposure, project opportunities, and authentic audiences to student learning.
- Advise student teams and review project ideas
- Offer real world knowledge and resources
- Provide feedback on student impact
Founding Board
Provide governance, financial oversight, strategic guidance, community accountability, and long term stewardship.
- Protect and advance the mission
- Monitor academic, financial, and operational progress
- Build partnerships and sustainable systems
Founding Board
Help build Crown Academy from the beginning.
Founding Board service is an opportunity to establish the governance, accountability, financial stewardship, and community relationships that will sustain Crown Academy for generations.
Experience that can strengthen the board
Crown Academy is seeking leaders with diverse professional expertise, lived experiences, perspectives, and connections to the Las Vegas community.
- Education and school leadership
- Finance and accounting
- Law and compliance
- Human resources
- Business and entrepreneurship
- Facilities and real estate
- Fundraising and philanthropy
- Community engagement
- Marketing and communications
- Technology
- Military leadership and public service
- Family and parent advocacy
The conversation process
1. Initial ConversationLearn about Crown Academy and discuss your interests.
2. Review MaterialsExplore the mission, LEAD Model, expectations, and timeline.
3. Board FitDiscuss how your experience could contribute.
4. Governance ReviewComplete required disclosures and background information.
5. AppointmentComplete the organizational appointment process.
6. OrientationParticipate in board orientation and training.
Founding leadership
Turning vision into a school.
The founding team combines instructional leadership, people centered systems, operations, program management, and organizational development.
Antione King
Executive Director
Leads the academic vision, school design, community engagement, and development of Crown Academy.
Jessica Jasper
Chief Administrative Officer
Brings leadership, human resources, team development, and a people first approach to systems and organizational health.
Phya Washington
Chief Operating Officer
Transforms vision into action through strong operations, program management, and systems that help students and staff thrive.
Now building the founding community
Help shape what Crown Academy becomes.
Crown Academy is preparing its Nevada charter application, engaging families, recruiting founding board members, developing financial and operational systems, pursuing startup support, and building partnerships for an anticipated August 2027 opening.
Current opportunities
- Join a family or community listening session
- Explore Founding Board service
- Develop a student project or career partnership
- Support facility and school launch planning
Email: antione@crownacademylv.org
Phone: (725) 344-5510
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada