THERE IS AN AFRICAN PROVERB THAT SAYS... “UNTIL THE LION HAS HIS OR HER OWN STORYTELLER, THE HUNTER WILL ALWAYS BE THE HERO.”
Atlanta, GA
LAUNCHING FALL 2024
about us
Sankore’ Collegiate is a proposed innovative STEAM skill-focused International Baccalaureate Career Diploma charter school that will serve students in grades 6-12 in West End Atlanta. Sankore’ means “noble community of knowledge”, and is reflective of the environment we seek to create. The mission of Sankore’ Collegiate is to empower young Atlantans to become global citizens ready to lead confidently and engage compassionately with the world around them. Through rigorous study, service-learning, real-world experiences and the Freedom School culture, Sankore’ students will be prepared to think deeply, respond justly, contribute substantially, and lead lives of their choosing with full access to both the city in which they graduate and the world in which they will lead. Our vision is that every Sankore’ graduate will leave us prepared to access, engage, and change their world; responding to challenges with a sense of leadership such that they “lift as they climb."
Our goal is to create a network of high-performing, high preparatory schools that will be the resurgence of Atlanta's next generation.

Honored to finally meet the inspirational Dr. Michael A. Johnson whose book, I had the pleasure to review.
If you are an admin or a teacher or supervisor of admin before you run out a purchase any Pd book this summer by other folks who’ve never done the work with our kids....
listen and learn from a voice and a mind who has truly been in the trenches with and for our children and teachers!!!!
THERE IS AN AFRICAN PROVERB THAT SAYS...
“Until the lion has his or her own storyteller, the hunter will always be the hero.”
Many of our young people today still attend schools that look, feel, and educate like those in 1893. We have lost community, programs and reforms are driven by external preference versus truly listening to the needs and expectations of the community.
Sankore’ Collegiate Preparatory Academy is designed to help our children develop, create, and roar their own story, discover and lift their own voice, and prepare them to succeed in every field of human endeavor of their choosing.