Community Supported Vision

We believe this...

The Charlie model rests on the following overarching principles:

• Lutheran led: witness to the love of Jesus Christ and grounded in Christian vocation and in service to the community
• Grounded in the life of the church
• Operationally outstanding and financially sophisticated
• Educationally excellent, initially focused on pre-K through 8th grade
• Existing as a national brand and developing governance to build broad support for Lutheran education.  
• Being in the life of the city: the school, its leadership, its parents, and the congregations that support it are fully present in the community, actively living out their call to serve in the city

We will do...

• We commit to fully exploring and supporting the opportunity to bring a new model of education to our children and families via the Charlie Model.
• We will bring additional supporters.
• We will unearth community assets to support Charlie.

We imagine...

• Charlie school fully woven into our community
• Lutheran presence in the community

As a beacon of hope and a reflection of the life present in the city, the Charlie Project fosters schools with excellence in education through teaching, leadership, and deep engagement with the community and the life of the church all the while having a sustainable business model.