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Principal's Message

Welcome to Synergy Quantum Academy!

Synergy Quantum Academy opened its doors on September 7, 2011, to 400 freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. We now serve 570 scholars in grades 9th - 12th. We are one of two small public schools located on the Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School campus in South Los Angeles. As a S.T.E.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) focused high school, our goal is to prepare our students to serve as innovators in these fields as they move through college and career.

Our dedicated faculty and staff focus on developing Synergy’s school-wide outcome areas to ensure our program provides a strong platform for student learning and success:

· Perseverance

· Critical Thinking

· Communication

· Problem Solving

We are also mindful of the importance of inter and intrapersonal relationships and expect that our students will work to bring out the best in themselves and each other every day. To this end, we provide rich, comprehensive counseling services to our students, including academic, collegiate, and socio-emotional support and/or advising.

Parents play an important role at Synergy Quantum as well and participate in activities such as Parent Conferences (held once every semester), and the monthly Coffee with the Principal. In addition, numerous events such as the Parent Book Club and Ambassador Program are available to all Synergy parents and families and are headed by Synergy’s Family and Community Outreach Manager.

Synergy Quantum’s goal is to provide an outstanding school program and experience for our students. We strive to help our students become caring, confident young people who are skilled critical thinkers and creative innovators who will prove successful in college and careers.

Dr. Johanna Knight-Briseno, EdD
Principal
Synergy Quantum Academy

About Us

Synergy Academies is a non-profit charter school operator whose mission is to work together as a community to disrupt educational inequity through high quality instruction, access, and support so all students can excel.

Every student can succeed.

This belief was the catalyst for our founders, Dr. Meg Palisoc, Dr. Randy Palisoc, and Dr. Barbara Shannon to build charter schools. Their collective aim was to develop the potential of all students to achieve academic success, regardless of background.

In 2004, Synergy Charter Academy opened its doors to 120 students in grades K-5 with a promise of innovative teaching and unwavering support. Many of those students came from struggling and underperforming schools and were nearly three years behind grade level. Within four years, Synergy Charter Academy students were achieving near the top 10% of all students across the State of California.

Synergy opened a middle school in 2008 and a high school in 2011. Today, Synergy Academies is made up of three thriving schools serving the bright students of South Los Angeles:

Synergy Charter Academy (TK-5th grade)
Synergy Kinetic Academy (6th-8th grade)
Synergy Quantum Academy (9th-12th grade)

Synergy’s schools are publicly funded and offer tuition-free access to high quality teaching, STEM learning, and the preparatory skills necessary to succeed in college, career, and life. The success of our award-winning model is evident in our consistently high test scores, and that 90% of Synergy graduates go on to college.

Just like our name implies, we are better together. Powerful community is at the heart of our mission. We leverage collaboration and the commitment of staff and families to make our mission a reality. Our community truly is greater than the sum of our parts.

At Synergy Academies, we measure our success in the growth of our students’ minds, hearts, and futures.