DECA MIDDLE

Mission

DECA Middle will immerse prospective first generation college students in a personalized, rigorous middle and character education curriculum to assure they will succeed in high school and college.  DECA Middle is a feeder middle school to the Dayton Early College Academy.

 

 

History

 

Dayton Early College Academy (grades 9 - 12)

The Dayton Early College Academy was established in 2003 under the Bill and Melinda Gates Early College High School Initiative and with support from their Ohio-based intermediary, KnowledgeWorks Foundation. It was opened as a Dayton Public School in partnership with the University of Dayton, and reorganized as a charter school in July 2007. DECA is located on the campus of the University of Dayton.

 

DECA was the first early college high school in Ohio, one of the first nineteen in the nation, and one of the five most innovative high schools in the nation according to WestEd. In 2010-2011, DECA received an Excellent With Distinction rating on the Ohio Report Card.

 

Dayton Early College Academy Junior High (grades 7 & 8)

 

In 2008, the junior high was added in an effort to better prepare students for the rigors of high school and more advanced classes. The junior high school is housed on the University of Dayton campus along with the high school. DECA primarily serves junior and senior high school students who are underrepresented in higher education, unprepared academically to meet college readiness standards, and unable to pay for college.  These grades will now become part of DECA Middle.

 

DECA PREP

 

The DECA Board of Trustees decided to pursue a K-6 charter elementary school as a result of requests from parents, faculty, and other community members. With help from the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation (as sponsor) and a Race to the Top Innovation grant, DECA PREP opened its doors for the 2012-2013 school year with a solid commitment to provide students quality instruction based on a foundation of character development.   DECA PREP opened in 2012.