A Day at KBA
Our academic program calls for intense commitment from students, teachers, and parents alike. Students commit to being in school from 7:45am-5:00pm during the week, two Saturdays a month, and three weeks in the summer. They agree to an hour and a half of homework each night.

7:15 am KIPP Bayview Academy doors open for breakfast
7:45 am Students sit down to Thinking Skills to engage their minds as soon as they get to school.
8:05 am The bell rings, calling the students and teachers to the gym for the morning meeting. During this time, teachers review school events, honor the Star Student who demonstrated all of the KBA values, or announce the homeroom winning the homework award.
8:30 am Classes begin. Students participate in 90 minute classes for Reading, Math, Writing, Social Studies and Science throughtout the day. Upperclassmen also participate in African Dance and Drums, Etiquette and Spanish.
4:15 pm Classes end. Students attend study hall or participate in an elective class.
5:00 pm School day ends. Some students attend Wall Street after school, an extra hour of assisted study hall.

After they return home, students tackle an hour and a half of homework, and teachers are at-the-ready to take phone calls from students on their cell phones.

Every other Saturday, KIPP Bayview students and teachers return to school from nine to noon. During these three hours they explore activities beyond the classroom. Students participate in extra time on task, or choose two elective classes. Current offerings include cooking, typing, flag football, soccre, head games, gardening, poetry and mural painting.

Our students love their school and they love the feeling they get from working hard. Although Saturday School does not start until 9:00 am, a crowd of students gathers outside the front gate by 8:15 am. One student described his winter break: "It was boring. I couldn't wait for school to open again." This comments comes from a student who shifted around among four different elementary schools before attending KIPP as a fifth grader, and who in September couldn't make it through a class without getting in trouble.