About Sankofa Underground North (S.U.N.) Academy
S.U.N. Academy is
designed to eradicate the disparities between low-income students of color and their
middle-class and affluent white peers through a high standards K-8 charter
school in North Minneapolis. S.U.N. will open in August 2016 and initially
serve 100 students in grades K-1, expanding to a full enrollment of close to
500 students in grades K-8 by 2023. Sankofa Underground North Academy will
serve the community of North Minneapolis, a community in which a majority of
low-income children of color are grossly under served by their current academic
options.
Mission: Sankofa Underground
North Academy will produce agents of justice and change – who walk with everlasting passion for knowledge
alongside the desire and ability to heal, rebuild, and experience self-
determined success – through high levels of academic achievement and healthy
identity formation.
Vision: Sankofa Underground North Scholars – emerge the
leaders of today and the innovators of a transformed tomorrow. S.U.N. scholars
have the capacity and the will to galvanize and reshape their communities,
pioneering a more equitable society and world.