Ember Charter Schools

At Ember, we teach and employ mindfulness as our primary metacognitive tool to facilitate healing and develop self-efficacy.  We combine this practice with an equal commitment to nurturing self-love and -esteem using culturally responsive and affirming techniques rooted in empowerment and agency to support the development of a holistic growth mindset. 

We use our Teaching Firm, a unique teacher-led organizational model, to be a fun, holistic, ‘college-successful’, career-ready, community-centered, culturally rich, and relevant incubator of exceptional human potential where we spark, nurture, and unleash mindful people empowered to affect positive change in the communities we serve.

Everything we court here at Ember is centered around cultivating thinking skills. From our integrated domains such as Ecosystems, Cultural Anthropology, Engineering & Design, Systems Thinking, and Advocacy & Communication to our Socratic Inquiry & Dialogue approach, critical design thinking is our DNA. On top of engaging in analysis and complexity, cultivating love & kindness is at the core of our program. We are developing human beings who will go out and create a more equitable world based in love & kindness.

Student population

70% Black
30% Hispanic

School initiatives

• More than a school, we are a human development organization serving vulnerable communities.
• We employ strategic partnerships to address student mental health and wellness.
• We endeavor to ignite, empower, and transform young people of great promise traditionally labeled “at-risk.”