Thea Bowman Leadership Academy believes that educated citizens emerge as the true leaders of a community.

Belief Statement

• All students are educable and can succeed.
• Education of all children takes place in many places and through the efforts of many individuals.  Parents are the first teachers and classroom teachers play a most significant role. Education takes place, however, in other places and through a variety of delivery systems. Communities and organizations play roles as educators.  The media, for good and ill, educate; computer technology and the Internet educate as well.  Museums, zoo, libraries are also educators of the young.
• There is no one best way to educate all children.  Children have different learning styles and capacities and different ways of learning.
• Children need schools that provide the necessary ingredients of love, respect, attention, discipline, encouragement, honesty, and good adult examples and role models.
• The overall purposes of education are to provide young people with the foundation to be educated and cultured adults who can enjoy a full life, participate successfully in an economy of opportunity, and be knowledgeable, active participants in a free, democratic society.
• All students have the potential for "leadership" in some area of their lives and that potential can be systematically taught and developed.
• We believe that innovation simply for the sake of change or to be "different" is not only unnecessary but unsound.  Innovation that enhances the achievement of basic educational goals is appropriate. Often doing what is of perhaps old and proven success is more effective.
• The study and implementation of proven "best practices" research is essential to the forward movement and success of any school.

Educational Goals

• All students will become grade proficient in reading, writing, mathematical computation, computer literacy, critical thinking/problem solving.
• All students will develop a sense of self worth.
• All students will develop a sense of reciprocal obligation to family, school, community and their country.
• All students will develop an appreciation for the various viewpoints, races, religions, and ethnic origins of our multicultural nation.
• All students will develop the knowledge, skills, work attitudes and habits which will allow them to become productive members of the American global economy.

Partners/Alliances

Ball State University

Drexel Foundation of Gary

American Quality Schools Inc.