Frequently Asked Questions

Resilience Charter School is tuition-free.

Applications for admission is on our Admissions Tab at the top of this page. You are applying 1st for a slot in our blind lottery. If a space is available, you will receive an email with information on how to continue your application process, which will include providing any missing documents. If accepted you will then need to sign a Confirmation of Enrollment and attend a family orientation.

You can access your child's grades via the Skyward Parent Portal.

Resilience has offered many elective classes throughout it's years. They include Music, Chorus, Hip Hop Dance, Theater, Art History, Spanish, Capoeira, Computer Science, Women's Studies, Life Skills, Advanced Mathematics, and Art. Please check with the school to find out this year's electives.

Resilience Charter occasionally offers special programs that allow students to earn professional certificates. These have included Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. 

No, students are not allowed to bring electronic devices to school. Resilience provides whatever technology is needed.

Resilience classes typically have around 20 students, although sometimes this number is greater or less based on overall school enrollment.

For the 2024-25 school year, the hours are 9:15 am - 3:30 pm every weekday except Wednesdays, which is 9:15 am - 1:52 pm. Doors open to all students at 8:45 am every day. The office is open 7:30 am – 4 pm. See below for paid morning care info.

Resilience works to proactively prevent bullying by incorporating a strong social emotional curriculum for all students and building a positive and supportive school culture. If issues of bullying do arise, we use a Restorative Justice approach to allow everyone affected to address the incident(s) and develop agreements for repairing and preventing further harm.

Each student and situation are different. Resilience uses a self-reflective system in that teachers have students reflect on their disruptive behavior in a controlled atmosphere, where coaching and guidance are offered along with natural consequences for a student’s behavioral choices.

Please see our section on Project Based Learning (PBL)

Hot Lunch is provided by the Alachua County School District and will comply with all Free and Reduced lunch options. Alternatively, students can bring their own lunch.  

Resilience serves students with 504 plans and IEPs and accommodates students with special needs. According to the terms of the charter, students must have a plan which places them in the general education classroom at least 80% of the school day in order for them to attend Resilience.

Resilience has a contract with the Alachua County School Board for our students to ride the Howard Bishop Middle School buses next door. Please complete this form if you would like to request a bus assignment for your student: https://form.jotform.com/resilienceschool/bus-transportation-request

Resilience will offer paid morning care from 7:30 to 9:00 am Monday through Friday. Cost is $20/week. Registration and payments will be done through the Popsicle app. Information about Popsicle is available from the school office. 

Volunteer opportunities are as varied as there are volunteers. Please check with the front office to see what jobs and services are available to volunteers and complete the volunteer application

Clubs are encouraged and welcomed. All clubs will be up to students to organize with the help of a Teacher Advisor.

Our school has a "no needless homework" policy. Students may be expected to work on projects at home, finish unfinished classwork, or do some reading, math reinforcement, and/or journal-writing.

While some sports may be offered at the school in the future, by state law, students are welcome to attend their zoned-school's after-school sports programs. A variety of sports equipment will be available during lunch/break.

Yes, there is a supply list for students.

Yes, our charter middle school complies with all standards set forth by the Florida Department of Education, including all standardized tests and End of Course Exams.

Students have the right to dress in such a way as to express their own personality. While our public charter school does not have a formal dress code (i.e., uniform), students' dress should not be disruptive to the school’s mission, vision, and/or philosophy. This also applies to field trips, site visits, academic internships, and other school-related activities, and applies equally to students and staff. Text or images that promote violence, alcohol, tobacco, drugs, or any discrimination is prohibited on any article of clothing. Exposure of underwear is prohibited. Students taking Capoeira or Dance are advised to wear clothes they can move in as they will be required to do high kicks.

Resilience Charter School maintains that it is critical that all members of the charter middle school community respect each other’s rights, individuality, and differences. Compassion and mutual respect provide the platform for sharing, learning, innovation, and personal development. Accordingly, our public charter school seeks to prevent harassment of any kind, including harassment based on gender, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, body-shaming, sexual orientation, or of a sexual nature.

Resilience Charter School will not tolerate bullying or harassment of any type:

• During any school education program or activity;

• During any school-related or school-sponsored program or activity or on a school bus or at a school bus stop; or

• Through the use of computers, cell phones or any other electronic means, even if they happen outside of school times.

Reports of bullying or harassment that occur at a school bus stop or at other times outside the regular school day will be investigated and may result in discipline if the bullying substantially interferes with or limits the victim’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by the school or substantially disrupts the education process or orderly operation of the school.

If you or your parent/guardian believes you have been the victim of bullying or harassment, immediately report the situation to your teacher, school counselor, school principal/designee, or other school staff.

Filing a complaint or otherwise reporting harassment will not affect your status, participation in extracurricular activities, future grades or work assignments. If you are found to have committed an act of bullying or harassment, including sexual harassment, or are found to have falsely accused another as a means of bullying or harassment, you may receive behavioral interventions or be disciplined up to and including suspension, alternative placement, or expulsion.

Yes, Resilience is proud to say they we have been approved for accreditation with Cognia, a global network of enthusiastic educators here to help strengthen schools. Their holistic approach to continuous improvement encompasses accreditation and certification, assessment, professional learning, and customized improvement services..