Healthy Start Academy

Healthy Start Academy Durham Charter School was the first tuition-free public charter school to open its doors to students

Durham Charter School welcomes K-12 students to experience education in a safe and structured academic environment.

• We promote and encourage parental involvement.
• We provide teachers with the tools and resources to be innovative.
• We expect students to come to school ready to learn and achieve. We believe that:

• Students should value learning and be respectful, responsible, and accountable for their actions.
• A positive school environment should promote consistency, cooperation, safety, and respect among staff, parents, and students.
• Our faculty and staff should promote support, fairness, consistency, and continuous improvement.
• School should challenge students in ways that promote quality performance, critical thinking, and problem solving skills that will enable them to thrive in the global society of the 21st century.

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BOARD MEETINGS

Location: Durham Charter School
Time: 5:00 p.m. Please note: The Board of Directors also meets at the Research Triangle Charter Academy throughout the year. To learn more about those meetings, please visit http://www.nhaschools.com/schools/researchtriangle/Pages/default.aspx.

Durham Charter School celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month. Meet Sra. Arias, Elementary School Counselor. Sra. Arias is fr...
09/10/2026

Durham Charter School celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month. Meet Sra. Arias, Elementary School Counselor. Sra. Arias is from Winston-Salem, NC and immigrated at 6 years old from Buenos Aires, Argentina where she was born. This is her 2nd year at DCS.

"Although our accents may be different or the way we call fruits and vegetables may differ, we all share strong values in family, hard work and sharing the love (& food)! Some of my favorite memories include sharing stories and eating yummy food (empanadas, facturas, etc.) with aunties or cousins as we share in the tradition of drinking mate. In Latino culture, we have LOTS of aunties and cousins, not all "blood-related" but of the heart nonetheless. One of my favorite feelings is no matter how many years it's been since I've seen my family (in Argentina), the love remains strong, shown by lots of hugs & kisses! We are a very touchy & close-knit people, our collective "love language" is touch for sure!"

Check out our 2nd grade scholars digging in to nonstandard units of measurement in math! Scholars are comparing the leng...
09/10/2026

Check out our 2nd grade scholars digging in to nonstandard units of measurement in math! Scholars are comparing the length of counting cubes with the length of crayons and exploring math in the real world!

Happy Friday DCS fam! Let’s make today a great day and enjoy the long weekend.
09/03/2026

Happy Friday DCS fam! Let’s make today a great day and enjoy the long weekend.

Durham Charter School is thrilled to share the exceptional results of the 25-26 school year. We are extremely proud of o...
09/03/2026

Durham Charter School is thrilled to share the exceptional results of the 25-26 school year. We are extremely proud of our incredible teachers, leaders, parents, and most of all our outstanding scholars who have shown each and everyday that better is possible!

Today, our office will close at 1pm for Professional Development. Our office will reopen tomorrow at 7:30am. Thank you!
09/02/2026

Today, our office will close at 1pm for Professional Development. Our office will reopen tomorrow at 7:30am. Thank you!

08/25/2026

Our new elementary school is well under construction. We’re thrilled with the progress and can’t wait for our scholars to be in their new home next year!

We are thrilled to be back in school and digging into Enrichment! Check out some of our 1st graders digging into STEM. ...
08/25/2026

We are thrilled to be back in school and digging into Enrichment! Check out some of our 1st graders digging into STEM. Our youngest scientists are examining and classifying rocks based on their observations of various characteristics following their FOSS curriculum.

Address

807 W Chapel Hill St
Durham, NC
27701

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 3:15pm

Telephone

+19199565599

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