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Contact:DianaDiaz-Harrison,Founder/Director FORIMMEDIATERELEASEJanuary27,2016(602)[email protected]
Arizona Autism Charter School Approved to Expand into State’s First K-8 School Focused on Students with Autism
WHAT:
ArizonaAutismCharterSchool(AZACS),thestate’sfirstapprovedcharterschoolfocusedonstudentswithautism,willexpandfromaK-5schooltonowservestudentsintothemiddleschoolgrades(6-8).ThedecisionwasmadebytheArizonaStateBoardforCharterSchoolsthismonth.“Weareoverjoyedtoexpandourexceptionalcurriculumanduniqueservicestobecomethestate’sonlyKindergartenthrough8thgradecharterschooloption,withaspecializedfocusonchildrenwithautism,”saidDianaDiaz-Harrison,FounderandDirectorofAZACS.ArizonaAutismCharterSchool’scurrentKindergartenthrough6thgradecampusislocatedinPhoenix’scentralcorridorat4433N.7thSt.Theschoolisnowseekingasecondfacility,withinthreemilesofitscurrentlocation,foritsnewmiddleschoolcampus.
DETAILS: Membersofthemediaareinvitedtotourthecampus.Toscheduleinterviews,contactKathleenMascareñasat(480)[email protected].
ABOUT:
ArizonaAutismCharterSchool(AZACS)openedinthefallof2014asthestate’sfirsttuition-free,publiccharterschoolfocusedonstudentswithautism.Ourmissionistoeducatestudentswithautismandrelateddisordersusingevidence-basedstrategiesgroundedintheprinciplesofAppliedBehaviorAnalysis(ABA).Thegoalistomakethiseducationaloptionaccessibleandtuition-freetostudentswithautismspectrumdisorder(ASD)inthestateofArizonaandbeyond.Visitwww.autismcharter.orgtolearnmore.