Among applicants , one stands to champion school reform in Philadelphia:
Zhang Sah Charter High School. Sandone, President
530 Bainbridge Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Phone: (215)923-6676
Website: http://www.kanreikainyc.
The Society For Martial Arts Instruction will offer its second Martial
Arts and Movement Symposium on the weekend of March 25-26, 2006.com) along
with a dynamic board -breaking (tameshawari) introduction to karate, young teen
self-defense, and tae kwon do weekend classes .

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These elements will augment the rigorous academic curriculum derived
from a project-based, cooperative learning model. In
foreign language, Spanish and Chinese will be offered.
Above all, Zhang Sah will be a community school, featuring a school store
and cafe open to the public.org

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Located at 1421 Arch Street in the heart of Center City, the facility , a
converted YMCA, will provide optimal accommodations: a half-sized Olympic
swimming pool, indoor track, and gymnasiums to suit martial arts training in
addition to interscholastic sports. Year round, community-wide
ceremonies will be held for students advancing in belt rank.
The Society For Martial Arts has been in operation servicing the New York
tri-state area for six months and is located at 4 West 18th Street at Fifth
Avenue, New York 10011.
According to Gay, a third-degree black belt in karate and the first woman
sensei to ever successfully fight the 100 person knockdown kumite, "The
Society for Martial Arts Instruction and the ongoing weekend multi-discipline
symposia was created to bridge the gap between different martial arts
traditions, and to provide veteran practitioners and beginners alike an
opportunity to sample something new without committing to an entirely new
practice."
Classes will be offered successively throughout the upcoming weekend with
New York's most expert trainers for karate, ju jitsu, somatic kinesiology,
iaido swordsmanship, contact improv, tai chi and aikido and the ever popular
"Still Moving" karate/yoga collaboration workshop .
An upcoming field day for kids scheduled April 2, 2006 will be held at The
Society For Martial Arts Instruction and will feature classes taught by MTV's
Yoga and Power instructor Kristin McGee (http://www.

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Philadelphia May Host America's Toughest High School

the need for such innovation in secondary education is long
overdue.
In the proposed charter, students in grades 6-12 will train daily in
several martial art styles.
Zhang Sah Charter School will educate the bodies and strengthen the minds
of young Philadelphians.

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They will take required Theory classes whose
purpose is to teach both the history and philosophy behind traditional martial
arts. Governance
structure for the school will include active youth and school councils, a home
and school association, and the school board.org) is pleased to announce its 2006 new
somatic movement class and trainer roster, in conjunction with ongoing martial
arts and yoga course offerings (http://www.societyformartialarts.

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Sandone and Joel
DiBartolomeo, Jr. The
school's disciplinary code will follow a restorative rather than punitive
model. Registration
by phone at telephone 212.677.

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According to project co-leaders Salvatore J.
Teachers will participate in ongoing and extensive professional
development, including collaborative Japanese Lesson Study. They too will
train in martial arts alongside students, with accomplished black belts
filling instructor roles. Hosts Advanced Professional Trainers + Instructors of Karate, Aikido,
Ju Jitsu , Taekwondo, Iaido, Tai Chi, Yoga, Copoeira

SMAI Is New York's Regional Center for World Kanreikai Karate
(http://www.yogaunion.com.

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If approved, Zhang Sah (Korean for "brave
scholar") will be the nation's first and only martial arts-themed charter
school.
The student to staff ratio, where staff comprises teachers and teacher
aides, will be 16:1, a number rivaling private institutions.com)

NEW YORK, THE SOCIETY FOR MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTION
(http://www. It is a unique opportunity to train with a variety of exceptional
teachers all assembled at one time and place. Additional information may
be found at URLs http://www.org or
http://www .

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For visual arts
education, Fleischer Art Memorial has signed on as a community partner.kanreikainyc . It is a sophisticated new center for somatic movement
and martial art classes for all levels and age groups, and features the city's
top trainers of professional athletes as well as instructors for beginning
level students.capoeiranago-usa.

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In this way, a special bond will develop between
students and teachers since both will be striving for perfection of character,
the ultimate goal of martial arts.
Every classroom will be equipped with five computers to aid computer
literacy and facilitate communication between teachers and parents. During evening hours the facility plans to be
open; during summer, day programs will run.

Society For Martial Arts Instruction Opens in New York City Offers Sophisticated Somatic Movement Classes

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For more information about The Society For Martial Arts classes, personal
trainers, instructors, upcoming special seminars and hours of operation please
link to http://www.

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What One Local Coalition is Doing to Reform Secondary Education

PHILADELPHIA, Next week the School Reform
Commission will announce the approved charter school applications.com) in conjunction with
the new regional center for WORLD KANREIKAI KARATE
(http://www.7228 is advised or online via the school's
founder, Sensei Michelle Gay at mgay11@gmail.societyformartialarts.