Grand Concourse Academy cuts ribbon to celebrate opening
Tennis legend Andre Agassi, co-managing partner of the Turner-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund, speaks
at the Grand Concourse Academy Charter School ribbon-cutting ceremony. Photo y Turner Impact Capital
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BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN
A ceremony was held to celebrate
the grand opening of a
new charter school last month.
On Thursday, October 24,
parents, staff, elected offi cials
and community leaders joined
tennis champion Andre Agassi
and investor Bobby Turner for
the grand opening and ribboncutting
ceremony of the brand
new Grand Concourse Academy
Charter School located at
625 Bolton Avenue. The ceremony
was preceded by a media
tour of the school and a classroom
visit with Agassi.
The colorful, three-story
school building features a stateof
the-art science lab, dedicated
art room, outdoor amphitheater
and gardening space, along
with 30 classrooms.
The 50,000 square-foot campus,
which is Grand Concourse
Academy’s fi rst permanent
home, was designed by awardwinning
architectural fi rm Lubrano
Ciavarra and developed
by the Turner-Agassi Charter
School Facilities Fund, which
takes the lead in site selection,
aquisition, design and construction
for new school facilities.
The Turner-Agassi Charter
School Facilities Fund, a joint
venture between Andre Agassi’s
Agassi Ventures and Bobby
Turner’s Turner Impact Capital,
is a mission-driven, social
impact investment fund which
provides resources and real
estate expertise to the country’s
high-performing charter
schools. It is the nation’s largest
market-driven real estate
fund dedicated to accelerating
the advancement of successful
urban charter schools.
To date, 95 schools have
been developed nationwide,
serving nearly 50,000 students
in the country.
“This new campus will enable
Grand Concourse Academy
to extend its commendable
track record of serving
Bronx students and families,
empowering them to succeed
in the classroom and beyond,”
Turner said.
“We know how challenging
it can be for charter schools to
fi nd high-quality, permanent
homes, and I’m beyond pleased
to see Grand Concourse Academy
settled confortably into
this new, wonderful, educationfriendly
campus,” said Agassi.
“I have every confi dence that
GCA students will go on to
achieve great things - in the
classroom and in life.”
Elected offi cials Assemblywoman
Karines Reyes and
Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson
also attended the school’s
grand opening.
“Having thriving communities
in the future requires having
great schools today,” Councilwoman
Gibson said. “I have
long been impressed by Grand
Concourse Academy and its
high standard of academic excellence.
This is a great day for
the Bronx and for all of New
York.”
“I am thrilled to welcome
Grand Concourse Academy
to its permanent new home in
Soundview - a beautiful new facility
that will be a landmark of
learning for the community,”
said Assemblywoman Reyes.
“Grand Concourse Academy
is a fi rst-rate institution that
is making a positive impact on
its students, setting them on a
path for long-term success.”
Grand Concourse Academy
was founded in a leased space
at East 169th Street and Walton
Avenue, near the Grand Concourse,
in 2004, where it originally
served 180 students from
kindergarten through grade 2.
It is authorized by the Charter
School Institute of SUNY
and currently has an enrollment
of over 600 students in
grades K-8, with plans to increase
the enrollment to nearly
800 students.
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