Our Story
With schools failing, families filing for bankruptcy and foreclosure, and businesses leaving a struggling community in Memphis, TN, Yetta Lewis and Derwin Sisnett saw a need for education and community revitalization. They worked to develop a community-based school that would address both.
Achievement
Community
Humility
Innovation
Zeal
Gestalt means “a whole greater than the sum of its parts.” We aim to integrate education and community, working with partners to achieve more than any of us could alone: a true gestalt.
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The Charter School Growth Fund is a nonprofit that identifies the country’s best public charter schools, funds their expansion, and helps to increase their impact.