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Our Gestalt Schools

Gestalt Community Schools

We leverage community assets to empower citizens who will be college-ready, career-ready, and community-ready.

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Building better communities through education. 

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.

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Our Values
Achievement Achievement
Community Community
Humility Humility
Innovation Innovation
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Our Impact

Our Impact
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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.

Featured Partnership

Featured Partnership

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.

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