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AIMING TO EXCEL: THE EXCEL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AIMS TO GIVE CHILDREN A TASTE OF THE REAL WORLD AND TEACH THEM HOW TO -- EXCEL.

Miami Herald (Miami, FL)

| August 03, 2006 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Marissa D. Clarke

Aug. 3--The Excel Academy Charter School welcomed visitors Friday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an open house. The school for children in grades K-5, at 6001 NW Eighth Ave., is managed by the Excel Group which is spearheaded by Valerie Kinnon, its founder and CEO. "We were just concerned community people," Kinnon said, "and we decided that perhaps we needed to do something more innovative and creative."

That innovation is the MicroSociety program in which students can create a version of the real world within the school's walls. The program was started in 1967 by then-New York City fifth-grade teacher George H. Richmond…

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