Aberewa Middle School

Rooted in Wisdom. Rising in Purpose.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Akan-rooted education designed around every mind.

Aberewa Middle School is developing a culturally grounded, IEP-centered learning community for neurodivergent seventh- and eighth-grade students.

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Development-stage notice: The school is not yet open. Enrollment, services, staffing, and launch targets depend on funding, facilities, qualified personnel, and required approvals. Follow the Roadmap to Opening.

What Makes Aberewa Distinct

Learning with identity, access, and purpose.

Akan-Rooted Learning

Adinkra, oral tradition, language, history, pattern, community knowledge, and cultural meaning are connected to academic and life-skills learning.

Our vision and creed

Student Support

Small groups, accessible curriculum, assistive technology, sensory-aware planning, and individualized review guide the developing support model.

Student support and readiness

Seven-for-Seven

Each instructional group of up to seven students is planned to include one educator and one paraprofessional.

Complete Year One plan

Opening-Year Vision

Seventh grade begins the journey.

Year One is planned for seventh-grade entry only, with phased enrollment of up to 70 students. The inaugural cohort advances to eighth grade in Year Two while a new seventh-grade cohort may enter. No student will enter directly into eighth grade.

7students per group
1 + 1educator and paraprofessional
Up to 70Year One planning capacity

Opening enrollment may begin with 28 students and expand to 49 and then 70 only as facilities, approvals, qualified staffing, funding, and student-support systems are confirmed.

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Find Your Path

Where would you like to begin?

Families

Explore support capacity, individualized readiness, curriculum, communication access, and the seventh-grade entry model.

For Families

Educators & Employees

Review the developing leadership structure, professional expectations, and educational philosophy.

For Educators

Funders & Partners

Understand the development stage, staffing vision, facility need, partnerships, and current funding disclosures.

For Partners

Complete Curriculum

Academic, life-skills, Akan language, storytelling, and Afro-manga learning plans.

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Leadership & Policies

Proposed leadership responsibilities, governance priorities, and developing employment framework.

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Help Build Aberewa Middle School

Support the responsible development of educators, staff, accessible learning resources, partnerships, and a campus designed for neurodivergent students.

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Aberewa Middle School does not currently have federal 501(c)(3) recognition. Current payments are not represented as tax-deductible donations.