School Profile

Established in 2001, New Dimensions today enrolls approximately 575 K-8 students
New Dimensions relocated to the former Shadowline manufacturing facility on 29 beautiful acres bordering the Catawba River
We offer small class sizes and adhere to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
Art, Music, Physical Education, Spanish, and STEM further enrich our curriculum and develop a broad knowledge base.
New Dimensions empowers students to make positive choices about themselves, each other, and our environment, producing insightful, organized, relentless, respectful, and responsible students.
Quality communication between teachers and families boosts each student’s success. We use a variety of ways to communicate with our parents, including Bright Arrow messaging, ClassDojo, parent conferences, and social media.
Our uniform policy creates a positive environment where the focus is on learning.
We offer a variety of middle school electives, such as... Creative Writing, DARE, French, Health Occupations, Homesteading, Robotics, Theater, Yoga, and NCVPS online classes.
Athletics include archery, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, flag football, golf, indoor/outdoor soccer, and volleyball.

The North Carolina General Assembly requires all NC schools to write improvement goals and identify strategies for reaching these goals. These goals and strategies make up the School Improvement Plan (SIP).

School improvement planning (SIP) provides a mechanism for identifying needs and establishing a common approach to meeting those needs at the school level. Effective school improvement planning contributes to overall school performance by:

Establishing an understanding of the “big picture” of a school’s current state, including student achievement, school environment, teacher community, parent community, and administrative issues;
Reaching consensus across the school community on which needs represent the highest priorities for action based upon the potential to improve overall student and school performance; and
Identifying implementation goals and strategies, including specific targets, indicators, and milestones required to address the school priorities.

The New Dimensions Charter School’s SIP Committee consists of:

The director, principals, department heads, parent representatives, support staff representatives, and teachers.

The School Improvement Plan is reviewed approximately every 3 years.

2021-2024 Strategic Plan – NDS

ComprehensiveReport (1).pdf

NDS FAQ’s

What is a Charter School?

A charter school is a public school that receives public money but has been freed of some of the rules and regulations that apply to other public schools in exchange for a higher level of accountability in meeting standards determined by the state.

Who can attend?

The United States Department of Education requires all charter schools to have enrollment procedures that promotes equal opportunity for all. Open enrollment leading to a lottery is the first step in providing equal opportunity.

What is tuition at NDS?

New Dimensions is a tuition free charter school.

Is a charter school harder than public school?

New Dimensions has a rigorous curriculum with support to help students be successful.

Is there a dress code?

Yes. New Dimensions believes that having a dress code helps promote a safe, civil, and orderly environment and respect for one another and for oneself. The dress code policy can be found here.

What is the school year calendar?

We start the day after Labor Day and the school year ends the Friday after Memorial Day.

I began attending New Dimensions School when it was still located in the building on Concord Street near downtown Morganton. It was the fall of 2005 and I was in 2nd grade. One of the first things I loved about going to NDS was the project-based emphasis. I got to do a lot of hands-on activities both to learn and for evaluation. The collaborative classroom atmosphere, positive discipline approach, and small family-friendly environment helped me grow and thrive and learn to love school. After four years at NDS, I attended Liberty Middle School for grades six through 8 (at that time NDS only went through fifth grade) and Patton High School for grades 9 through 12.NDS provided a solid academic foundation for me, and the confidence I learned in elementary school was a part of my success later on. I graduated with honors from high school, received the chemistry and calculus awards as well as scoring well enough on AP exams that I had earned almost enough credit to qualify as a sophomore my first year in college. I am finishing my associates degree in the spring at Western Piedmont Community College and plan to transfer in the fall of 2018 to NC State and major in engineering. I am grateful for the years I had at NDS and still have contact with some of the friends I made here. ~Shane Moody

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