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Charter Students Collect Pennies for Peace

Cherokee Charter Academy is a SACS accredited, tuition-free public charter school with 1000+ students.

What can a single penny buy?  In impoverished places like rural Pakistan and Afghanistan a penny buys a child a pencil, opening the door to literacy and a brighter future.  Led by the second grade class, students at Cherokee Charter Academy in Canton are collecting "Pennies for Peace" to buy pencils and help build schools for children in these central Asian nations.  The Pennies for Peace campaign is part of Cherokee Charter's STRIVE character education program.  Serving students in kindergarten through 8th grade, CCA is now adding a high school.

 

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