Coach Carter Impact Academy

Coach Carter Impact Academy
Motto	If you can imagine it, you can dream it. If you can dream it, and you can become it.[1]
Established	2009
Type	Unconventional All-Boys Day and boarding
Founder	Ken Carter
Students	150 (approx)
Grades	8-12
Location	Marlin, Texas, United States
Website	http://coachcarter.com/impact-academy

The Coach Carter Impact Academy is an unconventional boarding school that was founded and opened by Ken "Coach" Carter in 2009 in the small Central Texas town of Marlin.

The Coach Carter Impact Academy has about 150 students, with 64 living on campus in dormitories. The academy is known to have a strict academic and athletic atmosphere. Opportunities available for students to partake in include aviation, entrepreneurship and video game design.^[2]

The school day lasts twelve hours, from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. which includes activities such as classes, homework, athletic activities like baseball, basketball, football and soccer. The students also are in charge of their own laundry, and run their own campus retail and barber shops.

History

Coach Carter and Marlin

Ken Carter, founder of the academy, had not heard of the town of Marlin before the movie Coach Carter (2005). While in Dallas, Carter is said to have been tired, so he rented a car and drove south on Interstate 35 before going south on Texas State Highway 6 in Waco and drove about another 30 miles when he entered Marlin and fell in love with the town, becoming one of few.

Academy being renovated in March of 2009

Carter bought a mansion in town and renovated it to become a second home. In 2009, an article in the Waco Tribune-Herald announced that he'd be opening up a boarding school for boys, becoming the Coach Carter Impact Academy, in the fall.^[3]

Campus

Location in Marlin

The campus is located in the backstreets of Marlin, with the main office address at 317 Kendrick St. No paved roads border the campus. Kendrick and Oakes, two of the streets that border the Coach Carter Impact Academy, are mostly residential streets. Near the school, at the corner of Oakes and Capps is the Marlin Public Library.

Layout

The Coach Carter Impact Academy resides in the former home of the Marlin Middle School. There are currently sixteen dormitories with four beds in each, allowing up to 64 students to live on campus at a time. There is a kitchen, laundry, barber shop, and student store on campus. The barber shop and student store are run by students, plus the kids are responsible for their own laundry and cook their own meals. There are a few acres of flat land for athletic activities and a gym.

References

1. ^ Coach Carter Impact Academy
2. ^ Ken Carter to open up boys academy
3. ^ Coach Carter