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Ánimo Venice Charter High School is a public
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, United States, which originally opened in 2004. Its mascot is a pirate, and it is operated by
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History

Due in part to the success of
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, Ánimo Venice Charter High School was established as the fifth Green Dot school. It opened in August 2002 with 145 students, adding a freshman class of 140 every year until 2006, when it reached its full capacity of approximately 525 students. Classes began in fall 2004 in a sectioned-off portion of the playground of Broadway Elementary School in
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. The school moved in 2006 to the former Ninety-Eighth Street Elementary School campus in
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, which had mostly recently been occupied by Renaissance Academy.


Curriculum

Freshmen are admitted through a lottery process; about 145 applicants to the school are accepted, and the remainder are placed on a waiting list.


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