

Bacal previously served as education advisor to the mayor of St. Paul and Hiawatha Academies in Minneapolis, and the Minneapolis Public Schools’ Office of New Schools. 7 (62) Z-Shade Venture 10 x 10 Commercial Canopy Academy Sports + Outdoors. In addition to Venture, he served as lead founder of Twin Cities Academy in St. Z-Shade 10 by 10 Foot Venture Straight Leg Canopy Tent Emergency Shelter. Coverage of Venture Academy sports including Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball. Over the last 20 years as an education change-maker, Bacal has founded, co-founded or helped launch 30 charter schools in three states as founder and leader of SchoolStart, a nonprofit consulting firm. To ensure that every student at Venture Academy maximizes their potential to live, work and participate in their community to the best of their ability. Bacal also co-leads the Minnesota Learner-Centered Network, a multi-school collaborative of 12 schools supporting youth voice and leadership for school transformation.

Jon Bacal is the founder, Executive Director and student leadership coach of Venture Academy, a Minneapolis public charter middle-high school with the mission of building entrepreneurs by developing independence, scholarship and leadership that opened in 2013. The highest number of Latino and African-American participants in the Youth in Government program of any Minnesota school Selected as one of 22 American schools participating in the annual SparkHouse youth leadership gathering in Washington, D.C. Building a statewide support network of 12 schools supporting youth leadership and voice to support school transformation. Winterfield Venture Academy is a tuition-free public charter school open to all children who live in Ohio. A middle school team won a Startup Weekend EDU entrepreneurship competition as they launched a youth-friendly fundraising web platform. Recent Venture student milestones have included:
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Venture, learners take charge of earning through a rigorous, personalized and self-paced academic program, real-world professional internships and hands-on opportunities to take leadership, make change and practice entrepreneurship.

Venture Academy is a public charter school that serves more than 300 diverse learners in grades 6-12 from predominantly underprivileged backgrounds. Venture is one of 20 winners of the national Next Generation Learning Challenges 2013 school design competition, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Venture’s mission is building entrepreneurs by developing the independence, scholarship and leadership of young people. At Venture Academy in Minneapolis, young people take charge of their learning in the classroom, make change in their school and world, and grow skills and opportunities for the future.
