GREAT OAKS CHARTER SCHOOL
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Mission Statement
The mission of Great Oaks Legacy Charter School is to prepare students for success in college. We achieve our mission by emphasizing a close-knit community, differentiated learning, and academic growth and character development.
About This Cause
All Newark Children should have a pathway to an excellent education and the opportunity for a successful future. Great Oaks Legacy Charter School (GOLCS) strives to ensure that every student, regardless of zip code or income level, can achieve throughout their educational journey and careers. Great Oaks Legacy Charter School is an open-enrollment, tuition-free public charter school system in Newark New, Jersey educating 1,900 Pre-K through 12th grade students in 6 schools. GOLCS plans to build on past success and grow to educate more than 3,000 students while remaining among the highest performing school systems in Newark. Great Oaks Legacy Charter School maintains a focus on developing in students the competencies necessary to meet the demands of college preparatory study. We accomplish this by emphasizing three principles: 1. Creating a community that is built upon genuine and meaningful relationships; 2. Being surgical in the approach to differentiation of instruction and support of all students and team members; and 3. Setting and exceed high expectations for academic growth and character development for all students, in preparation for success in college and beyond. Great Oaks Legacy Charter School’s approach is also distinctive in several key ways: Tight-knit small school: Grade cohorts of fewer than 100 develop an intimate community, where every student feels known, valued, and cared about. Effective teachers: GOLCS works to attract, train, and retain the best staff. More time on task. The school day runs from 8:15 am to 3:50 pm, and GOLCS schools offer after-school, weekend, and summer intervention programs for at-risk students. High expectations for every GOLCS student. Students must earn a 70% to pass a course and every student will be able to take Advanced Placement courses and to enroll in a college course during their senior year. With 41% of Newark children living in poverty, and only 54% of Newark high school students attending college, our academic approach and attainment outcomes are demonstrating what is possible when Newark students receive an excellent education.