Great Oaks Charter School http://greatoakscharter.org Wed, 30 May 2012 12:35:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 FastCompany discusses Teachers Village project http://greatoakscharter.org/2012/05/fastcompany-discusses-teachers-village-project/ http://greatoakscharter.org/2012/05/fastcompany-discusses-teachers-village-project/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 12:35:46 +0000 cghan http://greatoakscharter.org/?p=369 A recent FastCompany article discusses Teachers Village, the future home of Great Oaks. Developer Ron Beit and Great Oaks Board Chair Michael Duffy discuss the potential benefits of the project, which was designed by award-winning architect and Newark-native Richard Meier. The first buildings, including our future campus, will open in the Fall of 2013. Read the full article online here.

]]> http://greatoakscharter.org/2012/05/fastcompany-discusses-teachers-village-project/feed/ 0 Groundbreaking for Teacher’s Village-Future home of Great Oaks Middle School! http://greatoakscharter.org/2012/02/groundbreaking-for-teachers-village-future-home-of-great-oaks-middle-school/ http://greatoakscharter.org/2012/02/groundbreaking-for-teachers-village-future-home-of-great-oaks-middle-school/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:09:06 +0000 cghan http://greatoakscharter.org/?p=308 Great Oaks students and staff joined Mayor Cory Booker, Governor Christie, architect Richard Meier, developer Ron Beit and a crowd of others for the groundbreaking for the Teachers Village development project in downtown Newark. The four-block Teachers Village site will be the future home of Great Oaks Middle School, and will include two other charter schools, 200 apartments and ground-floor retail space. We are excited to be a part of the project and hope to move into our new space in the Fall of 2013. See a photo of some Great Oaks students and staff with Mayor Cory Booker below. Read more about the event online at nj.com.

]]> http://greatoakscharter.org/2012/02/groundbreaking-for-teachers-village-future-home-of-great-oaks-middle-school/feed/ 0 Great Oaks Tutor Corps Featured on New York’s ABC Local News http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/12/great-oaks-tutor-corps-featured-on-new-yorks-abc-local-news/ http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/12/great-oaks-tutor-corps-featured-on-new-yorks-abc-local-news/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:48:22 +0000 cghan http://greatoakscharter.org/?p=294 Our tutor corps was featured on WABC-TV on December 13th, 2011.   View the story here.

Interested in learning more about the Tutor Corps? Find information about our Urban Education Fellowship and apply online here.

]]> http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/12/great-oaks-tutor-corps-featured-on-new-yorks-abc-local-news/feed/ 0 Now Accepting Tutor Corps Applications for 2012-13 School Year http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/11/now-accepting-tutor-corps-applications-for-2012-13-school-year/ http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/11/now-accepting-tutor-corps-applications-for-2012-13-school-year/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:27:33 +0000 ben http://greatoakscharter.org/?p=280 Great Oaks is now accepting applications to join our Tutor Corps for the 2012-13 School Year.

Interested college seniors are encouraged to visit the Tutor Corps page and apply online.

]]> http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/11/now-accepting-tutor-corps-applications-for-2012-13-school-year/feed/ 0 Great Oaks students have a great first day http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/08/great-oaks-students-have-a-great-first-day/ http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/08/great-oaks-students-have-a-great-first-day/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:02:41 +0000 ben http://greatoakscharter.org/?p=188 The Great Oaks Charter School welcomed its 6th and 7th grade students for an exceptional first day today. We’re all very excited to start down the road to college together and wish our students and their families a great year!

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Great Oaks Prepares to Welcome the College Classes of 2021 & 2022

21 Eagles Street Doorway

]]> http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/08/great-oaks-prepares-to-welcome-the-college-classes-of-2021-2022/feed/ 0 Great Oaks in the News http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/07/great-oaks-in-the-news/ http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/07/great-oaks-in-the-news/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:04:11 +0000 ben http://greatoakscharter.org/?p=167 Great Oaks Charter School is the subject of a recent article in Local Talk News. You can read the whole story at this link.

]]> http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/07/great-oaks-in-the-news/feed/ 0 Great Oaks mentioned in essay by founder Michael Duffy in The Spectator magazine http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/05/great-oaks-mentioned-in-essay-by-founder-michael-duffy-in-the-spectator-magazine/ http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/05/great-oaks-mentioned-in-essay-by-founder-michael-duffy-in-the-spectator-magazine/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 16:59:06 +0000 ben http://greatoakscharter.org/?p=153 Great Oaks is mentioned in the below essay by Michael Thomas Duffy, co-founder and Board Chair of Great Oaks Charter School. The essay,  published online by British magazine The Spectator, describes Michael’s experiences in the U.S. charter school movement and offers “lessons learned” for the growing British free schools movement.

Read the complete essay here:

http://www.spectator.co.uk/essays/all/6943278/web-exclusive-the-global-free-schools-network.thtml

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]]> http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/03/great-oaks-in-wsj-story-about-newark-co-location-plans/feed/ 0 Mayor Cory Booker Discusses Education Reform in State of the City Address http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/03/mayor-cory-booker-discusses-education-reform-in-state-of-the-city-address/ http://greatoakscharter.org/2011/03/mayor-cory-booker-discusses-education-reform-in-state-of-the-city-address/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:00:56 +0000 ben http://greatoakscharter.org/?p=108 Mayor Cory Booker delivers his State of the City address in which he outlines his vision for education in Newark. In the speech Mayor Booker talks about charter schools and Teacher Village, the future home of the Great Oaks Charter School.

You can read the speech here or watch a video here.

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