The Ethical Community Charter School

If you’re looking for a school that treats character building just as important as it does learning the academics then The Ethical Community Charter School might be for you! It is a safe and caring community where ethics, service, and social justice are the principles that inform every aspect of school life. Here teachers lead and collaborate with students in a culture of rigorous academics and mutual respect.

At The Ethical Community Charter School in Jersey City, they also feel strongly about child health. Because of this, the school has rid of all of its vending machines. They use the lunch program as an opportunity to teach and educate the students about healthy eating habits.

TECCS has also created a character support program called C.A.R.E.S: Contribute to the community, act assertively, respect yourself and others, exhibit self-control, and show compassion. This program supports the core ethics component of a TECCS education. C.A.R.E.S. empowers the learner to identify social and/or academic misjudgments and provides them with resources to rectify those social and/or academic acts.

Curriculum

Art & Music:

All students take music and art at least once a week. In music, all middle school students choose to participate in either band or chorus and see their skills develop throughout each year, as they work towards two concerts per year.

Maths:

The Mathematics curriculum at The Ethical Community Charter School encourages students to analyze, plan, solve, and reflect. Students explore mathematics through independent investigations, reflective problem-solving, group discussion, as well as mathematical writing. Their math program integrates the use of manipulatives, technology, and project-based learning. This allows all types of academic learners to fully explore and grasp mathematical concepts.

Science:

All students have a natural desire to investigate and question the world around them. Their students learn and behave like scientists and engineers when asking questions about our universe. The classes focus on hands-on, inquiry-based, and problem-based experiences. Their goal is to have students ask questions that matter to them and to give them the tools to answer them.

Their curriculum spirals in an effort to give our students a more sophisticated understanding of each concept over many years and allows for the integration of science with other subject areas. As the students gain more scientific knowledge, they may then focus on the complex ethical dilemmas presented by human interaction with the natural world.

Social Studies:

At TECCS, Social Studies plays a major role in the development of civic-minded students and serves as the backbone of many of our PBL units. Students learn about cultures from around the world and throughout history. They are taught about cooperation and conflict among groups of people as a result of migration, differing belief systems, and competition for natural resources. This leads to conversations about respect toward people of all backgrounds and allows for ethical debates.

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