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Verizon New Jersey President Dennis Bone was honored by The North Ward Center at its 11th Annual Gala that raised funds for the expansion of Robert Treat Academy's Central Ward campus.
This article originally appeared Oct. 12, 2011 on njtoday.net
ELIZABETH — The Benedictine Academy CSI Science Contest held at the all-female Catholic secondary school on Saturday, Oct. 1 brought together a total of 12 teams from seven area elementary schools.
The young student participants spent several hours investigating a staged “crime” and then attempted to solve the mystery surrounding it based upon “clues” provided by the Elizabeth Police Department. Girls in grades 6-8 participated in the event, which featured teams of 3-6 students, guided by a faculty advisor, performing basic crime lab investigations.
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For sixth-grade students from the Robert Treat Academy in Newark, a day on the Shark River was more than just fun in the sun.
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Robert Treat Academy is living proof that an “extraordinary education” is possible for all children, state Education Commissioner Chris Cerf told graduates of the Newark charter school.
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It’s a scene typical of an industrial chemistry lab. Roughly 50 people dressed in white lab coats are concentrating on experimental procedures: setting up titrations, checking pH meters, analyzing spectra. They may look like experts, but these experimenters don’t have a degree in chemistry. They’re eighth-grade students from Robert Treat Academy, an inner-city charter school in Newark, N.J., and they’re getting real-world lab experience, thanks to Students 2 Science.
Students 2 Science is a new nonprofit corporation in East Hanover, N.J., that is providing laboratory experiences to middle school and high school students, with a particular emphasis on minority, underrepresented, inner-city, and female students. Students work alongside professional chemists who are volunteering to serve as mentors.
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TRENTON — New Jersey's Department of Education has approved 23 new charter schools, Gov. Chris Christie announced today.
Charter schools, which are public schools operated independently of a local school district, have been increasing in number across the state and the nation, although experts differ on whether children in charter schools perform better than kids in "regular" public schools.
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Exchange students from Duksung Women’s University in South Korea toured Robert Treat Academy in Newark on January 7 to gain an understanding of education practices in one of the state’s top urban charter schools.
Through a partnership with Caldwell College, 26 college students from Duksung University are staying in the U.S. for 24 days.
Gov. Chris Christie came to Robert Treat Academy in Newark on Jan 18, 2011 to announce that his administration approved 23 new charter schools in New Jersey, the largest number ever approved.
The governor also released a study showing that charter schools in the former Abbott districts outperformed their home districts on state assessment tests.
It was Christie's second visit to Robert Treat since he won the gubernatorial election in November 2009. He made his first public appearance at Robert Treat the day after the election.
"I want every child regardless of their zip code to have the chance to have the education that they and their parents want them to have and that is not the case now, particularly in our urban communities," Gov. Christie said during a press conference at Robert Treat.
Among the schools approved by the state Department of Education is the Forest Hill Charter School, the first charter school for children with special needs. The school is founded by The North Ward Center, which also founded Robert Treat.
"It’s a fortunate day for our families in Newark who are living with autism and pervasive developmental delays," said Michele Adubato, the executive director of The North Ward Center and founder of the school. "Forest Hill Charter School will fill a void by providing a high-quality education in an economically responsible way that will serve as a model for public schools."
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While other children were sleeping in late, playing outside or hanging out with friends this summer, more than 20 students from Robert Treat Academy charter school in Newark were taking advanced courses on college campuses throughout the East Coast.
Each year, dozens of students from Robert Treat attend the three-week Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) program with other highly motivated students from 38 different states and 55 participating countries. This summer, 9,300 middle and high school students took advanced level courses at 25 U.S. locations and one site in Hong Kong.
