North Ward News Robert Treat Academy
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Forty-nine eighth graders from Robert Treat Academy graduated from the Newark charter school Friday during a commencement ceremony at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in front of hundreds of proud parents, siblings and teachers.
The class of 2010 is the sixth to graduate from the K-8 school, which was founded in 1997 by North Ward Center Founder Stephen N. Adubato Sr. as one of the first charter schools in the state.
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State Education Commissioner Bret Schundler gave the keynote address today as 49 eighth-graders graduated from Newark's Robert Treat Academy.
"When I was mayor of Jersey City, I worked with others around the state to pass charter school legislation," Schundler told a packed auditorium at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. When he saw his first class graduate in Jersey City he said, "That was one of the happiest days of my life."
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The Robert Treat Academy student debate team and Stand and Deliver program participants finished their seasons with impressive results this year, demonstrating how well their education has prepared them to succeed at academic-based competition.
The debate team finished fourth overall in the Jersey Urban Debate League, in which 23 Newark middle schools competed in 1,125 debates this year. Trophies were awarded June 10 at an awards ceremony at Science Park High School to 68 experienced debaters with teams that had six or more wins including Maple Avenue, Peshine Avenue and Robert Treat Academy.
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The sounds of the Robert Treat Academy chorus, band and orchestra filled the Newark charter school's auditorium as a standing-room only crowd of parents, friends and extended families turned out for the annual Spring Concert and Art Show.
The annual concert and art show has been a staple at the school for the last nine years and has always attracted a large turnout, said Michael Pallante, principal of the Blue Ribbon K-8 school.
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Students of the Robert Treat Academy in Newark broke open their piggy banks earlier this month to raise $5,248.79 for Haitian earthquake victims.
The North and Central campuses of the charter school held a "Penny Wars" competition from Feb. 1 through 8 where students divided into teams to raise the most money. Pennies counted as "positive" points while dimes, nickels and quarters thrown into the opposing teams' buckets were deducted from the opposing team's total.
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The student council at Robert Treat Academy will donate the proceeds of their annual fundraiser to help the victims of the earthquake that struck Haiti.
Students at the K-8 Newark charter school will sell handmade chocolate hearts lollipops as Valentine grams for $1 each. They are hoping to produce and sell anywhere between 500 and 1,000 lollipops for this year's fundraiser.
One day after winning New Jersey's gubernatorial contest, Chris Christie visited Robert Treat Academy, the Blue-Ribbon charter school founded by educator Stephen N. Adubato.
The governor-elect told 450 students who gathered in the auditorium that there was no other place he'd rather be than the school that he often mentioned on the campaign trail.
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On Wednesday, my car radio was telling me Gov.-elect Chris Christie was going to spend a quiet, restful day with his family. But an e-mail alert said Christie was going to visit the Robert Treat Academy in Newark in about an hour. There had to be a back story.
So I called Steve "Big Steve" Adubato, the North Ward political power broker who prefers to be known as the founder of one of the best schools in the state, the Robert Treat Academy Charter School. I said I was coming over for a pre-Christie visit. He said sure.
