At least seven locations in Newark began offering the pediatric COVID vaccine this week for children as young as 5 and city schools worked to set up vaccination events, steps
Nearly eight months after Great Oaks Legacy Charter School in Newark brokered efforts to get its educators and support staff vaccinated from COVID-19, the school administration on Friday announced that nearly all
Over the last 18 months, the pandemic has exacerbated achievement gaps for students who were already falling behind before COVID-19 arrived. What happens now is critical for ensuring that schools don’t
A church and a charter school in New Jersey are teaming up to close the learning gap widened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tutoring is often an expensive way to help students, but
In June, Metropolitan Baptist Church in Newark organized a virtual conference to discuss the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the city’s students. At least one educator rang the alarm bells on
Pilot program is focused on closing the learning gap. Some students in Newark are getting extra help to succeed in school. The Newark Unites Tutoring Center will provide free
Nearly 100 parents and students in the Great Oaks Legacy Charter School community received COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday during a pop-up clinic hosted by the school’s administration. The clinic was held at
More than 1,000 students who attend Great Oaks Legacy Charter schools received vital learning supplies as part of a distribution event hosted by school officials and community organizations this weekend.
The Great Oaks Legacy Charter School (GOLCS), which is currently serving 1900 students in Pre-K through 12th grade, across campuses in the Central and South Wards of Newark, will open its
Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. – William Butler Yeats The GOLCS Difference: GOLCS Legacy Elementary campus teacher Katlyn Brennan shares why
