Women’s History Month: Great Oaks Legacy Charter School Leaders

Women’s History Month: Great Oaks Legacy Charter School Leaders In honor of Women’s History Month Great Oaks Legacy Charter School interviewed 5 of our Campus Directors with the intention of

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1,000 Winter Coats Handed Out to Newark Residents at South Ward Promise Neighborhood Annual Event

About 1,000 coats were distributed to Newark residents in the South Ward this month as winter kicks into high gear and temperatures continue to drop. The coats were distributed by officials

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Where can children under 12 get a COVID vaccine in Newark? Here are 7 sites.

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

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Nearly 100% of Staff at This Newark Charter School Have Received a COVID-19 Vaccine

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

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An Educator’s View: How My Newark Charter School Uses the Power of Tutoring — and the Power of Relationships — to Achieve Academic Recovery for 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

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Newark Church And Charter School Working Together To Provide Free, ‘High Dosage’ Tutoring To Students On Saturdays

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

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Great Oaks Legacy NJ.com Feature

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

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Great Oaks Legacy Spotlight on NJ Spotlight News

  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

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Great Oaks Legacy Charter Hosts Pop-Up Vaccination Clinic for School Community

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

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Great Oaks Legacy Charter School Provides Supplies, Community Resources to Students, Families

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. 

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