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Growing Up Green Charter Schools
39-27 28th Street
Long Island City, NY, United States
Phone: 6176429232
Web Site: http://www.gugcs.org
39-27 28th Street
Long Island City, NY, United States
Phone: 6176429232
Web Site: http://www.gugcs.org
Company Description:
Our Mission
The Growing Up Green Charter School (GUGCS) empowers children to be conscious, contributing members of their community through a rigorous curriculum and an engaging green culture. Graduates of GUGCS will be prepared to attend high-performing schools where their interdisciplinary academic foundation, knowledge of sustainability, and strong sense of self sets them apart as leaders of the future.
Our Vision
At GUGCS, we envision an inclusive and diverse school community that places students powerfully at the center of their education through authentic, relevant and rigorous learning experiences, grounded in inquiry; a community that is devoted to doing the work needed to create a space where equity in regards to race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, gender, and ability, is a given. GUGCS graduates will be innately curious learners, open-minded thinkers, compassionate critics, productive problem-solvers, and passionate challengers of the status quo who embrace differences instead of finding them divisive. GUGCS graduates will take action to promote a more environmentally sustainable future. A growth mindset will define how graduates view themselves and others in the context of learning, adversity, and the world around them. GUGCS graduates will be prepared to be leaders of the future.
Core Values
GUGCS teaches students our school culture through the acronym GREEN:
- Giving Back (giving back to others and our community)
- Respect (respect adults, friends and the community)
- Embrace (embrace differences of those around you)
- Empower (empower yourself to make good choices)
- Nurture (nurture those around you with kindness)
Key Design Elements
- Green Education: Green principles inform the curriculum, instruction and culture of our schools. A segment of each day at GUGCS’ is known as Explore and Discover (ED) Time, where many of our green themes emerge as students work on interdisciplinary social studies projects that incorporate skills from all other subjects.Hands-On Learning in the Local Environment: Our model uses a multi-sensory approach that is enhanced by weekly visits to the school’s Science Lab and regular field trips.
- Actionable Assessment System: Growing Up Green uses internally developed “Looking Forward, Looking Back” assessments to guide curriculum development and instructional planning, evaluate programs, focus professional development and hold teachers accountable.
- Deliberate School Culture: At Growing Up Green, sustainability refers not only to resources, but to relationships as well. We use the Responsive Classroom approach school-wide to build social skills and foster a positive learning environment.
- Professional Environment: Growing Up Green expects teachers to be active learners and models of lifelong learning for students.
- Intervention and Support Systems: At Growing Up Green, we utilize many internal data systems, which quickly identify struggling students so that we can immediately apply supports and interventions to ensure each student makes continued progress.
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