The annual TCCS lottery was held on January 12, 2010 for the 2010/2011 school year. The lottery numbers were pulled in the following order:
 

22, 34, 28, 43, 21, 9, 8, 5, 37, 18, 19, 56, 53, 20, 46, 33, 61, 62, 10, 27, 26, 17, 31, 60, 13, 29, 15, 47, 57, 52, 24, 41, 11, 55, 35, 65, 1, 36, 6, 49, 30, 66, 3, 40, 38, 51, 64, 32, 59, 4, 2, 48, 12, 63, 25, 42, 14, 16, 58, 45, 44, 7, 50, 39, 23, 54

The roster of the incoming kindergarten class is posted on the front door of the school. Confirmation letters will go out shortly to those students who have a spot reserved for them; everyone else is on the waiting list. Families on the waiting list will be contacted only if and when a spot opens up at that specific grade level. As of now, we have no anticipated openings in grades 1-8 for next year. Please feel free to call TCCS with any questions. Thank you and best of luck!

Update: New digs for school

Saturday, September 19, 2009

The Record

The 36,000-square-foot former warehouse at Terhune Street and Chestnut Avenue replaces the school’s previous environs, a crowded space on the second floor of the Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls on Palisade Avenue.

The project cost nearly $10 million and was designed by New York-based Gertler & Wente Architects.

"We have windows in every room," the school’s executive director, Rex Shaw, said as he led a tour of the bright, airy new building. "It’s a completely different experience."

Skylights and plenty of large windows draw sunlight into virtually every corner of the building, which now includes plenty of classroom space.

"The two kindergarten classes used to split one room in half," Shaw said. Now the classes have their own separate area, with a bathroom and cubby space.

For the first time, the school has a playground outside. The classrooms feature interactive SMART boards and new laptop and desktop computers. The new cafeteria includes a kitchen for washing dishes, which means the school can stop throwing out 600 plates and cups after every lunch.

"It has had a dramatic effect on the kids," Shaw said. "The teachers are ecstatic."

BACKGROUND: The former space was so cramped that the school was forced to use trailers, where students in Grades 5 through 8 attended classes.

The school, established in 1998, currently has 306 students in Grades 1 through 8. It is one of around half a dozen charter schools in North Jersey and less than 60 across the state that have been established since 1995, when charter schools were first permitted.

The students are selected by a blind lottery, except for siblings of current students, who start at the top of the list. The school provides a tuition-free alternative to the traditional public schools in town.

WHAT’S NEXT: The school was forced to leave a suite of art and music spaces on its second floor unfinished because of budgetary constraints but hopes to raise the $75,000 necessary to complete it in the coming months.

In addition, the school is raising funds for a gym to be added onto the building. The gym, which will double as a performance space both for the school and for community groups, will cost approximately $500,000, Shaw said.

Councilman Elie Katz is chairing the fund-raising campaign, Shaw said.

— Joseph Ax

WHAT’S NEW: The Teaneck Community Charter School has moved into its new building, the first permanent home in the school’s history.

MICHAEL KARAS/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Students traveling the hallways of Teaneck Community Charter School, which has moved to a former warehouse.

The 36,000-square-foot former warehouse at Terhune Street

and Chestnut Avenue

replaces the school’s previous environs, a crowded space on the second floor of the Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls on Palisade Avenue

.

The project cost nearly $10 million and was designed by New York-based Gertler & Wente Architects.

"We have windows in every room," the school’s executive director, Rex Shaw, said as he led a tour of the bright, airy new building. "It’s a completely different experience."

Skylights and plenty of large windows draw sunlight into virtually every corner of the building, which now includes plenty of classroom space.

"The two kindergarten classes used to split one room in half," Shaw said. Now the classes have their own separate area, with a bathroom and cubby space.

For the first time, the school has a playground outside. The classrooms feature interactive SMART boards and new laptop and desktop computers. The new cafeteria includes a kitchen for washing dishes, which means the school can stop throwing out 600 plates and cups after every lunch.

"It has had a dramatic effect on the kids," Shaw said. "The teachers are ecstatic."

BACKGROUND: The former space was so cramped that the school was forced to use trailers, where students in Grades 5 through 8 attended classes.

The school, established in 1998, currently has 306 students in Grades 1 through 8. It is one of around half a dozen charter schools in North Jersey and less than 60 across the state that have been established since 1995, when charter schools were first permitted.

The students are selected by a blind lottery, except for siblings of current students, who start at the top of the list. The school provides a tuition-free alternative to the traditional public schools in town.

WHAT’S NEXT: The school was forced to leave a suite of art and music spaces on its second floor unfinished because of budgetary constraints but hopes to raise the $75,000 necessary to complete it in the coming months.

In addition, the school is raising funds for a gym to be added onto the building. The gym, which will double as a performance space both for the school and for community groups, will cost approximately $500,000, Shaw said.

Councilman Elie Katz is chairing the fund-raising campaign, Shaw said.

— Joseph Ax

12:00 PM, April 22 to 12:00 PM, May 22, 2009

PARENTS:  The Global Connect Automated Phone System has been implemented and now out of testing mode.  Inasmuch as the primary purpose of this system is to provide current information and announcements of upcoming events, we would ask that calls be answered and listened to.  Ignoring the calls and attempting to contact the school, during school hours, puts an undue burden on the office staff and interrupts the required attention to the children.  Thank you for your patience and cooperation.

TCCS Grand Opening:  September 8, 2009

Video clip from the Grand Opening:  Thanks to Gina Gerszberg

http://sharing.theflip...0/video/6076235 

Marching to the new school

TCCS Parents waiting to greet their marching kids

Marching to the new school!

Rex's moment:  11 years in the making...

Before the ceremony, Ms. Demi Thomas makes sure the ribbon is just right!

Ribbon Cutting by Senator Loretta Weinberg. L to r: Teaneck Assemblyman Gordon Johnson, TCCS Board President Karla Foy, Teaneck Board of Ed President Dr. Henry Pruitt, Doug Kupfer, former TCCS Board President and architectural consultant (front), NJ Senator Loretta Weinberg, Dr. Aaron Graham, County Superintendant (back),  Dr. Rex Shaw, Elie Katz Former Mayor of Teaneck, Craig Messmer (hidden), Rochelle Hendricks, Assistant Commissioner from the Department of Education.

The ribbon is cut!

Led by Senator Weinberg and monitored by TCCS Board Trustee Hillary Keating, Ms. Rose and Ms. Kathy dance their way in.

We made it!

"No running in the halls!" says Dr. Rex Shaw!

TCCS Board President Karla Foy      Dr. Rex Shaw, Craig Messmer, Dr. Henry Pruitt      

Craig Messmer, TCCS Principal

It's looking up for TCCS!                                   Dr.  Rex Shaw and Jason Foy think so too!

Taking it all in...

The TCCS Teachers Chorus:  Singing for Joy -- We have a building!

Classroom with a Smart Board:  Awaiting its students!      big bright wide hallways

Beaming parents, teachers and students as the building opens.

Playing at the carnival

Waiting at the carnival -- on TCCS' new parking lot!

Spinning for Joy on the new playground                                    and slip sliding away

Buy a Brick for TCCS

TCCS Cookout Rocks!

Now we need a gym:  The Dream Continues for TCCS' Cultural Arts and Recreation Center.

Front of building:  Main entrance

Side view.  Note the big windows for the classrooms!

The Field awaits a Gym and Cultural Arts Center

     Construction pictures

2009 Construction

2/27/2008 - Construction continues. Old section of the building is demolished.

Our Architects: Gertler & Wente.

Photos are courtesy of:  Shayle Keating, Joel Marks, Yonah Hirschman and Doug Kupfer