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Robert Treat Academy NORTH Campus                                            Robert Treat Academy CENTRAL Campus

rta_centra2l_1.jpgRTAfrontWallpapercolor.jpg    FOUNDER: 

STEPHEN N. ADUBATO

 

 

PRINCIPAL:

MICHAEL A. PALLANTE

VICE PRINCIPAL:

THERESA ADUBATO

Welcome to Robert Treat Academy Charter School.  Our website provides important information and updates for parents and students and valuable resources for the entire Robert Treat Academy Charter School family and our Newark community.

RTA "CENTRAL" opened on August 10, 2009 with one Kindergarten Class and one First Grade Class of 25 students each.  One additional grade will be added each year.  For grade availability please CLICK HERE or for additional information call 973-286-1020. 

See our "Parent" page for information on the Swine Influenza.

KINDERGARTEN LOTTERY PROCESS FOR THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR. 

FOR NEWARK RESIDENTS WHOSE CHILDREN WHO WILL BE FIVE YEARS OLD ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2010.  YOU MUST HAVE ATTENDED ONE OF THE MANDATORY ORIENTATION MEETINGS AND PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION OF ELIGIBILTY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LOTTERY.  SEE OUR  CALENDAR PAGES FOR DATES AND TIMES.

 


In the news...

 

Gov.-elect Chris Christie Visits Robert Treat Academy
North Ward News (November 9, 2009)

christie_RTA_SL.jpgOne 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.
"As I traveled all around the state, campaigning for governor there was only one school I talked about more than any other school in New Jersey," Christie told the students. "I wanted for every child in the state, to get an education like all of you are getting."
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Robert Treat Academy opens second campus in Newark's Central Ward
The Star-Ledger (Aug. 11, 2009)
large_robert_treat_academy_1.jpgNEWARK -- Politicians, clergy and community leaders will converge on Newark's Central Ward Wednesday to cut the ribbon on a second campus of the Robert Treat Academy -- an expansion the school's founder at first opposed.
The successful academy was designated a "Blue Ribbon School of Excellence" by the U.S. Department of Education last year, one of the highest honors bestowed upon public and private schools throughout the country. Yet despite the academy's achievements since it began in 1997 on Clifton Avenue in the North Ward, founder and longtime Newark power broker Stephen Adubato originally did not want to expand it for fear of diluting it.
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Newark kids get a taste of Belmar sailing life
The Asbury Park Press (Aug. 18, 2009)
rta_sailing_school.jpgHe spent Tuesday at the Shark River, miles away from his classroom, but Ryan Hernandez learned several important lessons anyway.
He learned kayaking is exhilarating but exhausting. He learned that without knowledge of math and science, "you're not really going to do so good" in a boat. He learned how to tie a knot that could help keep a sailboat firmly in place in middle of a river.
Just one problem with all Ryan's lessons.
"At home we're nowhere near" sailboats, he shrugged, "so I can't really practice it."
Ryan is a seventh-grader at Robert Treat Academy, a public charter school in Newark serving 450 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Students at Robert Treat score significantly higher on tests than other children in the struggling school district, but they still are "Newark children," said Steve Adubato, the school's founder.
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Kids reap benefit of longer school year
USA Today (June 11, 2009)
NEWARK — At the Robert Treat Academy, students sporting blue-and-green plaid uniforms fill the auditorium at 8:30 for morning announcements.
rta_usatoday.jpg"Have a sensational day of learning," principal Michael Pallante says to the crowd after they sing Happy Birthday to a fellow student.
"Let's stay focused. Let's learn. You guys are becoming stars."
Some students have been there since 7:30, eating breakfast and receiving extra homework help.
About 70% of its 450 kindergarten through eighth-grade students stay until at least 5 p.m.
The public charter school operates 205 to 210 days a year, compared with the state-required 180.
Some grade levels devote Saturday hours to state testing preparation.Pallante calls the 11-month school year a "blessing for these urban school kids and their parents. We have kids from broken homes, drugs, parents incarcerated. We have everything."
More time is necessary for academic improvement, he says.
Robert Treat Academy boasted the highest test scores among New Jersey urban public schools in 2008, based on a test called the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge. The school was one of only eight nationwide declared "high-poverty, high-achieving" by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Robert Treat Academy Named A 2008 NCLB National Blue Ribbon School
     Robert Treat Academy was named a No-Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Secretary of Educaton Margaret Spellings on Tuesday, Sept. 9.
     The award recognizes and honors schools  for helping students achieve at very high levels and for making significant progress in closing the achievement gap.
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Phone Numbers

RTA North   -  (973) 482-8811 Telephone • (973) 482-7681 Facsimile
RTA Central - (973) 286-1020 Telephone • (973) 286-1050 Facsimile


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