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Causes: Education, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Literacy
Mission: Pcs's mission is to provide its diverse student body the best possible education by focusing on the fundamental academic disciplines in an atmosphere that affirms academic achievement and in so doing, to offer the community true choice in public education. Pcs believes that a "thorough and efficient" education is best accomplished through a rigorous curriculum that requires mastery of core knowledge and skills.
Programs: Princeton charter school is a k-8 public charter school who operates in conformity with the charter school program act f 1995. Princeton charter school is also considered a local education agency (lea) per the state of new jersey, department of education. The students' education is guided by the nj core curriculum standards in the areas of reading and language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, world languages, the arts and physical education/health. There are no barriers to admission, a random lottery is held in january of each school year. The distinquishing features of the school are: rigorous curricula with well-defined grade-by grade outcomes in line with state, national and international standards that focus on cummulative acqustion of knowledge and skills in language arts, mathematics, history, geography, science, world languages and the arts.
federal no child left behind act- title i & title ii, part a
federal idea grant, allocated to the needs of special education students