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Causes: Charter Schools, Education
Mission: The john p. Holland charter school's mission is to provide high quality curriculum and instuction in a supportive and effective learning environment.
Programs: The charter school was authorized to enroll up to 176 students for grades k-7. The charter school completed the 2011-2012 fiscal year with an average daily enrollment of 169 students. The charter school is founded on the understanding that students have ownership and responsibility for their own educational processes and their future. Accordingly, the curriculum was established using effective, research-based educational practices, hands-on, problem based service learning adventures and grade appropriate core academic materials with a particular focus on the new jersey core curriculum content standards. For the year the educational program was designed to meet the diverse needs of individual students, including "at risk" students, english language learners (ell) and students with special needs.
the charter school offered nutritious, well-balanced meals for 169 students. The charter school made sure that kids ate healthful meals so that they perform better in school. Every lunch provided had milk, fruit, vegetable, protein, and carbohydrate. The lunch program is funded by the federal and state government through the child nutrition program.