Parent-Teen Information Nights

March 31st, 2010

Are you interested in enrolling for the 2010-2011 school year?

Upcoming Parent-Teen Information Nights:

  • DRYDEN: May 26th, Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.

    Dryden Community Center Cafe at 1 West Main Street (Route 13)

    Dryden, New York, 13053

  • AURORA: May 27th, Thursday from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

    Dorie's Restaurant, 283 Main Street

    Aurora, New York, 13026

  • ITHACA: June 9th, Wednesday from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

  New Roots Charter School in the Historic Clinton House, 116 N. Cayuga Street

  Ithaca, New York 14850

 

Registration is required; please register by calling New Roots at 607-882-9220, extension 100. 

As New Roots starts its third trimester, the public charter high school looks forward to rounding out a very successful first year. New Roots is also looking further - to the coming academic year, when the charter school will expand to incorporate an additional class of students.

Currently serving 9th and 10th grade students who hail from 15 regional school districts, New Roots Charter School will grow 50 percent in its second year by adding an 11th grade. New Roots is now enrolling 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students for the 2010-11 school year, and invites interested families and prospective students to visit the charter school at one of its weekly Parent-Teen Information Nights.

Parent and Teen Information Nights give prospective students and their families the opportunity to tour the school, meet and staff, and learn first-hand from current students and parents why "Roots Rocks." To reserve their seat at a Parent and Teen Information Night, parents and their teens — or community members who work with young people — can call our school secretary at 607-882-9220 (extension 100).

Parent-Teen Information Nights will take place at New Roots Charter School, 116 North Cayuga Street, unless otherwise indicated. New Roots is located in the Historic Clinton House in Downtown Ithaca, but the public high school serves students from across the Central New York region.

Because New Roots is a public school, it is tuition-free and open to any student eligible to attend a public school in New York State. Enrollment is free and easy: a simple one-page enrollment form is available at the school's front desk or on the Web site.

Current parents and teens say they value the school's small, intimate class sizes, caring and accepting peer social climate, and academic learning opportunities that take students out of the classroom and into the community. Research shows that small high school environments support higher levels of academic achievement and fewer disciplinary referrals, as well as greater college persistence and career benefits.