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ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

NEW - TECCS FAMILY CALENDAR! Check out the "beta version" of our new family calendar by visiting the "Calendar" link in the left-hand menu. Get an advance look at upcoming school events and closings, view dates by month, year or week, print the calendar for your frig, and subscribe to the calendar's RSS feed so you're never out of the loop. The upcoming week's events can still be found in the left-hand menu under "Upcoming" as well. If you have suggestions to improve the calendar, or notice any "glitches," please notify the web team by clicking on "Website Feedback" also in the left-menu. Enjoy!

PAY FOR LUNCHES ONLINE: TECCS is pleased to announce the launch of a new service called PaySchools, allowing families to pay for lunches online using either electronic funds transfer from a checking account or credit card. Note that PaySchools does not replace the need to submit your child's lunch order each month to the school. However, you can avoid sending money in with your child by utilizing this great service. For more information, see the "PaySchools FAQ" linked to from the left-hand menu. To access PaySchools and set up your account, visit the "Pay for Lunches Online" link.

OTHER NEWS:

Get into the spirit! If you would like to purchase TECCS-embroidered clothing for your child, it is now available on French Toast. Click here, and enter source code: QS5ZWGA
Lunch menus are now available on the website by clicking on the "Documents" link in the left-hand menu.
Help our School and your community by recycling! Recently the school has embarked on a recycling/fundraising campaign. Your child may have brought home a packet that has a listing of all the items you can send in to school with your child to recycle. To learn more, or to download a copy of this packet from our website, click here.
Discover the "LEAD" After School Program Provided by STARR, Inc.

TECCS owe their educational philosophy to Socrates, Horace Mann, Clara Barton, Amos Gager Throop, and Felix Adler. Schools founded by or named after some of these great thinkers have evolved into renowned institutions of learning. Although the Ethical Community Charter Schools have been inspired by them, they are independent, publicly chartered schools and have no affiliation with any other institution.

Why TECCS? What is so important about our educational process?

TECCS is a school where teachers lead and collaborate with students in a culture of rigorous academics and mutual respect; where analytical thinking and creativity are prized over learning by repetition; where children become individuals of integrity, insight, autonomy - and socially productive citizens, workers, leaders.

TECCS is an ideal school for children of families that embrace the ideals of ethics, service, and social justice together with a demanding, well-rounded education of academic studies and the arts. The greater the participation of the parents, the greater the potential for the success of their children.

TECCS opened in the Mt. Carmel School, in September 2009, with three Kindergarten classes and three 1st-grade classes. Applications for admission for the 2010-11 school year are expected to be far greater than available places, therefore acceptance will be decided by lottery. Early applications are advised. Please go to Admissions for more details.