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Downtown Elementary School (DES) is part of Great Oaks Legacy Charter School’s free, public, open-enrollment Pre-K–12 network in Newark. At DES, every child is known by name, challenged academically, and surrounded by a school community that treats families like partners.

What Families Can Expect

Photo of a Jahnoah and his quote about DES

 

Our DES Values: L.E.G.A.C.Y.

Our values spell out what we believe every day at Downtown Elementary:

 

Love And Literacy

  • I use my words and my smile to send warm, caring messages to others.
  • I use my hands to help, not to hurt.
  • I read each day at school, and at home.
  • I write carefully to express my ideas in my journals and notebooks.
  • I speak clearly and I use new words from my growing vocabulary.

Enthusiasm

  • I show that I am eager to learn.
  • I focus on my assigned work; I am not disruptive.

Generosity

  • I help my classmates without asking for anything in return.
  • I say kind words to my teachers and do kind things for them.

Ambition

  • I excel in school;
  • I don’t just “pass”.
  • I strive to improve on my work each day.

Committed Citizenship

  • I keep my work area and my cubby neat and clean.
  • I will try to fix a problem to make it better, even if I am not the one who messed it up.
  • I treat others as I would like to be treated.
  • I follow the behavior rules of my school/bus, EVEN when no one is watching.

Yearning For Knowledge

  • If I’m absent, I make up for missed work.
  • If I don’t understand my work, I keep trying until my teacher comes to help me.
  • I try to learn new things each day

  

DES Campus

Downtown Elementary School
Grades K-4
909 Broad St., Newark, NJ 07102

School Director:
Brianna Mayers

Main Office:
(862) 256-0900

Founded: 2017-2018
2023-24 Enrollment: 328

Campus Anti-Bullying Contact:
Brianna Mayers
bmayers@greatoakslegacy.org
862.256.0900

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