Elysian Charter School (also known as ECS), is a public charter school located in Hoboken, New Jersey. It was founded in 1997 by Lydia Becker and a group of parents (the Mile Square Families), after a charter was granted in January 1997^[1]. It based on the Bank Street philosophy of learning^[2]. Initially, there was little structure to the school, so little that in 2001 the school's charter was almost not renewed. After nearly failing to have its charter renewed, Elysian Charter gradually began to create a structured system, but it has only succeeded in structuring itself in the last year. Map of New Jersey highlighting Hoboken Image of Hoboken taken by NASA (red line shows where Hoboken is). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2001. ...

Buildings used by Elysian

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Principals

Lydia Becker, who is reported to have referred to her students as "family", was pricipal from 1997 to 2005, and one of the school's founders. Since Elysian's charter is renewed every 4 years, it had to be renewed in 2005. During the summer of 2005, after being principal for 8 years, Lydia Becker was fired from the school for unknown reasons. Lydia didn't appreciate being fired. Melissa Landera, as the head teacher, and Joanna Weintraub, as the Director of Administration, replaced Lydia Becker as co-principals from 2005-2006. In 2006, Carol Stock became the principal. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

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Facts

• Students at Elysian directly witnessed 9/11
• In 1997, the school only had grades K-2. Every year, a grade was added, until 2004, when the grade-adding stopped at K-8 (which is the way it is now).
• Grades K-2 and 6-8 are in the Rue building. Grades 3-5 are in the OLG Building. Art and Music are in the OLG Building. The school "library" is in the Rue building. Spanish is in both the Rue Building and OLG Building (Yadira Figueora was replaced by Karen Drake as head Spanish teacher)
• Elysian Charter is one of only two charter schools in Hoboken; the other is Hoboken Charter School
• The school's "official" song is Weave
• Mustard Seed School held the Rue 4th floor before Elysian
• Unlike most schools, there are no tests at Elysian, and the teachers are not called with "Mr." or "Ms."
• The school's director of science is Michael Mooney, who Emanuel Stults is quoted as saying: "That guy is the man. He is hard core," during a press conference.

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References

1. ^ http://www.elysiancharter.org/Main/Content/page_display.cfm?page=history&empty=false
2. ^ http://www.elysiancharter.org/Main/Content/page_display.cfm?page=philosophy&empty=false

External links

• Elysian Charter School official website