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The Golden Door Charter School was founded in 1998 as one of Jersey City's first charter schools. Located at 180 Ninth Street, our state of the art building serves as a wonderful learning environment to roughly 500 students in grades kindergarten through eight. A highly qualified certified teaching and support staff instructs our students. The Golden Door Charter School benefits from a highly skilled and experienced leadership team, comprised of the following members:
- Brian Stiles, Chief Academic Officer
- Fanny Lopez, Assistant Director
- Meeta Kalawadia, Business Administrator
- Tabitha Madera, Elementary School Curriculum Supervisor
- Diana Figueroa, Middle School Curriculum Supervisor
- Cindy Brown, School Office Administrator
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The school is located in a three-story building, built specifically as an elementary school. The location is leased from the city of Jersey City.
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The school's charter authorizes a maximum enrollment of 504 students in grades Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
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24 students per class
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Students arrive for breakfast at 7:35 am. The school day begins at 8:00 am and concludes at 3:30 pm for at total time of seven hours and 55 minutes. Total instructional time is six hours and 30 minutes.
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The school year began on September 7 and ended June 30 for a total of 190 days with five snow days that can be used.
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The school employs a lead person, seven office staff/administrators, a school nurse, a Network Administrator, a mathematics coach, a language arts literacy coach, six humanities and technology teachers, two basic skills teachers, one ESL/basic skills teacher, four teachers of the handicapped, a special education coordinator, a part-time child study team consisting of a psychologist, LDTC, and a case worker, a full time speech/language pathologist, a school counselor, 24 classroom teachers, 7 instructional assistants, one janitor, two security guards, three kitchen staff and seven evening custodial staff.
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The school's lead person is Mr. Brian Stiles.
Telephone: 201-795-4400 x3425
Fax: 201-795-3308
Email: bstiles@goldendoorschool.org
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The defining attributes of the school are its emphasis on early literacy and mathematics based on the latest researched-based techniques and strategies, specific behavior models (one for elementary and one for middle grades) and character education, technology, music, art, Spanish, physical education, and health.
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