Mission of the School  

The Manhattan Charter School will prepare its students to achieve high academic levels in the four core subject areas, to communicate effectively in verbal, mathematical and musical languages, and to apply critical thinking processes and ethical standards to learning, living and problem solving.

Rationale  

Manhattan Charter School ’s development team believes that many families in New York City do not have access to academically challenging, arts-rich elementary education.

How We Will Achieve Our Mission

The Manhattan Charter School will accomplish its Mission by offering a rigorous academic curriculum and providing daily, standards-based, music instruction to every student. The Manhattan Charter School will develop in its students the core critical thinking skills of analysis, synthesis and the application of knowledge by imbedding these into the instruction of all subjects.

The Manhattan Charter School will offer its educational program in an ethics-centered environment that requires and rewards honesty, integrity, trust and respect and reflects the diversities of New York City.