About
Every semester, Great Oaks Legacy Charter High School offers after school sports and enrichment activities for students to embrace and develop extracurricular skills and provide an outlet for students to shine within the school environment. As part of the Charter School Athletic League, GOLCS offers: Basketball, Soccer, Track & Field, Cheerleading. Past enrichment activities have included Step Team, Dance, Chess, Literary Magazine Club, Choir, Art/Ceramics, Yearbook
Field Trips
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School organizes several college visits and trips for scholars during the school year. Staff members guide scholars while they reflect and gain meaning from these visits. Scholars also have the opportunity to earn weeklong end-of-year trips to places such as Washington DC, Virginia, Atlanta, and California.
College Rediness
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School organizes several college visits and trips for scholars during the school year. Staff members guide scholars while they reflect and gain meaning from these visits. Scholars also have the opportunity to earn weeklong end-of-year trips to places such as Washington DC, Virginia, Atlanta, and California.
• 9th Grade: College admissions requirements, Study Skills, Research skills, Pre-college programs, goal-setting
• 10th Grade: Study Skills, essay brainstorming, cultural transitions, ACT preparations
• 11th Grade: SAT preparation, AP classes, college essay writing, creating school lists, identifying scholarships, discerning schools, visiting schools
• 12th Grade: SAT preparation, AP classes, applications, applying for scholarships, college selection, registering for classes
Extracurricular and Academic Programs
AP and Honors Courses. Dual Enrollment with Rutgers-Newark
High School
Grades 9-12
17-19 Crawford Street, Newark,
NJ 07102
School Director:
Tyree Barnes
Main Office:
(862) 256-0114
Founded: 2013-2014
2023-24 Enrollment: 393
Campus Anti-Bullying Contact:
Tyree Barnes
tyree.barnes@greatoakslegacy.org
862.256.0114