North Central Charter Essential School is a free public school located in Fitchburg, MA. The school’s founding group, closely associated with the Francis Parker Charter Essential School, desired to address a concern that very few students from Fitchburg or Leominster, two racially and economically diverse small cities, were attending or applying to Parker. NCCES founders hoped to provide the same type of high quality learning environment to a diverse community of learners.
Chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in May 2001, the school opened its doors to 235 students in grades seven to nine in September 2002. In June 2006 NCCES graduated its first full class of graduates with 95%+ of these students heading to college or a post-secondary programs.
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The North Central Charter Essential School (NCCES) was chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in May 2001.
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The school opened its doors to 235 students in grades 7-9 in September, 2002...at former Anwelt Shoe building at One Oak Hill Road.
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In the fall of 2004 the school expanded into an additional 12,000 square feet of leased at MIC which includes an art studio, science lab, performing art space, college and career resource center as well as an independent learning area.
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In the spring of 2006, the school graduated its first ever Senior class!