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New Jersey Department of Education Office of Educational Support Services 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program & Out-of-School Time Resources |
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Mullica Township Middle School
21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program
Project Director: Craig Kahn
Address: 500 Elwood Road Elwood, NJ 08217
Phone: 609-561-3868
Fax: 609-561-9541
Email: ckahn@mullica.k12.nj.us
County: Atlantic
Servicing School District: Mullica Township
CCLC Sites: Mullica Township Middle School
Partners:
Oakcrest High School
House of Blues
Collaborators:
Southern Regional Institute & ETTC
AtlantiCare Behavioral Health
Mullica Township Recreation Association
Serving Grade Level: 4-12
Number of Students Served: 75
Times of Service: 3:15 to 6:15 pm
The Academic and Community Enrichment (ACE) Institute represents a collaboration between Mullica Township School District, a disadvantaged rural, diverse elementary school district in partnership with their regional high school, Oakcrest High School. The project consortium also includes the Southern Regional Initiative (SRI) of The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in providing data management and evaluation services, professional development, and serving on the ACE Institute Advisory Board.
In addition to being ethically and culturally diverse, both Mullica Township School District and Oakcrest High School are relatively poor, with Mullica Township Middle School housing 53% Free Lunch students and Oakcrest High School receiving Title I funds for 27% Free and Reduced Lunch students. Economically disadvantaged students in these districts perform significantly lower than non-economically disadvantaged students based on state assessment data. As evidenced on the NJ School Report Card, students in these districts exhibit increasing number of behavioral problems.
The program anticipates the following project outcomes:
