Although New Hope School aspires to be the character education school of the North Jersey area, we do not overlook the importance of a core curriculum. There is significant knowledge that students must learn from preschool through middle school.
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The Joy of Empathy
In class, we usually do exercises where students can feel the pain or sadness of another person. Adults can easily feel the suffering of others by reading the daily newspaper. I often take a newspaper fast, avoiding the horror stories of children separated from parents in immigration centers. The evening news on television can make me cry as I see how refugees in camps barely survive from day to day.
Comprehensive Character Education
At the beginning of a school year it is prudent to define the goal of education, especially for preschool to 8th grade students. All parents want their children to be intelligent and to succeed academically. But more important we want good, caring, respectful and responsible children. Such is the goal of character education.