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Carbondale Community School
Carbondale Community School

Offering exceptional k-8 education in a small, public charter school.

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Academic Excellence

Instruction at CCS is inclusive, culturally-relevant, connected, and responsive to individual needs. Teachers leverage student interests and strengths to ensure that teaching and learning is impactful and meaningful.

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Relationships

Learning in community is an all-in experience that includes traditions for families as well as students.

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Experiential Education

We offer our students multiple opportunities to experiment, embrace new challenges, and to collaborate.

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At CCS, arts are integrated into the curriculum and taught as specific disciplines using student-directed approaches.

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Small by Design

Our school is small by design. Combining small groups of students with highly trained, passionate teachers, we strive to make a difference academically and socially in the lives of every CCS student.


 

Only at Carbondale Community School

School life at CCS is unique, with signature programs that help students embody the school mission to take responsibility for themselves, their learning and their community.

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Welcome to the Carbondale Community School!

At CCS, our highly qualified staff work in tandem with students, families, and our community to develop and maintain healthy and authentic relationships; a safe, supportive, and inspiring learning environment with high educational standards; and a focus on the four guiding points of our school’s compass:

  • Social Justice: Teaching and modeling social responsibility, respect, tolerance, service, compassion, integrity, equity and peace.

  • Community: Building a strong sense of community through our interdependence, traditions, and parental, student, teacher and community involvement.

  • Responsibility: Embracing individuality, personal accountability, and diversity.

  • Lifelong Learning: Pursuing a progressive, child-centered approach to creative, self-directed, meaningful learning.

Our greatest strength is togetherness. We welcome you to learn about our school and to experience our community and the joyfulness of meaningful learning.  Please contact us! 

Sincerely,
Michael Hayes
Principal, CCS

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Our Mission

To foster lifelong learning and empower individuals to take responsibility for themselves, their learning and their community.

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Integrated Curriculum

Educational experiences at CCS happen inside and outside the classroom.

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School Life

Learning in community is an all-in experience that includes traditions for families as well as students.

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Board of Directors

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