New Jersey Schools of Character

Since 2006, when the Center for Social and Character Development at Rutgers University piloted the first State Schools of Character, it has received 76 applications from schools and districts with character education programs of exceptionally high quality. With very few exceptions, these applications have merited recognition in one of the following categories:

Brigantine Elementary School, Brigantine NJ
Colonia High School, Colonia, NJ
Hamilton Township School District, Hamilton NJ
Horace Mann Elementary School, Cherry Hill NJ
Lawrenceville Elementary School, Lawrenceville NJ
Livingston Park Elementary School, North Brunswick NJ
Lore Elementary School, Ewing NJ
Rosa International Middle School, Cherry Hill NJ
Veterans Memorial Elementary School, Brick NJ
Woodcrest Elementary School, Cherry Hill NJ

Carl W. Goetz Middle School, Jackson, NJ
Hamilton Public School District, Hamilton, NJ
Liberty Corner School, Liberty Corner, NJ
Memorial Middle School, Fair Lawn, NJ
Radix Elementary School, Williamstown, NJ
Robert R. Lazar Middle School, Montville, NJ
Rosa International Middle School, Cherry Hill, NJ

Memorial Middle School, Fair Lawn, NJ
Pequannock Valley School, Pompton Plains, NJ
Radix Elementary School, Williamstown, NJ
Zane North School, Collingswood, NJ

    2009 Honorable Mentions

    2008 Honorable Mentions

Avenel Street School, Avenel, NJ
Franklin Avenue Middle School, Franklin Lakes, NJ
Ho-Ho-Kus Public School, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
Holly Glen Elementary School, Williamstown, NJ
Lake Riviera Middle School, Brick, NJ
Lawrence Intermediate School, Lawrenceville, NJ
Liberty Corner School, Liberty Corner, NJ
Robert R. Lazar Middle School, Montville, NJ
Sayreville Middle School, Parlin, NJ
St. Philip's Academy, Newark, NJ
TEAM Academy Charter School, Newark, NJ

    2007 Honorable Mentions

Brigantine Elementary School, Brigantine, NJ
Holly Glen Elementary School, Williamstown, NJ
Woodcrest Elementary School, Cherry Hill, NJ

    2006 Honorable Mentions

Colonia High School, Colonia, NJ
Hamilton Township Public Schools, Hamilton, NJ
Chester M. Stephens Elementary, Budd Lake, NJ
Matthew Jago School #28 Sewaren, NJ
Robert R. Lazar Middle School, Montville, NJ
Sterling High School, Somerdale, NJ
Liberty Corner School, Liberty Corner, NJ
Sayreville Public Schools, Sayreville, NJ 

Bartle Elementary School, Highland Park, NJ
Pennsauken Campus of Camden County, Pennsauken, NJ
Upper Freehold Regional School District,  Allentown, NJ

Delsea Regional School District, Franklinville,NJ
Emerson High School, Union City, NJ
Franklin Township School, Washington, NJ
Greenwich Elementary School, Stewartsville, NJ
Howell Township Public School District, Howell, NJ
Marlboro Memorial Middle School, Morganville, NJ
Monongahela Middle School, Sewell, NJ

    2006 Emerging Schools

Delsea Regional School District, Franklinville, NJ
Creative Arts High School, Camden, NJ