Community Day Charter Public School

Welcome to Community Day Charter Public School, a kindergarten through 8th grade public charter school located in Lawrence, Massachusetts!

Students at the Early Learning Center

CDCPS Lower School Building

CDCPS Upper School Building

ommunity Day Charter Public School was founded by a group of staff, parents and board members from Community Day Care, Inc., a private, non-profit corporation whose mission it is to provide child care, teacher training and parent education and support for the North Shore and Merrimack Valley regions of Massachusetts.  Beginning in 1969, Community Day Care has developed programs of early education and professional development with a strong emphasis on serving Latino populations. Community Day Care is hired by the board of Community Day Charter Public School to manage the school.  Collaboration between the community based, private non-profit organization (CDC) and the public school (CDCPS) has been a successful one resulting in strong organizational support for the school and educational opportunity for the families of Community Day Care.

Message from Geoffrey Bruno, Head of the Upper School 

I am thrilled to serve our school community as the Head of the Upper School and to be a part of such a close-knit, hard-working, and supportive family of students, parents, and faculty members. 5th through 8th grade students continue to build on the solid academic foundation they received as part of the lower school, and move on to consistently exceed the rigorous academic standards set for them by the upper school staff. Our teachers work tirelessly, revising and improving upon curriculum, insisting every student meet the highest academic standards without excuse, adjusting to meet the needs of every child, and reaching out to families to ensure a close connection between school and home. Students, staff, and families also get involved in many after-school, extracurricular activities including athletics (charter league basketball, flag-football, soccer, track), violin, drama, and chess. I feel confident that as they stand at their 8th grade graduation, CDCPS students are ready to take on any challenge: in high school and beyond.

Message from Leigh Doherty, Head of the Lower School

As the Head of the Lower School of the Community Day Charter Public School, I am fortunate to be an integral part of a community with a strong sense of identity. It is a community that consistently demonstrates a commitment to the mission statement of the school. This includes working together as a community of professionals who always strive for the very best in practice. It also involves working together with the students to reach high levels of achievement as well as working together with the families of the CDCPS students to strengthen the support networks.

At Community Day Charter Public School we are committed to understanding varied learning styles. We are dedicated to meeting the needs of all students.  As educators our expectations of ourselves are high and, likewise, we also have high expectations of our students. We believe in them, which encourages them to thrive. Our program consists of a standard based curriculum, English immersion, early literacy efforts, arts programs and a stringent code of conduct.  Together we have created a safe and supportive environment where students blossom and achieve personal and academic goals. We are so proud, and we have 306 (our enrollment figure) reasons to be proud!

Leigh Doherty