New Roots Curious?

Meet teachers and staff

Learn about our curriculum

Tour our historic building

May Open House

 

Join us for our Ithaca Fest Open House, the last of the school year!
MAY 30 (Saturday) 1:00-2:30 PM

New Roots Charter School logo featuring a green tree

Enrollment Open!

Applications are open now for the 2026-27 school year. All students are welcome to submit an application, regardless of home district. Residency in New York State and eligibility to attend grades 6-12 are the only requirements to apply.

We warmly welcome you to join us for one of our open houses, and/or schedule a conversation with our enrollment coordinator with option to set up a tour or shadow day.

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The Charter School Advantage

 

 

New Roots Charter School is Central NY’s award-winning, non-profit, tuition-free public middle school and high school, grades 6-12, educating our region’s youth to be solutionary thinkers for a sustainable future and to thrive in an evolving economy. We believe every young person has innate talents and gifts best developed and nurtured through a personalized education. New Roots is a leader in an international movement devoted to preparing young people to live well in a future characterized by rapid change: change in the climate, change in technology, changes in economic opportunity. Our students are empowered to turn the big challenges of our time into their opportunity to create a rewarding and meaningful life for themselves–and do good, too!