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Monsignor William J. Linder
New Community founder Monsignor William J. Linder is one of the leading American urban visionaries of his generation and a founding member of the American Community Development movement. He has made an incredibly positive mark on Newark, the city that has been his home for over 45 years.
Read The Clarion Editorials by Monsignor William J. Linder
Monsignor William J.Linder Scholarship Fund ~ Student Becomes First Officer of Continental Airlines
The most important gift we can give our children is the gift of faith in God and faith in oneself. We give the gift of education, access, and opportunity in order to achieve this. Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Chrystal Dunbar, who received her start in life at a New Community School. As a toddler in her stroller, Chrystal would always look up to the sky, point, and gleefully shout “airplane!” when she saw a plane. More than twenty years later, she is a First Officer with Continental Airlines and is living her dream. Read More...
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Community Hills Early Learning Center
85 Irvine Turner Blvd, Newark, New Jersey 07103
This Center provides quality care in a rich learning environment for 165 Newark children. Located on the grounds of the Community Hills town home development, the Early Learning Center is a $3 million, state-of-the art early childhood education and childcare facility.
Some 105 of the youngsters at the Early Learning Center are three- and four-year-olds that qualify for free care and schooling under the New Jersey Supreme Court rulings in the Abbott v. Burke school finance litigation. These rulings mandate free pre-school programs for three and four-year-olds in inner-city communities such as Newark. Another 45 of the children are toddlers between the ages of thirteen months and three years old and eight children are from the ages of six weeks to one year.
The Community Hills Early Learning Center provides full-time, year round services. The primary program, providing nurturing care and quality educational experiences is supplemented by nutrition, health and family support services.
The program’s philosophy for adult-child interactions is based upon models that include the cognitive development theories of Jean Piaget and the social and emotional development philosophies of Eric Erikson.
Children at the Community Hills Early Learning Center are encouraged to investigate, be inquisitive and seek their own solutions. Curriculum is flexible and geared to children’s interests. Each classroom is equipped with a complete array of educational toys, games and other learning tools.
The Early Learning Center is also involved in several partnerships that strengthen its mission. Its Foster Grandparents Program places eight grandmothers in the classroom to provide special loving care.
New Community Mission ~ To help residents of inner cities improve the quality of their lives to reflect individual God-given dignity and personal achievement.