About
A Different Kind of School Day.
Strive Charter School is a free K–4 public charter school opening in Fall 2026 in Mott Haven.
We are building a school with strong academics, active learning, extended hours, meals, hands-on enrichment, and year-round support for South Bronx families.
Our Vision
More time to learn, play, explore, and grow.
Strive gives children more time in a safe, joyful, and structured school environment while giving families the support they need before school, after school, on weekends, and during the summer.
Strong Foundations. Active Learning. Curious Minds.
What Guides Us
Our Values
Literacy
Students build strong reading habits through books, conversation, and daily practice.
Play
Children need time to move, imagine, build, create, and explore.
Family Support
School should match real family life, including work schedules that go beyond 4 p.m.
Excellence
Students deserve strong academics, high expectations, and adults who know them well.
Community
Strive is being built for South Bronx families who deserve excellent public school options and real support.
Strong foundations, active learning, collaboration, and exploration shape how students learn at Strive.
Explore Strive’s school day, extended hours, enrichment, weekends, summer, meals, and family support.
Meet the educators, school leaders, and board members building the Strive community.
Start your child’s application and take the next step toward joining the Strive community.
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Everything is Free. Strive is a free public charter school. Extended hours, weekend programming, summer programming, and meals are included.
Open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Strive is built around real family schedules, not just the traditional school day.
Meals Included. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are included so families have one less thing to worry about.
Hands-On Growth. Students spend more time reading, playing, building, exploring, and learning through real-world activities.