Hatikvah International Academy Charter School in East Brunswick offers New Jersey parents an opportunity to send their children to a free, public, secular school with a partial-immersion foreign language program in modern Hebrew. The school is a high performing K-7 program (opening eighth grade in 2017) inclusive of children from all backgrounds, needs, nationalities and religions. The school promotes tolerance and understanding of people’s differences and a student generated service-learning program. Children in grades 6-8 participate in an International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme; the school is an approved IB Candidate School. In addition to studying science, mathematics, literacy and social studies, middle school students participate in robotics, environmental studies and design. Students proficient in Hebrew also have an opportunity to study Spanish in eighth grade. If you would like to enroll your child in a high-performing elementary and middle school, apply by visiting the school’s website, hatikvahcharterschool.com. Call the school at 732-254-8300 for more information.