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Union Academy
Union Academy (UA) is a National School of Character dedicated to educating the whole child, providing challenging, high quality instruction, strong character development in all students, and collaborative family and community involvement.
UA was founded in the year 2000 and is the first and longest-operating public charter school in Union County. The school began as a K-4 school with 300 students. Today, there are more than 1,900 students in grades K-12 and 230 employees. It is common to have at least 1,500 students on the waitlist to enroll in UA each year.
After 18 years of planning, fundraising and wishing, UA recently finished Phases Two and Three of a $20 million expansion plan that brought to life the school’s dream since it opened- uniting all students and staff on one campus.
UA was founded in the year 2000 and is the first and longest-operating public charter school in Union County. The school began as a K-4 school with 300 students. Today, there are more than 1,900 students in grades K-12 and 230 employees. It is common to have at least 1,500 students on the waitlist to enroll in UA each year.
After 18 years of planning, fundraising and wishing, UA recently finished Phases Two and Three of a $20 million expansion plan that brought to life the school’s dream since it opened- uniting all students and staff on one campus.
Purpose
As a school of challenge, character, and community, Union Academy places great value on: high standards and expectations for academic achievement and continuing education; high standards and expectations for character and personal integrity; school as a community of students, teachers, families, and friends; commitment of service to others.
Vision
Union Academy is a pathway by which children mature into confident young adults who are highly prepared and motivated to make positive contributions to their local and global communities.
Mission
Union Academy is a K-12 preparatory school dedicated to educating the whole child, providing challenging, high quality instruction, strong character development in all of its students, and collaborative family and community involvement.
Additional Culture Details
Students and staff are expected to exhibit Union Academy's character traits in their day-to-day interactions.
Our Pledge...
“At Union Academy, we do the right thing even when no one is looking.”
Our Character Traits:
Compassion: Teaches us that the others are just as important as ourselves. It shapes our attitude toward the UA family and our global, interrelated world.
Adaptability: Teaches us that all people and situations are different and through cooperation and acceptance of change, we can overcome more than we once thought.
Respect: Teaches us that each person has a dignity all his or her own, and our responses to each other are our signs of mutual respect, care and concern. It eliminates bullying and abusive attitudes and never promotes a “greater than thou” perception.
Responsibility: Teaches us to interact with and give the same value to all people, things and shared common property. Becoming an adult is a journey and each step is shaped by our responsible responses to each other. Our decisions shape us and the world around us. Building school community is a responsible choice that we uphold, cherish and value.
Optimism: Teaches us that being positive and responding to each person in a positive manner shapes our environment and our school culture. Our relationship to others must be positive at all times. Negativity and criticism diminishes the value of others and of ourselves.
Trustworthiness: Teaches us that our credibility is seen, measured and valued by others, but, in the end, how we value ourselves is most important. We are members of a community a family of students, teachers and staff.
Perseverance: Teaches us that not everything comes easily. We wait to grow, and we wait for others to grow. In the meantime, we are patient, knowing that all growth is slow but deliberate. At Union Academy we help, we tutor, counsel and console. Our personal meaning in life is beyond ourselves.
Initiative: Teaches us to seize the moment, demonstrate leadership and lead by example. Daily choices shape our destiny and character; good choices shape our community and the perception that others have of us.
Our Pledge...
“At Union Academy, we do the right thing even when no one is looking.”
Our Character Traits:
Compassion: Teaches us that the others are just as important as ourselves. It shapes our attitude toward the UA family and our global, interrelated world.
Adaptability: Teaches us that all people and situations are different and through cooperation and acceptance of change, we can overcome more than we once thought.
Respect: Teaches us that each person has a dignity all his or her own, and our responses to each other are our signs of mutual respect, care and concern. It eliminates bullying and abusive attitudes and never promotes a “greater than thou” perception.
Responsibility: Teaches us to interact with and give the same value to all people, things and shared common property. Becoming an adult is a journey and each step is shaped by our responsible responses to each other. Our decisions shape us and the world around us. Building school community is a responsible choice that we uphold, cherish and value.
Optimism: Teaches us that being positive and responding to each person in a positive manner shapes our environment and our school culture. Our relationship to others must be positive at all times. Negativity and criticism diminishes the value of others and of ourselves.
Trustworthiness: Teaches us that our credibility is seen, measured and valued by others, but, in the end, how we value ourselves is most important. We are members of a community a family of students, teachers and staff.
Perseverance: Teaches us that not everything comes easily. We wait to grow, and we wait for others to grow. In the meantime, we are patient, knowing that all growth is slow but deliberate. At Union Academy we help, we tutor, counsel and console. Our personal meaning in life is beyond ourselves.
Initiative: Teaches us to seize the moment, demonstrate leadership and lead by example. Daily choices shape our destiny and character; good choices shape our community and the perception that others have of us.
Values
- Challenge
- UA has high standards and expectations for academic achievement and continuing education