Why choose sjS?

The Social Justice School is on a mission is to catalyze an integrated community of middle-school learners to be scholar-activists who are designers of a more just world. In order to design a more just world, our students require an education that embraces and lives out a set of core beliefs about what it means to be human.

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Innovative Academic Model,
Rooted in Social Justice

A Passionate and Supportive Community

The Social Justice School is a BIPOC-led public charter school in Washington, D.C., where all are welcome.

Our students are active in their community, such as volunteering at Election Day and interning with local organizations.

We are proud to have active families and to support students holistically. We offer Before & After Care, Summer Programs, and Meals (explore our Family Portal to learn more), as well as a new Guaranteed Income Pilot Program.

Small Class Sizes Mean Better Outcomes

The Social Justice School is an intentionally smaller than average middle school because research shows that more individualized attention leads to better outcomes. Classes have an average of 1:12 teacher-student ratio, and students meet daily with their Crew (1 teacher, 6 students) to talk about everything from projects to pop culture. All voices deserve to be heard, understood, and accepted.

SJS had the highest increase in PARCC proficiency for middle schoolers in our ward for English Language Arts and Math. Explore our academic model!

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Unique Opportunities to Explore and Create

We believe that if Google does it, we think our students should get to do it as well. Our innovative curriculum features workshop and creative time in our Liberatory Design Lab classes (explore it here!).

Recent activities include:

- Exploring Environmental Justice with the Science with Sophie YouTuber

- Speech & Debate Tournament

- Meeting Dr. Angela Davis

“We are looking toward you... You need to provide the leadership to those of us who have to have your back, because you are going to take this world where it needs to go and I thank you in advance for all the work that you are poised to do.”

- Dr. Angela Davis to a group of SJS students

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We have written detailed instructions to help you and your Scholar-Activist enroll at SJS.

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