CMCCS Lottery

Our lottery for the 2025-26 School Year is scheduled for Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025 at 1:30 PM and will be held at 685 East 182 Street Bronx, Bronx, NY.

The Zoom link here will be active at 1:30 PM for those who’d like to tune in while the lottery is being held.

Spring Break

April 14-18

School Closed

State Test Dates

Introducing The Parent Connect

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Cardinal McCloskey Community Charter School

Welcome to CMCCS!

Our Vision

The mission of Cardinal McCloskey Community Charter School is to address the academic, social-emotional and developmental needs of its students in a safe, supportive and trauma-sensitive learning environment.

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Admissions

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Our Approach

Cardinal McCloskey Community Charter School addresses the needs of these students by providing a rigorous academic program in a trauma-sensitive environment that gives students comprehensive wrap-around services and support.

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Our Faculty

CMCCS uses a trauma-informed Sanctuary approach to educational and supportive programming that cultivates a trauma sensitive environment in which at-risk youth can maximize their potential to learn, heal and grow.

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Events

We keep the fun in learning.

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The Latest

Summer School Starts

With our 2023-24 schoolyear all wrapped up, we wished our students a wonderful, healthy summer break. It was a short break for some, however, as we had over 150 of our CMCCS students sign up for summer school! As a...

Kindergarten and Fifth Grade Graduations

Cardinal McCloskey Community Charter School held its kindergarten graduation, where we celebrated the beginning of a journey. Families clapped and cheered as our students sang their hearts out. Well done...

End-of-Year Celebrations!

As we wrap up the year, we spent the last couple of weeks celebrating the progress and achievements of our students. Each grade, our Discovery class, and our ELL team held amazing award ceremonies with our families....