{"id":349094,"date":"2026-09-17T08:14:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/349094\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T08:14:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:14:58","slug":"flushings-first-charter-school-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/349094\/","title":{"rendered":"Flushing\u2019s First Charter School Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zeta Charter Schools \u2013 a high-performing charter school network serving fourteen schools across ten campuses in the Bronx, Queens, and Upper Manhattan \u2013 officially opened its first school in Flushing, marking the neighborhood\u2019s first charter school. The new tuition-free public school gives Flushing families a new\u00a0option\u00a0focused on rigorous academics, whole-child development, and a school culture grounded in Zeta\u2019s belief that love is the foundation of excellence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ribbon cutting ceremony welcomed Zeta\u2019s founding Kindergarten and 1st grade class and brought together students, families, faculty, and staff to celebrate the school\u2019s opening. Zeta Founder and CEO Emily Kim and Principal Courtney Erickson delivered remarks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove makes excellence possible. When you know a child deeply and believe in what they can achieve, you can set\u00a0high expectations\u00a0and give them the support to reach them,\u201d\u00a0said Emily Kim, founder and CEO of Zeta Charter Schools.\u00a0\u201cWe are proud to open our doors in Flushing and become part of a new community with such a strong commitment to its children and families. We are excited to build strong relationships from day one and\u00a0establish\u00a0a school where every child feels known,\u00a0supported\u00a0and challenged to reach their full potential.\u201d\u00a0\u201c\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZeta Flushing is a school where students will be encouraged and nurtured every day,\u201d\u00a0said Courtney Erickson, Principal of Zeta Flushing School.\u00a0\u201cWe are building a community where students can develop a love of learning, discover what they are capable of, and build\u00a0the confidence\u00a0and skills to pursue their dreams.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0so excited to welcome our founding students and families in Flushing and begin building this school together.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zeta Queens Flushing launches with a founding class of 131 kindergarten and 1st grade students. The school will add one grade each year, eventually serving students through 12th grade. The beautiful campus features a new soccer field and will offer a host of extracurricular activities including arts, athletics, music, chess, Taekwondo, robotics, and technology programming.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-212233 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IwnJxIrg-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zeta Charter Schools\u00a0welcomes founding students and kicks off\u00a0first\u00a0day of school.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zeta Charter Schools \u2013 a high-performing charter school network serving fourteen schools across ten campuses in the Bronx,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-349094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}