Global Learning Charter Public School Enrollment Open for 2025-2026

Global Learning Charter Public School (GLCPS), a tuition-free public charter school that currently serves 500 students in grades 5-12, is currently accepting applications for New Bedford students in grades 5 through 10 for the 2025-2026 school year.

Applications are available on their website at www.glcps.org and are accepted through February 28, 2025. GLCPS is a public school; therefore, there is no fee to attend. Applicants are selected through a blind lottery that takes place each year in March. There are no interviews, admissions tests, or review of a student's previous school records. All students, including English language learners and special education students in New Bedford entering grades 5 through 10 are welcome to apply. Families are encouraged to start their school planning early as the best chance for a student to enter GLCPS is by applying in the 4th grade to start in the 5th grade.

Tours are available onThursday January 23 at 6 pm. A coffee hour and tour will be held on Saturday January 25th at 10 am and an Enrollment Open House will be held on Thursday, February 6th at 6 pm with a snow date of February 11 at 6 pm. Registration for events in recommended by visiting www.glcps.org.

“We invite New Bedford families to explore our offerings here at the GLCPS community” said Stephen Furtado Jr., Executive Director of GLCPS. “Our amazing STEAM Education Center allows us to offer expanded and enriching curriculum. We are proud of our 20 plus years of educating thousands of students and celebrating hundreds of graduates, and our students go on to accomplish great things and find success in many fields of study.”

About Global Learning Charter Public School

Open to New Bedford residents, Global Learning Charter Public School (GLCPS) is a tuition-free public charter school that currently serves 500 students in grades 5-12. Launched in 2002 as a Horace Mann charter school, GLCPS became a Commonwealth charter school in 2006. In order to generate a culture of personalization, the school setting and class sizes are deliberately small. Students, faculty and administration know each other well and teachers are able to tailor the curriculum to the needs and level of each student. GLCPS offers an exciting and challenging interdisciplinary curriculum that follows and builds upon the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. Students learn to work collaboratively in teams, use technology meaningfully in their coursework, strengthen all elements of their communication skills, as well as develop the necessary skills to become engaged and ethical contributors to a global society. GLCPS capitalizes on the exceptional resources of the region (for example, marine sciences), and ties these resources to their curriculum and instruction. Additional information is available on the school’s website at www.glcps.org or call 508-991-4105.