Welcome to Roots Public Charter School, founded as a non-profit corporation in March 1999 by Bernida Thompson, Ed.D. RPCS commenced its’ first year of operation in September 1999 with an enrollment of 60 students, 1st thru 8th grades. In 2004, it added the Pre-Primary (3-5 year olds).

The Roots Public Charter School utilizes as a model the stellar curriculum and programs of the Roots Activity Learning Center, a successful independent African Centered school which has a leading reputation for student academic achievement. Our alumni have been successful at all of the area’s finest high schools. Roots is nationally accredited by The Middle States Commission on Elementary Schools and The Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation.