Spotlight on High Schools
Fall Guide 2009 Vol. 17 No. 1
Checking out the new Abraham Lincoln High School in Mayfair.
Selecting a high school: Not a level playing field
by Dale Mezzacappa
With the recent creation of many new, themed high schools and the continuing growth of the charter school movement, students in Philadelphia have more public high school options than ever.
But more options haven’t meant that most students are getting into the schools they prefer, or that the available choices meet students’ needs.
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A note from the editor
by Paul Socolar
Welcome to the Notebook’s first fall guide to Philadelphia schools! We’re hoping that each September we’ll be able to provide you with vital information that you may want to hold onto – about the new school year and Philadelphia public schools, both District and charter.
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What's new in the District?
by Wendy Harris
Back to school, always an exciting time for students and parents, also comes with new challenges and changes.
The School District enters the year buoyed by good news. It is implementing new initiatives, and was able to make good on promises to hire many more teachers and counselors in time for the opening of school. Standardized test scores improved for the seventh year in a row, with proficiency rates exceeding 60 percent in some grades for the first time. Violent offenses at schools are down by 15 percent.
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Table of Contents
Theme articles
- Selecting a high school: Not a level playing field by Dale Mezzacappa
- School profiles
- A note from the editor by Paul Socolar
- What's new in the District? by Wendy Harris
- What they wish they had known by Anders Hulleberg
- New charters providing wider options for students by Anders Hulleberg
- What insiders say about applying to high schools by Ruth Rouff
- For special ed and ELL students, choice is often lacking by Connie Langland
- Applying to District high schools? A timeline for 8th grade students compiled by Shani Adia Evans
- Yes, you can transfer ... even in high school by Dale Mezzacappa and Paul Socolar
- Web Exclusive Transferring schools: what you need to know
- Get off to a good start: Be proactive by Alesha Jackson
- Philadelphia's District and charter high schools: By the numbers
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- Fall Guide Cartoon by Eric Joselyn
En español
- Al seleccionar la escuela superior, la oportunidad no es la misma para todos por Shani Adia Evans y Dale Mezzacappa
- Conozca sus derechos por Connie Langland
- Cómo solicitar admisión a una escuela superior: lo que dicen los de adentro por Ruth Rouff
- Sí, te puedes transferir... hasta en la escuela superior por Dale Mezzacappa y Paul Socolar
- Lo que les hubiese gustado saber por Anders Hulleberg
- Empiece bien: ¡Sea proactivo! por Alesha Jackson
- Nuevas escuelas chárter ofrecen más opciones para los estudiantes por Anders Hulleberg
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