Looking Ahead to High School
Fall Guide 2012 Vol. 20 No. 1
Three of the city's longstanding neighborhood high schools - Audenried, Gratz and Olney - have been converted to charters. Gratz, on Hunting Park Avenue, is now run by Mastery Charter Schools.
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For more information on chartersCharter boom continues, with 35 high school options
by Connie Langland
In Philadelphia, gaining admission to a charter high school sometimes involves a scramble to gather burdensome paperwork – not to mention the luck of the draw.
But obstacles or not, thousands of students pursue the charter option. Notebook data show the city’s 35 charter high schools this year expected to enroll more than 15,000 students in grades 9-12.
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Choosing a high school keeps getting more complicated
By Dale Mezzacappa
The always daunting process of getting into high school has a new twist this year.
In a system where studies have found that parents are already befuddled by the process, students and their families have a dizzying array of high school choices – small schools, large schools, themed schools, charter schools, themed charter schools, neighborhood schools that have become charter schools – the list goes on.
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Table of Contents
Theme articles
- A note from the editor
- Choosing a high school keeps getting more complicated By Dale Mezzacappa
- Charter boom continues, with 35 high school options by Connie Langland
- Choosing a high school: Commonly asked questions by Dale Mezzacappa
- A timeline for choosing By Dale Mezzacappa
- How to change high schools in midstream By Paul Jablow
- Get a jump on high school By Katie McCabe
- Using the school profiles
- Philadelphia's District and charter high schools: How are they doing?
- Making sense of the numbers
En español
- Cómo seleccionar una escuela superior: Preguntas comunes Por Dale Mezzacappa
- Cómo cambiar de escuela superior antes de graduarse por Paul Jablow
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