New MCSCS 2013 – 2014 STUDENT APPLICATION (English & Spanish)

2013 – 2014 STUDENT APPLICATION

MCSCS 2013 - 2014 Student Application, English

 MCSCS 2013 - 2014 Student Application, Spanish

Summer Reading List: Fight Summer Learning Loss!

STOP Summer Learning Loss!

Did You Know?

• All young people experience learning losses when they do not engage in educational activities during the summer. Research spanning 100 years shows that students typically score lower on standardized tests at the end of summer vacation than they do on the same tests at the beginning of the summer (White, 1906; Heyns, 1978; Entwisle & Alexander 1992; Cooper, 1996; Downey et al, 2004).
  
• Most students lose about two months of grade level equivalency in mathematical computation skills over the summer months. Low-income students also lose more than two months in reading achievement, despite the fact that their middle-class peers make slight gains (Cooper, 1996). 

National Summer Learning Association

Recommended Reading List http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/c/curriculum/summer-reading-lists

MCSCS 2013 Charter Renewal Appeal Documentation

MCSCS 2013 Charter Appeal Documents

1. AYP Status 2012.pdf
2.  Dr. Hite.pdf
3.  SDP CEO Arlene Ackerman.PDF
4.  SDP CEO Thomas Brady.PDF
5. SDP CEO Paul Vallas.PDF 
6. PSERS Information.pdf

(Scroll down to view thumb nails. Access http://bit.ly/MCSCS2013CharterAppeal)

 

 

IMPORTANT CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL MEETING, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 @ School District of Philadelphia!

You are needed to attend the School Reform Commission (SRC) meeting on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The SRC will vote on a five year charter renewal. 

Please come out to The School District of Philadelphia, 440 North Broad Street.  Please arrive at the school at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15^th or as soon as possible to let your support be known that our school deserves a five year charter.

$1,468.00 Scholarship for All PA Residents Attending PA College & Universities!

VOLUNTEER & RECEIVE $1,468.00 FOR COLLEGE! 

H.S. GRADUATING SENIORS & COLLEGE STUDENTS, if you attend a PA College or University and you currently volunteer or like to volunteer, than if you can volunteer for 95. hours per week you can receive a $1,468.00 award!

http://www.phennd.org/index.php/initiatives/initiatives/sispa/

ALL PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOOLS “A Call for Action Rally”, Monday, April 15, 2013 4 PM - 5:15 PM

ALL PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOOLS 

“A Call for Action Rally”

Monday, April 15, 2013

The Philadelphia School District - 440 N. Broad St.

(across the street from MCSCS)

4:00 – 5:15 p.m.

All Charter School Parents:

For the first time in the history of Philadelphia African-American and other minority families have a choice!  Parents are choosing to send their children to charter schools and charter school operators are in a battle to educate children in Philadelphia.

1.      Charter Schools must operate on 20% less than public schools. 

2.      The School District took $500.00 from every charter school student this year after re-calculating charter funds due to the School District’s budget deficit (304 million).  Charter school operators were not consulted on the impact of the reduction on children. 

3.      The School Reform Commission voted to place a cap (not allowing increases of students) on charter schools in Philadelphia.  The state charter school law prohibits caps.

4.      Re-calculated charter schools Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) figures to reduce the number of charter schools passing state exams.

5.      After numerous complaints from charter school operators about unfair grading of charter schools on the School Performance Index (SPI), the School District hired an independent firm to re-calculate the SPI scores for charter schools.

6.      The refusal of the School District to approve new charter schools.

7.      State Representative James Roebuck released a negative report on charter schools as an introduction to House Bill 934 which also negatively impacts charter schools.

8.      The excessive oversight of charters is just some of my very serious concerns. 

Come out and support charter schools and save the schools that are educating your children.  Please call Mrs. McCrewell at (215) 923-4880 to confirm your attendance at the Call to Action Rally on Monday at 4:00 p.m.

Monday, April 15, 2013

440 North Broad Street

4:00 – 5:15 p.m.

MCSCS 2009 Alumni Studying Abroad in London! Please Support the 10th Annual Luncheon to Support our 2013 Graduates!

2013 Fundraiser Scholarship Luncheon -April 28, 2013 (link)

Please Donate Online! (link)