Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School
| Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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1332 Enterprise Drive West Chester, Pennsylvania, 19380 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°59′18″N 75°33′24″W / 39.9884°N 75.5566°WCoordinates: 39°59′18″N 75°33′24″W / 39.9884°N 75.5566°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public, Cyber Charter School |
| Opened | September 13, 2004 |
| Founder | Dr. James Hanak |
| Status | Open |
| Staff | 75 |
| Faculty | 167 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | 2482 (03-02-2014) |
| Classes offered | 236 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Mule |
| Nickname | PALCS |
| Publication | WPAL, The Beak (podcast) |
| Newspaper | The Talon |
| Website | http://www.palcs.org |
The Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School (PALCS) is a public cyber charter school, approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education[1] and open to all students in grades K-12 who reside in the state of Pennsylvania.[2]
Education process
As a cyber school, PA Leadership provides educational content over the Internet. As a Pennsylvania public charter school, any student residing in Pennsylvania can choose to enroll in the school. After a registration and orientation process students receive a desktop computer system, textbooks and online resources.[2]
Students "attend" school by logging on to the school website, a Moodle-based learning management system, every Monday - Friday during the school year and complete the assignments by a specified deadline, which is one week after the assignment is posted by the teacher. Students have access to their assignments 24/7 and can work from any Internet-connected computer.[3]
Pennsylvania certified teachers[4] select materials from a variety of publishers and create their own lessons, which are posted on the school site for students to complete. Teachers also hold live multimedia chats weekly, where teachers can share an interactive whiteboard with students using headphones and/or a webcam[3] and hold classroom discussions. PALCS includes a gifted program called University Scholars Program, located in West Chester. Classes at USP include Honors Train Drawing, AP Minecraft, and How to Train Your iPad.
National Frog Day
Every year the PA Leadership Charter School hosts an event for National Frog Day At their University Scholars site on April 30, and has since 2009. This celebration of jumpy reptiles is a big part of school tradition and is televised locally. Activities organized to celebrate these creatures include a dissection tent, whack-a-frog carnival games, and a prize for catching the most frogs.[5]
References
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Education. "Charter Schools: Where We're Located". Retrieved 2010-02-02.
- 1 2 Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School. "Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School: How it Works". Retrieved 2010-02-02.
- 1 2 Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School. "Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School: FAQs". Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ "PA Leadership Charter School". Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ http://www.savethefrogs.com/day/