5301 Media Street Philadelphia PA 19131 P 267-296-7111 F 267-296-7112 Mastery Charter School CEEB 393304

Shoemaker Campus masterycharter.org

PRINCIPAL 2020-2021 Meaghann Lawson [email protected] COLLEGE 267-296-7111 ADMISSION COLLEGE ADVISOR Kerry Sorensen [email protected] PROFILE 267-296-7111 ext. 13208

MISSION All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.

GRADE POINT AVERAGE All Mastery coursework is graded on a 1-100 scale. QUARTILE GPA RANGE Starting in Fall 2019 students can earn credit for work TOP 4.33 - 3.46 scoring a 65 or higher. Prior to that, students only earned credit for work scoring a 76 or better. SECOND 3.45 - 2.94 The new GPA scale (below) began with the THIRD 2.93 - 2.45 2019-2020 school year. For further details regarding FOURTH 2.44 or Below our instructional model and grading policies since March 2019, please refer to the COVID Addendum.

GPA SCALE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

A 93-100 = 4.00 In order to receive a high school diploma from a A– 90-92 = 3.67 Mastery charter school, all students must: B+ 87-89 = 3.33 • Complete and pass all courses registered from the start B 83-86 = 3.00 of enrollment to senior year B– 80-82 = 2.67 • Complete a professional internship C+ 77-79 = 2.33 C 73-76 = 2.00 • Complete a Mastery-created senior project demonstrating the student’s ability to work independently C– 70-72 = 1.67 D+ 67-69 = 1.33 D 65-66 = 1.00 The class of 2021 has 124 students. F Below 65 = 0

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THE SCHOOL

Mastery Charter School – Shoemaker Campus is a high-performing, college-preparatory turnaround school serving students in West Philadelphia. The school opened its doors as a Mastery public charter school in 2006 and currently has an enrollment total of 783 students in grades 7 through 12. Once identified as the 2nd most violent school in the district by the Philadelphia Inquirer, violent incidences have dropped 90% since its conversion and attendance is now above 95%. The school has recently gained recognition by the education advocacy group PENNCAN on its Pennsylvania Top Ten Schools Report Card in 2013.

64% percent of our student body is classified as economically disadvantaged (qualifying for the Free/Reduced Lunch program) and 31% receive Special Education services. 94% percent of our students come from African-American and 5% come from Hispanic ethnic backgrounds.

CURRICULUM OFFERED

ENGLISH HISTORY LANGUAGE Literature 9 African American History Spanish 1 Honors Literature 9 Honors Affrican American History Spanish 2 Literature & Composition 10 Modern World History Spanish 3 Honors Lit & Composition 10 AP World History American Literature US History AP Language AP US History World Literature AP Government ELECTIVE / SEMINAR 9th Grade Composition Government & Economics Freshman Seminar Sophomore Seminar MATHEMATICS Internship Practicum SCIENCE Pre-Algebra Junior Seminar Biology Algebra 1 Senior Seminar Chemistry Honors Algebra 1 Physical Education Honors Chemistry Algebra 2 Drama Physics Geometry Film in Society Environmental Science Pre- Calculus Music 9 AP Biology AP Calculus Music 10 AP Stats Advanced Topics Business Math

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Mural Arts Tutoring Jewelry Making Club Varsity Boys National Honors Society Drama Club Crocheting Club JV Girls Basketball Chess Scrabble Club Anime Club JV Boys Basketball Ethics Club Open Mic Club Varsity Cross Country Varsity Girls Basketball Poetry Club Cinema Club Varsity Cheerleading Technology & Video Club Helping Hands Cycling Club Wrestling Student Government Cosmetology Varsity Football Friends Fitness Club Gay, Straight Alliance Art Club Varsity Boys Hockey Yearbook Pawprint - Newspaper Varsity Girls Lacrosse Rowing Club Dance Entrepreneur Club Track and Field

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WINTER 2020

ACT RANGE READING MATH COMPOSITE The chart to the right shows the number 11 - 16 2 2 2 of Shoemaker students who scored in 17 - 21 1 1 1 a given range and the mean score for 22 - 26 0 0 0 all students. Please review the COVID 27+ 0 0 0 Addendum for further details regarding MEAN SCORE 16 15 16 Mastery students and the ACT.

COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES FOR ALL MASTERY CHARTER STUDENTS

Agnes Scott College Clark College Earlham College Georgia State University Alabama A&M University Clemson University Gettysburg College Bowie State University Cleveland State University Eastern University Goldey Beacom College Albright College Colby College Eckerd College Alderson-Broaddus College Bryn Athyn College College of Mount Saint Edinboro University Grambling State University All State Career Truck Bryn Mawr College Vincent Edward Waters College Grand Valley State School Bucknell University College of Saint Rose Elizabeth City State University Allegheny College Buffalo State College of College of Southern University Gwynedd-Mercy University Allen University SUNY Nevada Elizabethtown College Hampton University Alvernia College Burlington College College of William & Mary Harcum College Alvernia University College of Wooster Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Harrisburg University of AMDA College Cal State, Sacramento Columbia College Chicago Emmanuel College Science & Technology American River College Caldwell College Columbia University Emory University Hartwick College American University California University of PA Community College of Empire Beauty School Haverford College Philadelphia Campbell University Endicott College Hiram G. Andrews Center Conneticut College Canisius College Esperanza College Hobart & William Coppin State University Antioch College Everest Institute Smith College Cornell University Antonelli Institute Carnegie Mellon University Fairfield University Hofstra University Culinary Institute of Case Western Reserve Fairleigh Dickinson America Art Institute of Philadelphia University University Howard University Dartmouth College Art Institute of Philadelphia Cazanovia College Fashion Institute of Hussian School of Art Dean College Technology Ashford University Cedar Crest College Huston-Tillotson University DeKalb Technical Institute Fayetteville State University Ashland University Central Penn College Illinois College Delaware County Central State University Automotive Training Center Community College Chaminade University of Fisk University Indiana State University Aviation Institute of Delaware State University Maintenance Honolulu Five Towns College Indiana University of Delaware Valley University Champlain College Flagler College Pennsylvania Denison University Ball State University Chatham University Florida A&M University Ithaca College DePaul University Bates College Florida Institute of ITT Technical Institute DeSales University Technology Baylor University Cheyney University DeVry University Florida Memorial University Beloit College Christopher Newport Jean Madeline University Dickinson College Franklin & Marshall College Aveda Institute Benedict College Chubb Institute of Dillard University Franklin Pierce University Jefferson College of Bennett College Technology Dowling College Full Sail Real World Health Sciences Cittone Medical Institute Drew University Education Jefferson University Berkeley College Claflin University Drexel University Gannon University JNA Institute of Bethune-Cookman Claremont McKenna Duke University George Mason University Culinary Arts University College East Carolina University George Washington Johns Hopkins University Bloomfield College Clarion University East Stroudsburg University Johnson & Wales Bloomsburg University Clark Atlanta University University Georgetown University University Bluffton University 3 COLLEGE ADMISSION PROFILE 2020-2021

(continued) Johnson C Smith University Michigan State University Pulse Beauty Academy University of the Sciences Johnson College Middlebury College Purdue University University of Toledo Juniata College Millersville University Tuskegee University University of Valley Forge Katherine Gibbs Institute Restaurant School at Tyler School of Art University of Vermont Kean University Walnut Hill Universal Technical Kent State University Monmouth University Roanoke College Institute Ursinus College Kentucky State University Monroe College Robert Morris University University of Advancing Utica College Tech Kenyon College Montgomery County Rochester Institute of Tech VA Commonwealth University of Akron Community College Roosevelt University University University of Alabama Keystone College Moore College of Valley Forge Art and Design University of Arizona Military College King’s College Rowan University University of Bridgeport Kutztown University Morehouse College University of CA - Riverside Villanova University La Roche College Sage College of Albany Morgan State University University of Central Florida Virginia Commonwealth La Salle University Saint Augustine’s University Morris University of Charleston University Lackawanna College Saint Francis University Morris College University of Cincinnati Virginia State University Lafayette College Saint Joseph’s University Mount Aloysius College University of Colorado Virginia Union University LaGrange College Saint Leo University University of Delaware Virginia Wesleyan College Lake Forest College Saint Peter’s University Mount St. Mary’s University University of Denver Voorhees University Landmark College Saint Vincent College Muhlenberg College University of Hartford Washington & Jefferson Lane College San Jose State University College Neumann University University of Indianapolis Langston University Sanford Brown Institute Washington and Lee New England College University of Kansas Lawrence University Savannah College University New York Institute of University of Kentucky Le Moyne College Art & Design Washington College Technology University of Maryland, Lebanon Valley College Savannah State University Washington State New York University College Park Lees-McRae College School of Visual Arts NY University Newbury College University of Maryland, Lehigh University Seton Hall University Washington U in St. Louis Niagara University Eastern Shore Lehigh Valley College Shaw University Wayne State College Norfolk State University University of Liberty University Shippensburg University Waynesburg University North Carolina A&T LIM College University of Wesley College North Carolina Central Slippery Rock University Massachusetts, Amherst Wesleyan College Lincoln Technical Institute University Smith College University of Miami Wesleyan University Lincoln University North Carolina State Lock Haven University University South Carolina State University of Mississippi West Chester University University Long Island University Northampton Community University of Nebraska West Virginia University Spelman College Loyola University Chicago College at Lincoln West Virginia Wesleyan St. Augustine’s College Loyola University Maryland University of New College St. John Fisher College Hampshire Lycoming College Northern Illinois University Western Carolina University St. John’s University University of New Haven Lynn University Norwich University Western Michigan St. Simon Gratz High University of Notre Dame University Macalaster College Notre Dame de Namur Aquinas College University of Notre Dame Westminster College Manhattan College University Stanford University Wheaton College MA Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences Star Career Academy University of Oregon Widener University Manor College Oglethorpe University State University of University of Pennsylvania Wilmington University Mansfield University Ohio University New York at Albany University of Pittsburgh Wilson College Marquette University Old Dominion University Stetson University University of Pittsburgh Winston-Salem State Mars Hill University at Bradford Oregon State University University Mary Baldwin College University of Pittsburgh Orleans Technical Institute Strayer University Marymount at Greensburg Our Lady of the SUNY at Albany Wittenberg University Manhattan College University of Pittsburgh Lake University Susquehanna University WVU Institute of Marymount Swarthmore College at Johnstown Technology Manhattan College Pace University Sweet Briar College University of Pittsburgh Xavier University Maryville College Peirce College at Titusville Xavier University of Pennsylvania College of Syracuse University University of Puget Sound Louisiana Technology Talladega College Mass College of Pharmacy University of Rhode Island York College of Pennsylvania Institute of Temple University McDaniel College University of San Francisco Pennsylvania Technology Tennessee State University Medaille College University of Scranton Youngstown State Pennsylvania State Thaddeus Stevens College University of South Carolina University University Thiel College University of South Florida Pike’s Peak College Tiffin University Methodist University University of Southern Pine Manor College Toni & Guy Academy Miami Dade College California Pointe Park University Tougaloo College Miami University, Oxford University of Tampa Portland State Unitersity Towson University 4 University of the Arts COVID ADDENDUM

Dear Colleagues,

At Mastery, we serve predominantly low-income children of color. The intensity of the global pandemic coupled with increased racial tensions in our country has increased the stress and trauma they have likely experienced over the last several months. Given our mission, our most important priorities when finalizing our plan for this school year was to ensure safety, attend to the emotional well-being of our students, maintain high expectations for academic engagement and increase family engagement. The information that follows is applicable for March 2020-November 2020. Our network will reassess our landscape and determine the path forward for our learning model for December 2020 through the rest of the 2020-2021 school year.

SY 2019-2020, March 17, 2020 - June 12, 2020 Grading Policies • No grades were issued from March 18-April 24, 2020 as we transitioned to our home academic practice all-virtual model. Students were provided with daily independent practice, virtual teacher support, printed packets mailed to homes and online units of study

• From April 27-June 11, 2020, we issued grades based on participation and completion of specific online lessons assigned for completion each week with virtual teacher support

• We extended our third reporting period (RP3) through the end of the school year and based final grades on a combination of RP3 work already completed (75% weight) prior to school closures and participation in home academic practice (25% weight) as noted above

• Students who successfully passed summer credit recovery were given a “P” for the course, the course credit, and a 76 was averaged into the student’s grade point average.

Standardized Tests Due to test cancellations, roughly 17% of our seniors participated in the ACT exam in February 2020. The breakdown by school is listed below and campus specific details can be found in the school profiles. With the current state of testing, we have geared our efforts towards supporting students with other components of the application.

Campus % who tested in Winter/Spring 2020 Lenfest 0% Thomas 69% Shoemaker 2% Pickett 13% Hardy 34% Gratz 10% Camden 0%

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SY 2020-2021, Report Period 1, September 8, 2020 - November 16, 2020 Distance Learning Model Our seven high schools, in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, are implementing a full virtual, distance learning model which contains a teacher centered component and an online, independent component. The teacher delivered component is provided via a combination of synchronous, asynchronous, and Zoom support sessions. Key features of this model include: • All students and families receive 1-to-1 computers and home Internet access • Students receive 2 days or 4 half days of synchronous instruction (per state mandates: min. 5.5 hours/day in PA, min. of 4 hours/day in NJ) • Students have 3 days (or 1 full day and 4 half days) of asynchronous online learning and assignments • Schools provide individual & small group phone or virtual supports to students By October 1, 2020, high schools will have the option of bringing back small groups of students for in-person supports. By November 16, 2020, we will make a decision on whether or not we continue to provide a full virtual, distance learning model or move to a hybrid or in-person learning model.

Grading Policy As we seek to accurately measure what students know and create plans to provide support and interventions, even in these unusual times, we underscore the importance of grading students on accuracy instead of effort. We also want to ensure our policies are fair to students and acknowledge the potential challenges that exist from this new learning mode. A few notable highlights of our grading policy: • Grades are only aligned to student work and are based on accuracy. • The lowest grade students can receive is 50. • Students will not be penalized for late assignments or assessments. • Grading Scale

General Honors AP & Dual Enrollment A 93-100 4 4.5 5 A- 90-92 3.67 4.17 4.67 B+ 87-89 3.33 3.84 4.33 B 83-86 3 3.5 4 B- 80-82 2.67 3.17 3.67 C+ 77-79 2.33 2.84 3.33 C 73-76 2 2.5 3 C- 70-72 1.67 2.17 2.67 D+ 67-69 1.33 1.84 2.33 D 65-66 1 1.5 2 F Below 65 0 0 0

We recognize that high schools across the nation have taken on various approaches during these extraordinary times, and we hope this letter provides transparency and clarification for how the academic performance of Mastery students has been evaluated since March 2020. If you have any questions, please reach out to Justina Haynes, Director of Postsecondary Pathways at [email protected]. Best, Mastery Schools 6