Phoenix Charter Academy Network Annual Report 2014-2015 Submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education August 1, 2015 Phoenix Charter Academy 59 Nichols Street Chelsea, MA 02150 Phone number: 1-617-889-3100 Fax Number: 1-617-889-3144 Email: [email protected] Website: phoenixcharteracademy.org Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School 1 Federal Street, Building 104 Springfield, MA 01109 Phone number: 1-413-233-4412 Fax Number: Email: [email protected] Website: phoenixcharteracademy.org Table of Contents Introduction to the School ..............................................................................................................................................3 Letter from the Chair of the Board of Trustees ..............................................................................................................4 School Performance and Program Implementation........................................................................................................6 I. Faithfulness to the Charter ...............................................................................................................................6 i. Mission and Key Design Elements ..............................................................................6 ii. Amendments to the Charter..........................................................................................8 iii. Dissemination Efforts...................................................................................................8 II. Success of the Academic Program .................................................................................................................10 iv. Student Performance ..................................................................................................10 v. Program Delivery .......................................................................................................10 III. Organization Viability....................................................................................................................................12 vi. Organizational Structure of the School ......................................................................12 vii. Network Structure ......................................................................................................12 viii. Teacher Evaluation.....................................................................................................12 ix. Budget and Finance....................................................................................................13 Appendix A: Accountability Plan Performance for 2014-15 .......................................................................................14 IV. Faithfulness to Charter ...................................................................................................................................14 V. Success of the Academic Program .................................................................................................................17 VI. Organizational Viability.................................................................................................................................19 Appendix B: Recruitment and Retention Plan 2015-16 ...............................................................................................20 Appendix C: School and Student Data .........................................................................................................................35 Appendix D: Additional Required Information............................................................................................................38 VII. Key Leadership Changes................................................................................................................................38 VIII. Facilities .........................................................................................................................................................38 IX. Enrollment......................................................................................................................................................38 X. School Org Chart............................................................................................................................................40 XI. Network Org Chart.........................................................................................................................................41 XII. Capital Plan FY16 ..........................................................................................................................................42 XIII. Approved School Budget for FY16................................................................................................................43 XIV. Chelsea and Phoenix Network (CMO) FY15.................................................................................................46 XV. Springfield FY15............................................................................................................................................48 XVI. Unaudited FY15 Chelsea and Phoenix Network (CMO) Income Statement.................................................49 Unaudited FY15 Springfield Income Statement ............................................................................................50 Appendix E: List of Community Partnerships..............................................................................................................52 2 | Phoenix Charter Academy Network Annual Report 2014- 2015 Introduction to the School Name of School: Phoenix Charter Academy Type of Charter Commonwealth Location Chelsea (Commonwealth or Horace Mann) Charter Regional or Non- Districts in Region Chelsea, Everett, Regional Regional (if applicable) Revere, Lynn Year Opened Year(s) in which the 2006 Charter was Renewed 2011 (if applicable) Maximum Enrollment 225 Current Enrollment 176 Chartered Grade Span 9-12 Current Grade Span 9-12 # of Instructional Days 189 Students on Waitlist 0 School Hours 9am-5pm M-Th; 9am- Age of School 9 years old 1pm F Mission Statement: Phoenix Charter Academy Chelsea challenges resilient disconnected students with rigorous academics and relentless support, so they take ownership of their futures and recast themselves as self-sufficient adults in order to succeed in high school, college and beyond. Name of School: Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Type of Charter Commonwealth (Commonwealth or Horace Location Springfield Mann) Charter Regional or Non- Springfield, Holyoke, Regional Districts in Region Regional (if applicable) Chicopee Year(s) in which the Year Opened 2014 Charter was Renewed (if N/A applicable) 125 in year one Maximum Enrollment Current Enrollment 111 250 by year three Chartered Grade Span 9-12 Current Grade Span 9-12 # of Instructional Days 189 Students on Waitlist 0 9am-5pm M-Th; 9am- School Hours Age of School 1 year old 1pm F Mission Statement: Phoenix Charter Academy Springfield challenges resilient disconnected students with rigorous academics and relentless support, so they take ownership of their futures and recast themselves as self-sufficient adults in order to succeed in high school, college and beyond. 3 | Phoenix Charter Academy Network Annual Report 2014- 2015 Letter from the Chair of the Board of Trustees July 30th, 2015 Dear Friends of Phoenix, On behalf of the Board of Trustees, we welcome you to examine the contents of the 2014-2015 Phoenix Annual Report. I am particularly thrilled to share this report as it contains information regarding not simply our Chelsea school, but also our newly opened and thriving Springfield institution. Indeed, Phoenix has transformed itself from a small, fledgling alternative charter school north of Boston to a statewide movement that will fundamentally alter the educational odds for high school students of the Commonwealth. Phoenix continues to focus on its very heart and soul: our students. We recently graduated an impressive, articulate, and charismatic group of 14 seniors from our Chelsea campus. Phoenix has continually raised the bar of academic achievement, and these 14 scholars and high school graduates have arguably experienced the most rigorous, complete high school academic and social experience we as a network have yet been able to offer: more than half of the seniors took least one AP-level or Bunker Hill Community College course, with a couple of our students dual enrolling in both AP English and AP Physics. Many of these seniors likewise formed integral roles on our varsity sports teams, which have expanded to include 64 student-athletes in the last school year at the Chelsea campus alone. 2014-2015 featured the first edition of the Phoenix Cup Basketball Tournament between scholar-athletes from Chelsea and Lawrence (and Springfield in years to come). We continue to expand extracurricular options and offerings for our students, as Phoenix Chelsea held its first Science Fair with over 70 students and adult supporters in attendance. Indeed, schools like Phoenix are a necessity for the Massachusetts educational landscape- in both eastern and western Massachusetts. In its first year of existence, Phoenix Springfield increased its enrollment from 125 students to 150 students. While Phoenix Springfield serves the surrounding districts of Holyoke and Chicopee, 97% of enrolled students hail from Springfield itself- another indicator of the tremendous need for alternative educational models.