YSCPCS is now accepting applications for the 2008 - 2009 school year.
The 2008-2009 registration webpage is currently available to parents who would like to apply now.  If enrollment exceeds space available on March 15th, 2008, a lottery will be held.  Please note that currently enrolled students need not re-apply for admission next year.

The YSCP Charter School is serving grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
Online registration is available :
Online Registration
click here

or you can fill out the attached form
and send to the following address:

Young Scholars of Central Pennsylvania Charter School
1530 Westerly Parkway, State College , PA 16801
Application Form
click here

Young Scholars of Central PA Charter School Enrollment Process

Admission

It is the intention of the school to reflect the community it serves and be open to any resident of State College Area School District first.

Enrollment

All references to dates are defined to mean the CLOSE OF BUSINESS on the date indicated.

1. The re-enrollment process is conducted for the existing student body for the forthcoming year, beginning on January 1 st and ending on March 15 th of the same year.

2. In each successive school year, students who were enrolled in the School the previous year will keep their seats in the School until they graduate, provided they submit a re-enrollment form.

3. Students who do not submit a re-enrollment form by the deadline (March 15 th ) must re-apply during the initial or "open" enrollment period. All aforementioned applicant rules will then be enforced.

4. The initial or "open" enrollment period is avaliable until March 15 th of each year.

5. If, on March 16 th , there are sufficient seats for all applicants to attend, the applicants will be asked to complete registration paperwork for admission.

6. If there are more eligible applicants than available seats, the School will conduct a manual lottery to determine who will be asked to register.

7. All applications received after the initial or "open" enrollment period will be accepted on a "First-Come, First-Serve" basis, after the Waiting List, generated by the Lottery, has been exhausted.

Lottery Rules and Procedures

All outlined Lottery Rules and Procedures will be enforced.

Rules: General

Manual Lottery refers the selection of applicant names by a random method such as the blind drawing of individual names from a container in sequence until all names in the container have been exhausted.

1. All Applicants (except siblings of currently enrolled students who reside in the State College Area School District ) participate in the lottery.

2. The lottery will be open to all, will not rely on computers, and will be easily understood and followed by all observers.

3. Only applications received prior to the end of the initial or "open" enrollment deadline, March 15 th , are eligible to participate in the lottery.

4. All applications received after the initial or "open" enrollment period will be accepted on a "First-Come, First-Serve" basis, after the Waiting List has been exhausted.

5. All Applicants offered a seat shall be required to affirmatively respond to an offer for acceptance within seven (7) calendar days. Those not responding (excluding declined offers) will be placed on the waiting list with an application date equal to the date the initial offer expired.

6. Only one (1) lottery shall be conducted by a school to include all grades in which the number of Applicants exceeds the number of expected seats available.

. If the number of Applicants is less than the number of seats anticipated to be available, no public lottery shall be conducted for that grade. Should a seat become available, the next student in line according to the results of the lottery shall be offered admission.

7. ALL offers of registration shall be made in the order of the lottery results and established Waitlist. NO OFFER SHALL BE MADE TO A STUDENT NOT PROPERLY ENTITLED TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE SEAT .

8. The Lottery, if necessary, will be conducted by March 31 st .

Procedures:

The "Open" enrollment period must be published in advance of the lottery date regardless of the type of Lottery.

Public Lottery:

1. Public event will be scheduled by March 31 st of each year, if necessary.

2. The School administration selects all applications received during the initial or "open" enrollment period for participation in a public lottery.

3. The School administration selects the grade levels that will participate based on enrollment numbers. (Number of seats available).

4. Labels with all eligible students will be generated, sorted by grade, for all students participating in the manual lottery. Students drawn during the lottery will be identified by drawing number and NOT by name unless specifically requested in writing by client.

5. All labels are affixed to a 3x5" index card and put into a single container (irrespective of grade).

6. The order in which student names are drawn will be recorded by writing the selection number on the card as drawn. Drawing should be done by a neutral third party. (For ease of recording, once selected, cards may be sorted by grade level indicated on label)

7. Display of lottery results will be posted by student name.

8. The school administration will generate offers of registration. (See Rule above regarding Offers not responded to within the designate time frame)

9. Remaining students are assigned to the waitlist in the order of their lottery number.

10. Applicants who applied after the close of the enrollment period will be placed on the waitlist in the order that their application was received (date & time)

11. Letters will be sent to waitlisted students indicating their status.

12. Students who decline admission will be removed from the roster and the seats that open will be made available to waitlisted students. On the waitlist, the appropriate number of students will be highlighted in the order in which an offer should be made.

The registration procedure is fairly strict and designed to
ensure that everybody in the community has an equal
opportunity to attend the charter school. 

The Board defined that a child must be 5 years old as of September 1, 2008 as the age requirement for 2008-2009 Kindergarten enrollment. Each class is planned to have maximum
of 20 students

K- Admission process for exceptional students (The decision has been made by the YSCP Board of Trustees in the first week of September, 2006)

If there is an opening in kindergarten and if there is no other child on the waiting list, the school may consider accepting a child who is on the waiting list and missing the cut off date with the following procedure:

1. The parents/guardians need to submit a letter of request for their child's evaluation along with the documentation that proves the child is ready for kindergarten.
2. The documentation may include the letters from previous teachers of the child and/or assessment data.
3. After the approval of the administration, the kindergarten teacher will schedule a date to assess the child. Kindergarten Readiness Test (KRT) by Scholastic Testing Service will be used as an assessment tool
4. The results of the evaluation will be discussed by a committee which will be established by the school administration.
5. The committee may include kindergarten teacher and administrators. If the majority of the committee members agree on, the child will be accepted in to the program.

Since recruiting students to fill the new middle school program is a priority for YSCP, the Board of Trustees made an addendum to the existing enrollment policy in February 2007. With this addendum, The YSCP Board of Trustees chose to allow siblings of new students in middle school grades to have priority over lottery applicants.