{"id":3613,"date":"2018-07-27T20:27:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T20:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ap-schools.org\/Tacony-Academy-Charter\/?page_id=3613"},"modified":"2026-06-26T12:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:18:43","slug":"enroll","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ap-schools.org\/Tacony-Academy-Charter\/enroll\/","title":{"rendered":"Enroll\/Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Apply Philly Charter<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\n<li><strong>September 19, 2025<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Applications open for the 2026\u201327 school year on Apply Philly Charter (APC)<\/li>\n<li><strong>January 20, 2026<\/strong> (Tuesday)\u00a0\u2013 Lottery application deadline<\/li>\n<li><strong>January 21 \u2013 February 22, 2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Application pause period<\/li>\n<li><strong>February 4, 2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Lottery Day<\/li>\n<li><strong>February 6, 2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Lottery Notification Day<\/li>\n<li><strong>February 20, 2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Deadline to accept lottery offers<\/li>\n<li><strong>February 23, 2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Post-Deadline application period begins on APC<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 1, 2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Applications open for the current (2026\u201327) school year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6485&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1722607011475{padding-top: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/applyphillycharter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #ffffff;background-color: #013193;margin: 25px 0px 0px 0px\" class=\"mkd-btn mkd-btn-huge mkd-btn-solid mkd-btn-custom-hover-bg mkd-btn-custom-hover-color\" data-hover-bg-color=\"#fbc800\" data-hover-color=\"#ffffff\" >\n    <span class=\"mkd-btn-text\">Click Here to Apply<\/span>\n    <\/a>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1721153557412{padding-top: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Q &amp; A<\/h2>\n<p><b><u>Do you have a process for admission? <\/u><\/b>Families must apply on the Apply Philly Charter to be included in the lottery. Applications typically open in September and close in January. The lottery is in February.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Is there a criteria for admission to the lottery?<\/u><\/b> They just need to apply. Some families will receive preference based on having a sibling attending, a staff member, or being \u201cin-zone\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Who&#8217;s exempt from the lottery?<\/u><\/b> Anyone can apply, however, out-of-state applications will be marked\u00a0Invalid. Also, current 8th-grade Tacony Academy students do not need to apply to the high school as they automatically have a spot.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Is there a catchment zone?<\/u><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 Tacony\u2019s catchment for Elementary School is (Ethan Allen, Gilbert Spruance, Hamilton Disston, Solis Cohen, Kennedy Crossan, J. Hampton Moore, Rhawnhurt, and Louis Farrell) Tacony\u2019s catchment for High School is Abraham Lincoln &amp; amp, and Northeast HS. We also offer reference to current 8th-grade students of Memphis &amp; amp; Lindley into 9th grade.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Is there sibling preference? <\/u><\/b>Yes, for families that have a student currently enrolled in grades K-11, must be siblings (share a parent, adoption, foster, or marriage) and be able to provide documentation.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Are parents notified when a child is\u00a0accepted?<\/u><\/b> They are notified through Apply Philly Charter. Once they are accepted you will receive a <b>\u201cnext step\u201d <\/b>email.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Apply Philly Charter September 19, 2025\u00a0\u2013 Applications open for the 2026\u201327 school year on Apply Philly Charter (APC) January 20, 2026 (Tuesday)\u00a0\u2013 Lottery application deadline January 21 \u2013 February 22, 2026\u00a0\u2013 Application pause period February 4, 2026\u00a0\u2013 Lottery Day February 6, 2026\u00a0\u2013 Lottery&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3613","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"better_featured_image":null,"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ap-schools.org\/Tacony-Academy-Charter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ap-schools.org\/Tacony-Academy-Charter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ap-schools.org\/Tacony-Academy-Charter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ap-schools.org\/Tacony-Academy-Charter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ap-schools.org\/Tacony-Academy-Charter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3613"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.ap-schools.org\/Tacony-Academy-Charter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7304,"href":"https:\/\/www.ap-schools.org\/Tacony-Academy-Charter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3613\/revisions\/7304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ap-schools.org\/Tacony-Academy-Charter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}