Len Lipkin

‘Tis the (Open House) Season

October is that time of year. Schools are settling into their routines and have begun to host open houses.

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Philadelphia School Open House Week

The School District of Philadelphia's Open House Week is next week.

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City-Wide Philadelphia Kindergarten Open Houses Next Week

The School District of Philadelphia mandates that every one of its elementary schools host a kindergarten open house on March 1, 2011

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What to Ask When Visiting a School

The following list of questions was compiled from resources that I obtained from school representatives as well as advice from friends and readers.

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Independence Charter 2010-2011 Application Dates

I went to an open house at Independence Charter this morning.  I am still processing the experience and may write another post about the visit, but I thought that I’d post this photo of a flyer with the 2010-2011 application dates.  The key ones are the deadline (Feb 25) and the lottery date (March 10th).  Click on the image to a larger view where all of the dates are legible.  If you are...

Len Lipkin

Focus Shift…Temporarily

Up until now I have focused my school search almost entirely on trying to decide what the best school for my kids would be.  Since I determined that private school might be a viable option, however, things have changed.  Yes, school selection is still the end goal obviously, but now my attention, by necessity, turns to private school applications and entering ourselves in the charter school lotteries. ...

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Lawn Signs

File this post under the category of things you don’t much notice when you are not researching schools.  I have seen literally dozens of these private school open house signs around my neighborhood, mostly from GFS, highlighting 2010 open houses.  If you are interested in open houses, I suggest taking a look at the PSS open house...

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School Open House Season Begins

It’s Fall, and that means school is starting once again.  Parents of schoolchildren are busy buying pencils, paper, trapper keepers (do they still make those?) and new clothes.  Parents of preschoolers, on the other hand, now turn their attention to visiting potential kindergarten classes and elementary schools.  Personally, I have been chomping at the bit all summer waiting to visit (and in some...