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Independence Charter School

Located at 1600 Lombard Street

in Philadelphia

is pleased to announce

that we have openings

in our Spanish Immersion Program

for students in grades 3, 4,5,6,7,and 8

for the 2010-2011 school year

If you are a Pennsylvania resident and have a child who is going in to grades 3-8 and who is able to *READ  *WRITE and *SPEAK in Spanish, then they are eligible to be entered into the Special Summer Lottery for the Spanish Immersion Program in grades 3-8 at the award-winning Independence Charter School (we do NOT have any openings for kindergarten, 1^st or 2^nd grades).

Applications for the Special Summer Lottery are available at the school which is located at 1600 Lombard Street (near South Street) during office hours Monday through Friday from 10am to 2pm or on our website www.independencecharter.org

Applications must be submitted by Friday, July 30^th, 2010 at 2p.m.  The Special Lottery will take place on Tuesday, August 3^rd at 12 noon. Families are welcomed to attend the lottery; however, attendance at the lottery is not required.

* Please note that students in the Spanish Immersion Program read from Spanish textbooks and write assignments in Spanish.  Students in grades 3-8 spend at least half of their day in a total Spanish environment and half in an English based program.  For this reason, students who are selected in the lottery will have to pass a test in Spanish, demonstrating the ability to function approximately at their grade level.  This testing will be free of charge and will be conducted before an admission decision is made.