Howard Gardner Multiple Intelligence (MI) Charter School is a tuition-free, public school
aware of the importance of establishing fair and equitable criteria for student
admission that complies with Pennsylvania’s charter school law, applicable state, and federal regulations.
Howard Gardner MI Charter School is an equal opportunity educational institution, is a non-sectarian
institution in all respects, and does not discriminate against any student, employee, or other people on
the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other criteria
prohibited by law. Admission criteria do not consider intellectual or athletic ability, aptitude, disability,
race, creed, national origin, religion, or ancestry.
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For additional admissions and enrollment information, please email Renee Dougherty at renee.dougherty@myhgsd.com or call 570.941.4100.
Howard Gardner Multiple Intelligence Charter School (“Charter School”) adheres to Pennsylvania Charter School Law at 24 PS §17-1723 with regard to Admission of students to charter schools.
All resident children in this Commonwealth qualify for admission to a charter school. If more students apply to the charter school than the number of attendance slots available in the school, then students must be selected on a random basis from a pool of qualified applicants meeting the established eligibility criteria and submitting an application by the deadline established by the charter school, except that the charter school may give preference in enrollment to a child of a parent/guardian who has actively participated in the development of the charter school and to siblings of students presently enrolled in the charter school. First preference shall be given to students who reside in the Scranton and Abington Heights school districts.
Application for Admission Deadline: By Friday, March 1, 2024.
APPLICATION for 2024-2025 School Year
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The lottery will be conducted by Charter School employees designated by the CEO, who have no personal interest in its outcome. A completed Charter School application, which is timely submitted to the Charter School, is required for participation in the lottery.
The selection process is as follows, and will be determined by subtracting from the total number of spaces available the total number of spaces already taken by each category set forth below in order, beginning with kindergarten and proceeding through the grades in order:
- Existing Howard Gardner Multiple Intelligence Charter School students.
- Siblings of students currently enrolled in the school.
- Those who have contributed to the development of the Charter School (Founding families and employees).
- Students residing in the Scranton and Abington Heights School Districts.
- Students residing outside of the Scranton and Abington Heights School Districts within the state of Pennsylvania.
Lottery Process:
The lottery for the 2024-2025 School Year will be held virtually on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at 10 AM. The lottery will include all applications received from the start of the open enrollment period through March 1, 2024. Applications received after the cut-off date will not be included in the lottery.
- The lottery will be run with the use of the Charter School’s Student Information System (Sycamore) via an electronic application that requires at least one proof of residency. Students applying for entrance into the Kindergarten class must be 5 years old by September 1st. Once completed electronically, a printed copy of the application will be used to manually draw and record in the order in which students are selected. The names of students in the grade will be publicly drawn from the lottery. Students will be assigned to spaces in the order their names are drawn.
- If the enrollment process produces a greater number of students than spaces available in any given grade, the lottery will establish a Wait List. Applications received after the March 1, 2024 deadline will be placed on the Wait List in the order they are received. Applications will be received through October of each year.
Within one week after the lottery has been held, the Charter School will send a notification to all applicants. This notification will indicate either that the student has been offered a space or a place on the Wait List. If a space becomes available in a grade, the next applicant on the Wait List will be contacted and offered admission in “number” order for the grade. To the extent space is available, the Charter School will enroll students until the end of their first Trimester of academic study of each year.
Waiting List Notification:
Applicants on the Wait List will be notified in sequential order through the Charter School’s enrollment system and also via phone if space becomes available.
Lottery for the 2024-2025 School Year will be held virtually on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at 10 AM.
Upon lottery selection families will be notified within five (5) business days through the Charter School’s enrollment system and also via phone.
Within 48 hours of being notified of the lottery selection the following documents must be provided by a parent or guardian:
- Copy of Birth Certificate
- Enrollment Notification Form
- Home Language Survey
- Parental Registration Statement
- Immunizations
- Proof of Residency (2)
- Release of Academic Records
- Copy of Current IEP or Evaluation (If Applicable)
If the enrollment slot is declined, if no response is received, or accurate student enrollment documents are not received by the school office within 48 hours of being notified, the enrollment slot will be forfeited and the next student on the wait list will be contacted. Once all vacant enrollment slots for each particular grade and section are filled, enrollment will be closed.
For additional admissions and enrollment information, please email Renee Dougherty at renee.dougherty@myhgsd.com or call 570.941.4100.