Mission
“Eastern Academy seeks to provide a holistic, college-integrated learning community dedicated to the education of each student in the context of his or her unique interests.”
Academic Highlights
Character Education
Our holistic school design seeks to address the intellectual, social and emotional needs of all of our students. Through our advisory model, students focus on essential personal qualities for community and successful living, advisory reading, passion projects, and plans for student-directed learning.
English Language Arts
As an Early College & Passion Based School it is important for students to become excellent communicators. The Academy Canon – which are must reads for our students (e.g. Richard Wright’s Native Son, Ralph Ellison’s The Invisible Man, Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, Po Bronson’s What Should I Do With My Life?, Jeff Olson’s The Slightest Edge, and Dennis Kimbro’s Think & Grow Rich) – enables students to become intimately familiar with rich text while simultaneously learning the keys for self-empowerment and fulfillment of passion and purpose.
During a student’s senior year at the Academy, each senior produces a 50 page memoir, called The Memoir Project. Throughout the year, students read a number of memoirs and autobiographies, and engage guest speakers, writers, and university professors to assist them in penning their own story. At graduation, each student is given a published copy of excerpts from each student’s memoir.
Early College
Students have the opportunity to earn college credits during their high school years. Students are exposed to a college going culture.
Course Offerings
Passion Project, Senior Memoir, College Readiness, Men’s Academy, Women’s Academy, Common Core Classes
Extracurricular Activities
Academic Enrichment, Basketball, Public Speaking, SAT Prep, Student Council/Government, Yearbook
Reports
- Annual Charter Evaluation (ACE)
Developed annually by the Charter Schools Office (CSO) for all Philadelphia brick-and-mortar charter schools (except those up for renewal), these reports provide information on three main areas of charter school performance: academic success, organizational compliance and viability, and financial health and sustainability.
2018 | 2017 | 2015 - Annual Independent Financial Audits
Financial audits are produced annually by independent auditors for all charter schools in Pennsylvania. All charter schools are required to have an independent financial audit completed every year.
2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 - School Performance Profile (SPP)
Developed annually by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), these reports provide an overview of student academic performance in every Pennsylvania public school, including traditional District schools, charter schools, cyber charter schools, and career and technology centers.
2016-2017 - School Progress Report (SPR)
Developed annually by the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) for all traditional District and charter schools in the city, these reports provide information on schools’ achievement, progress, climate, and, for high schools, college and career readiness.
MS: 2016-2017 | 2015-2016 | 2014-2015 | 2013-2014
HS: 2016-2017 | 2015-2016 | 2014-2015 | 2013-2014
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