{"id":1165,"date":"2017-07-27T19:13:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T23:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.philasd.org\/charterschools\/?page_id=1165"},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:59:13","slug":"laboratory-charter-school-of-communication-and-languages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/old\/laboratory-charter-school-of-communication-and-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Laboratory Charter School of Communication and Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mission<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cThe mission of the Laboratory Charter School of Communication and Languages is to provide a program that will prepare students to communicate effectively in more than one language and to see the world from three perspectives: global, international and national. The school will promote: excellence in oral and written communication, mastery of more than one language, proficiency in computer issues, appreciation of cultural diversity, concern for international and global issues, and commitment to lifelong learning. It will be characterized by excellence in teaching; instructional methods that connect learning to the real world, practical applications; and close cooperation among communities, parents and teachers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<ul id=\"listmenu\"><li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic flaticon flaticon-high-school\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/applyphillycharter.org\/\">Apply Philly Charter Participant<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>This school accepts applications through Apply Philly Charter only<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic flaticon flaticon-apple\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\tCity-Wide Enrollment\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>School enrolls from across Philadelphia<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic flaticon flaticon-alarm-clock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\tJanuary 20, 2026\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Application Deadline<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic flaticon flaticon-family-room\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\tK-8\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Grades Served<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Reports<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Annual Charter Evaluation (ACE)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>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.<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Bh602hGaRzUUQdsqUn3l66TrC95vIQem\/view?usp=sharing\">2024<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1R8HMxzrcg-7dZpluaZ35VQe99N0k3UXk\/view?usp=sharing\">2023 (Renewal)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1SahxoaLK9xh8vc-Z-K5sS7LGk-CAsaOe\/view?usp=sharing\">2022<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1-zK3Ck-sfOoBJXQBLxj_dUHUaMi7F5Vh\/view?usp=sharing\">2021 (Renewal)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1cfQnTbicBGUU4hLmufYZI6eRPGq6fsDz\/view?usp=sharing\">2020<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wHnEYiX2Pgfmo8qV_ZIXn1zn9r6-eCoL\/view?usp=sharing\">2019<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/philasd.org\/file\/d\/1Vhsygr3kH_C8y2_JeNZV0me12-BqcPDf\/view?usp=drivesdk\">2018<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/180DAF3V8IXPpMCkDxMqU2z5UsnW0Mwn3\/view\">2017<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/philasd.org\/file\/d\/0B5FphNXQtP4FczNYbmdndkJ4WUk\/view?usp=drivesdk\">2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual Independent Financial Audits<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>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. Charter school fiscal years (FY) span from July 1 to June 30th. For example, FY24 is July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16VIhlypqWN0I7Uns7VwZJ8M_GNbBJGy6\/view\">FY24<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/financial-audits-archive\/\"><strong>Click here to access reports from prior years<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Ready PA Index<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>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.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/futurereadypa.org\/Performance\/052062186199142186107203243113253227141032123156\/248213157014153098031159133077173137075117206077\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Timeline<\/h2>\n<ul id=\"listmenu\"><li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t1998\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Initial Charter<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t2002\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Charter Renewed<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t2007\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Charter Renewed<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t2012\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Charter Renewed<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B9x1ev_U2NtlbEs0TVNJRGVGTms\">2017<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Charter Nonrenewal Recommended<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>6<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1B8CDlv1Gvukiv86BJ6qv4ZWQvpvQdhRg\">2018<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Charter Nonrenewal Update<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>7<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1DZuzzKkxe7YfSuMqEHsuDhA7oE_3ISxq\">2018<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Charter Renewed<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>8<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1_RFcNTStUatRYYCX01fIbLkXOA0S4smv\/view?usp=sharing\">2020<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Amendment Recommended<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>9<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t2022\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Charter Renewed<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>10<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1R8HMxzrcg-7dZpluaZ35VQe99N0k3UXk\/view\">2024<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Charter Renewed<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>11<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t2029\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Next Renewal Review<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission \u201cThe mission of the Laboratory Charter School of Communication and Languages is to provide a program that will prepare students to communicate effectively in more than one language and to see the world from three perspectives: global, international and national. The school will promote: excellence in oral and written communication, mastery of more than&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"button minimal\"><a class=\"learnmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/old\/laboratory-charter-school-of-communication-and-languages\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":2069,"parent":182,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"office-home-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1165","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17708,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1165\/revisions\/17708"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}