{"id":2211,"date":"2017-07-31T13:13:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T17:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.philasd.org\/charterschools\/?page_id=2211"},"modified":"2025-07-23T12:38:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:38:32","slug":"sankofa-freedom-academy-charter-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/old\/sankofa-freedom-academy-charter-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<h2>Mission<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cSankofa Freedom Academy Charter School is a college preparatory Kindergarten through twelfth grade freedom school that will build on the Philadelphia Freedom Schools model to increase literacy and numeracy levels throughout the community, promote respect for scholarship, servant leadership, conflict resolution, and cultural democracy. Through the use of African Centered and culturally responsive methodologies, Sankofa Freedom Academy will engender in its students, staff, and community a love for learning, pride in heritage and a commitment to personal and societal transformation. By operationalizing the adage, \u201ceach one \/ teach one\u201d, Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter School will build intergenerational learning communities in which each and every person is responsible to learn in order to teach, and teach in order to build a better world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<ul id=\"listmenu\"><li><div class=\"icon\">\n\n\t<div class=\"icon-graphic flaticon flaticon-clip\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\tEnrollment Application\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>This school is not an Apply Philly Charter participant. Please visit the school\u2019s website to learn more about their application process<\/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\tRolling Admission\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-12\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\/1v16xt7-r3wT2h9Tk41kJ3WMPZtWlEZIu\/view?usp=share_link\">2024<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1sgtmchhv4mK6gCLjZyBIGy8HYkny9l1-\/view?usp=sharing\">2023<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/15vG2QxXfJ0pmOps8_vX0jx9GXxiFhMbS\/view?usp=sharing\">2022<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1NH14JwhHwil269RqXMxD_ss8Gqxla6J8\/view?usp=sharing\">2021 (Renewal)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1r5w2f_jkHUuzizm5_vxz-MCSi_8UYi8I\/view?usp=sharing\">2020<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1_fZ12ZELofXddzTEcC658ANt5fypJRp0\/view?usp=sharing\">2019<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/philasd.org\/file\/d\/1SnjPbRVOu3tOmtG70CYSOaLUmq4JSxeG\/view?usp=drivesdk\">2018<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1rA6k0rQiYYAvp3B5kGiSuohMKSjGk8p7\">2017<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/philasd.org\/file\/d\/0B5FphNXQtP4FY0FYbVZORU5zUHM\/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, FY23 is July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1bc-S21ITJhid8MlpJvOr6ccc_b2yeArn\/view\">FY24<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/145mD7xt9-RliehG93MNm1aGAx85RIZLX\/view?usp=sharing\"><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\/068025052024130179199164124069246087106063190160\/142215150144231032230196074154089144042123245033215133255008012253012065104022086101101166107212197114084219201059188211204135248045015228108231\">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\t2009\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\t<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B9-e74yXqKs0cDh5MEE5ZG1hdzA\">2012<\/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>3<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t2015\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Charter Amendment: Location Change<\/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\t<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B9x1ev_U2NtlbVZFT050MjdSTTg\">2017<\/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>5<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1NH14JwhHwil269RqXMxD_ss8Gqxla6J8\/view?usp=sharing\">2022<\/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>6<\/span><\/div>\n\t<h3>\n\n\t2027\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<p>Next Renewal Review<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Mission \u201cSankofa Freedom Academy Charter School is a college preparatory Kindergarten through twelfth grade freedom school that will build on the Philadelphia Freedom Schools model to increase literacy and numeracy levels throughout the community, promote respect for scholarship, servant leadership, conflict resolution, and cultural democracy. Through the use of African Centered and culturally&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"button minimal\"><a class=\"learnmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/old\/sankofa-freedom-academy-charter-school\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":1739,"parent":182,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"office-home-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2211","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2211","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=2211"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18046,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2211\/revisions\/18046"}],"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\/1739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/charterschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}