ADMISSIONS
People for People Charter School is a public charter school that welcomes students from all over Philadelphia through a lottery-based system. To apply for the current or upcoming school year, families can visit applyphillycharter.org. The lottery for the 2025-2026 school year was held on February 6, 2025, and any applications submitted after the deadline will be added to the waitlist. If you have a child already enrolled in PFPCS and wish to apply for a sibling, you can do so through Apply Philly Charter (APC) by providing the current student's name and birthdate at the end of the application.
APPLY PHILLY CHARTER (APC) RESOURCES
APC BULLETIN | JUNE 2025
Dear Apply Philly Charter Partners,
Happy Graduation Season! A huge congratulations to the Class of 2025. Please review today’s bulletin for important information. Note that new and/or urgent information is always located at the top of these bulletins.
As always, do not hesitate to reach out to anyone on the Apply Philly Charter Team with any questions or concerns.
Reach out to APC with any questions!
- New Team Emails: Access.Initiatives@elevate215.org
- Haki Perry, Manager of Systems Integration & User Experience; Haki.Perry@elevate215.org
- Elana Galli, Director of Access Initiatives; Elana.Galli@elevate215.org
- Sam Obrochta, Assistant Director of Access Initiatives; Sam.Obrochta@elevate215.org
- Rylie Yeager, Coordinator, Access Initiatives; Rylie.Yeager@elevate215.org
SBO OFFICE HOURS
- Many of you have joined recent conversations and webinars about a potential system enhancement—a rank-and-match lottery known as the Single Best Offer (SBO) system. Thank you for your time, input, and partnership as we explore this option.
- We are awaiting our own board’s approval of the decision and hope to have an update for the entire community very soon.
- If you'd like a 1:1 conversation with our team about SBO, please reply to this email to schedule a time.
2026-27 TIMELINE DATES
It's hard to believe it, but the 2026-27 application season will be here before we know it! Please see below for the timeline and important dates to note in your calendars.*
- September 19, 2025 – Applications open for the 2026–27 school year on Apply Philly Charter (APC)
- January 20, 2026 (Tuesday) – Lottery application deadline
- January 21 – February 22, 2026 – Application pause period
- February 4, 2026 – Lottery Day
- February 6, 2026 – Lottery Notification Day
- February 20, 2026 – Deadline to accept lottery offers
- February 23, 2026 – Post-Deadline application period begins on APC
- July 1, 2026 – Applications open for the current (2026–27) school year
*Please note, dates are subject to change if APC moves forward with the Single Best Offer enhancement.
*Families will now have 14 days, instead of 28 days, to click accept in their APC accounts for offers made on the
Common Notification Date. Families will have another 14 days to submit enrollment paperwork.
2024 - 2025 Academic Calendar
