Programs & Resources
Protocol for Parent/Teacher Communication During E-Learning
Parent/Teacher communication is paramount. If a parent needs to communicate with a teacher, they must send an email. Parents are not permitted to interrupt a teacher while they are teaching on Zoom.
Please respect the teacher and students who are present. The teacher will respond to emails within 24 hours.
Thank you for your cooperation with this matter.
Coronavirus Update Communication Letter
Please click below to view an important letter from the CEO
2019-2020 JYK DCS Student Handbook
Philadelphia Free Meals and Safe Spaces, and COVID-19 Updates
For more information, please click the links below.
Note from the Special Education Director
In order to best meet the assessment needs of our exceptional students during the 2019-2020 school year, Discovery Charter School has enrolled 1.3% of our third-eighth grade students in PASA, the Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment. This exceeds the state allotment per school by 0.3%. This enrollment enables our students with significant special needs to be assessed fairly and accurately. Any questions regarding this enrollment can be forwarded to aphilipps@dcsschool.com.
McKinney Vento Homeless Act
The McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children and Youth Assistance Act is a federal law that ensures immediate enrollment and educational stability for homeless children and youth. McKinney-Vento provides federal funding to states for the purpose of supporting district programs that serve homeless students.
Defining Homeless: The McKinney-Vento Act defines homeless children as “individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.”
The act provides examples of children who would fall under this definition:
*Children and youth sharing housing due to loss of housing, economic hardship or a similar reason
*Children and youth living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camp grounds due to lack of alternative
accommodations
*Children and youth living in emergency or transitional shelters
*Children and youth abandoned in hospitals
*Children and youth awaiting foster care placement
*Children and youth whose primary nighttime residence is not ordinarily used as a regular sleeping
accommodation (e.g. park benches, etc)
*Children and youth living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus
or train stations
*Migratory children and youth living in any of the above situations
To view the full act, click here.
If you fit this criteria while enrolled in JYK Discovery Charter School, please contact our School Counselor and Community Liason, Ms. Blake at 215-879-8182 (ext 215).