Charter Modification Request

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="038506e1egerbq.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wonderland Charter School</B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>|  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wonderland Charter School"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Charter Modification Request</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Vision"><U><B>Our Vision</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Key Ingredients"><U><B>Key Ingredients</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Schools Structure"><U><B>Our School's Structure</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Curriculum"><U><B>Our Curriculum</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Performance to date"><U><B>Performance to date</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Field Trips"><U><B>Field Trips</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How to Register (Letter of Interest (LOI"><U><B>How to Register (Letter of Interest (LOI) Phase)</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="School Calendar"><U><B>School Calendar</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Where Were Located"><U><B>Where We're Located</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="General Charter School Information Link"><U><B>General Charter School Information & Links</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=50 BGCOLOR="#339900" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#99CC00" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Charter Modification Request</div> <bR> <div> Since the opening of Wonderland Charter School in 1999, parents have been asking us to continue their child's education past our kindergarten level.  As part of strategic planning required by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Wonderland Charter School Board of Directors has studied extensively the feasibility of evolving the structure of Wonderland Charter School.  After several years of study and extensive work by the board and teachers of Wonderland Charter School, it was decided the right thing to do was evolve our structure so as to provide up to a 3rd grade education. </div> <bR> <div> Wonderland Charter School is working with the State College Area School District (SCASD) to modify Wonderland's charter to allow a kindergarten through 3rd grade education for those families that would like that opportunity.  As part of that process, the SCASD Board of Directors asked Wonderland Charter School to provide more details on this modification request.  In fulfilling that request, Wonderland Charter School provided the SCASD a modification request titled <I><B>Request to Modify Charter - June 2011</B></I> with 15 appendices.  That request and 14 appendices are hypelinked below.  The 15th appendix, Parental Letters of Support is not hyperlinked due to parent's signature being part of the pages and out of a concern to prevent possible identity theft of those signatures.  Wonderland Charter School would be more than happy to share those pages with interested parties at Wonderland Charter School. </div> <bR> <div> An executive summary of sorts was presented to the SCASD Board of Directors at their Monday, July 11th 2011, meeting.  This is a very abbreviated 16 pages that highlights portions of the original request which totals 1000+ pages.  That summary can be linked to at this link:   <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/Presentation to SCASD on 7-11-2011.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/Present"><U><B><U>Summary presented to SCASD on 7-11-2011</U></B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> You will need Adobe Acrobat to open the documents listed on this page.  If you don't have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer, you can download it for free at this link  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/re"><U><B><U>Adobe Acrobat Reader</U></B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>The </B><I><B>Request to Modify Charter </B></I><B>main </B><B>body can be obtained with this link:</B><I><B>  </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/Wonderland Charter School Charter Modification Application (June 2011) - Final.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/Wonderl"><U><B><U>Request to Modify Charter - June 2011</U></B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Listed below are the appendices submitted in support of the main body (</B><I><B>Request to Modify Charter - June 2011</B></I><B>)</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/A - Survey - Parent Perception of Modfication Project.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/A - Sur"><U><B><U>A - Survey - Parent Perception of Modification Project</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/B - PA Auditor General's Report on Wonderland CS - May 2011.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/B - PA "><U><B><U>B - PA Auditor General's Report on Wonderland CS - May 2011</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/C - Distar Math Programs - Overview & Research Summary.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/C - Dis"><U><B><U>C - DISTAR Math Programs - Overview & Research Summary</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/D - Curriculum Matters - What You Get Is What You Teach.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/D - Cur"><U><B><U>D - Curriculum Matters - What You Get Is What You Teach</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/E - CMC to PA Math Assessment Anchors.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/E - CMC"><U><B><U>E - CMC to PA Math Assessment Anchors</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/F - The Research Base for Reading Mastery.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/F - The"><U><B><U>F - The Research Base for Reading Mastery</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/G - Reading Mastery correlated to PA Academic Content Standards.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/G - Rea"><U><B><U>G - Reading Mastery correlated to PA Academic Content Standards</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/H - Research Foundation for Teaching Writing - Improving Writing Performance.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/H - Res"><U><B><U>H - Research Foundation for Teaching Writing - Improving Writing Performance</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/I - WriteSource - Developing a Meaningful Curriculum.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/I - Wri"><U><B><U>I - WriteSource - Developing a Meaningful Curriculum</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/J - WriteSource Online - A Research Based Approach to Writing.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/J - Wri"><U><B><U>J - WriteSource Online - A Research Based Approach to Writing</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/K - Overview of Harcourt Social Studeis.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/K - Ove"><U><B><U>K - Overview of Harcourt Social Studies</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/L - Overview of HSP Science.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/L - Ove"><U><B><U>L - Overview of HSP Science</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/M - Health & Fitness - Scope & Sequence.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/M - Hea"><U><B><U>M - Health & Fitness - Scope & Sequence</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/N - Health & Fitness (Overview).pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wonderlandcharter.com/N - Hea"><U><B><U>N - Health & Fitness (Overview)</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>