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Application Window - September 19, 2025 - January 20, 2026
Common Lottery Date - February 4, 2026
Common Notification Date - February 6, 2026 via email (ALL schools)
Deadline to Accept Offer - February 20, 2026

Student admissions is based on availability from the existing waitlist. If you have any questions about enrollment, please email admissions@northwoodcs.org.

Open House for 2026-2027

11/17/25 4:00-4:45pm 12/22/25 4:00-4:45pm 1/12/26 4:00-4:45pm 1/26/26 5:00-5:45pm 2/11/25 5:00-5:45pm

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Admissions Process

All admissions applications for the 2025-2026 school year will be collected through Apply Philly Charter. Families will be notified if their names have been selected on February 9th, 2024. Based on the acceptance rate, those who are on the waitlist will be notified if there are open spots available beginning in late March on a rolling basis.

Students will be selected from the waitlist in the order they are placed by the Apply Philly process. Students currently enrolled do not need to complete the lottery process through Apply Philly Charter. All current students will need to complete an intent to Re-Enroll form.

Criteria for admission to the lottery:

Completed application for current year submitted online to applyphillycharter.org.
To qualify for sibling or catchment preference, documentation will be required. Applicants will be notified electronically if anything is needed. The absence of any required qualifying documentation for sibling or catchment preference will cause the application to be moved to the general lottery.
Kindergarten students must be 5 years old on or before September 1st.
Non-resident students may be admitted only if there are no Philadelphia students applying for the particular grade. The students’ tuition must be paid by the district in which the student resides.

Lottery preferences:

All students currently enrolled and attending Northwood Academy Charter School
Siblings* of students currently enrolled and attending Northwood Academy Charter School (sibling preference) who have applied for admission, provided that there is space available for their admission to the grade for which they applied. Siblings must be Philadelphia residents to be eligible for “sibling preference.”
Incoming kindergarten students who reside in the Laura H. Carnell or Henry R. Edmunds catchment zone.
The child(ren) of a current employee applying for admission for the upcoming school year provided there is a space in the grade.

*A sibling shall be defined as a biological (sharing at least one common parent) or legally adopted brother or sister. Cousins, nieces, nephews and unrelated children living in the same household are not considered siblings.