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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

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Apply now for the 2026-2027 school year!

Now accepting applications for grades K-6

How do I apply?

Go to applyphillycharter.org on your phone, tablet or computer
Create an account and fill out your family profile
Select Philadelphia Hebrew Public Charter School
Submit the application

What information do I need to apply?

Parent/guardian’s name, email address and home address
Student’s date of birth, current school and grade, and the grade applying for in 2026-27 school year

What happens after I apply?

Philadelphia Hebrew Public will conduct a public lottery on February 4, 2026.
If you apply by the deadline of January 20, 2026, you will find the lottery results on February 6, 2026. Families who receive an offer via the lottery will be notified of lottery results by phone, email, and letter home. Families who are waitlisted in the lottery will receive a notification by email.
If you apply after the deadline, your student will be automatically added to the waitlist for the grade to which you have applied.
Offers will be extended to waitlisted families as space is available.

How do I learn more?

Attend or watch one of our open house sessions to meet our leadership team and learn more about our programs.
RSVP for a school tour
Read about our academic program.

For assistance, please email us at info@philadelphiahebrewpublic.org or call 267.225.1511.

ELIGIBILITY, STUDENT PREFERENCES, & LOTTERY

Eligibility & Student Preferences

Philadelphia Hebrew Public is a tuition-free public charter school open to any student who is a resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Hebrew Public will serve all students, regardless of level of need, and provide the continuum of Special Education services and related services as required in an IEP or 504 plan or for an English Language Learner. All students entering Kindergarten must be five years old by September 1, 2025. All students entering 1st grade must be six years old by September 1, 2025. Student preferences include:

Students who are residents in Philadelphia are given first preference.
The child(ren) of a current employee or original founding member of Charter School is exempted from the lottery process if there is space in the grade sought.
Siblings (defined as children having one common parent) of students enrolled at Charter School from the prior school year are exempted from the lottery provided there is space available for the grade sought. Siblings must be Philadelphia residents to be eligible for this preference. A sibling lottery will be held if there are more siblings than seats available in any grade.

Lottery

Philadelphia Hebrew Public uses Apply Philly Charter (APC) to manage its lottery and waitlist. Beginning with enrollment into the 2026-27 school year, APC will utilize a “ranked choice” or “Single Best Offer” (SBO) process. When families apply through APC, they submit a ranked list of their preferred charter schools that participate in the lottery, listed in order of preference (e.g., 1st choice, 2nd choice, etc.). The APC system makes offers to students for their highest-ranked school where there is an available seat and/or their desired Renaissance school, based on each school’s individual lottery structure and the student’s random lottery number, if applicable. Students are placed on waitlists only for schools ranked higher on their application than the school where they got an offer. For additional information and support, please visit applyphillycharter.org or call 1 (800) 891-3999.