About Fell Charter

Since opening its doors in 2002, Fell Charter School has served students and families across multiple counties surrounding it’s Simpson, Pennsylvania, location. Our beautiful, modern school is located at 777 Main St, just outside of Carbondale.

Fell Charter is a tuition-free public school. Funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, just like all other public schools, we offer an in-person classroom learning environment that is safe, tolerant, and engaging. Our curriculum is rigorous, and research-proven, and is delivered by a dedicated faculty and staff.

Our teachers are highly-qualified; some of them have been with the school for more than 10 – and even 15 – years!

Fell Charter School maintains high expectations for all of its students, both in the classroom and as citizens in the community. Our students go on to do wonderful things! Many of our graduates have received offers, and scholarships, from area high schools, including Scranton Preparatory School.

What Sets Fell Charter Apart?

More Time Spent Learning

Fell Charter offers both a longer school day, and a longer school year. Our days begin at 7:45am, and continue until 3:15pm. And while other public schools are in-session for 180 days each year, Fell Charter exceeds that standard and is open for 190 days!

Personalized Learning

Fell Charter School’s classes are limited to 25 students each, to ensure that each student receives the attention he or she needs. Our classes meet in-person, not virtually, so that our students can maintain their relationships with both teachers and peers, which are vital to their growth and development.

Technology In Every Content Area

Using a combination of classroom tools and student Chromebooks, our students are well-versed with technology. From research projects to desktop publishing, to coding and development, our students master the tools they’ll use throughout their lives.

Character Education

At Fell Charter, we believe that an effective education extends beyond pure academics. Our students are part of a larger community, and we work to foster that spirit within them, and help them understand the importance of good community character.

Accountability

At Fell Charter School, everyone is held accountable. Student comprehension and progress is measured throughout the year with a combination of local and state testing. Feedback on faculty, staff, and overall school performance is always welcome, and parents/guardians receive yearly surveys to evaluate their Fell Charter experience.

Involvement

Fell Charter School regularly involves visitors, community members, and board members in the learning process! Through presentations, Q&A sessions, and professional demonstrations, we work to include our community, reinforcing the value of connections, and the range of resources available to our students.

Warrior Nights

Each month, Fell Charter students bring together everything they’ve learned and put it on display. Warrior Nights highlight specific grade levels and provide a fully-immersive experience – join our students as they reenact life in Ancient Egypt, the American Revolution, or the Renaissance, and demonstrate their academic mastery!

Our Mission

The Fell Charter School mission is to enhance the educational vision of all students, parents, educators, and community followers by offering a classical education with the latest technology.

One of only three charter schools in Northeast Pennsylvania, we provide new opportunities, such as learning through hands-on experience, in addition to “book knowledge.” Innovative techniques using computer technology and adaptive software, along with the traditional “blackboard learning” further strengthens our student’s knowledge base.

Our charter school uses varied assessments to enable all students to demonstrate their understanding of concepts and skills by providing each student with a personalized learning plan, thus encouraging competition to excel. Through autonomy, we believe our school can better achieve our goals by providing smaller class sizes, smaller overall campus size and a stronger voice for the faculty and the community in the school’s structure and curriculum.

Our highest priority is to provide a world-class education for all children in a safe and advanced academic facility. Our Board of Trustees works with the community to empower all those who wish to participate to further the education of all students. Every student and faculty member has a gift to offer. We support and require parent participation in each child’s performance; parents are welcome to play a more active role in their child’s education.

Our school is about more than just learning; our goal is to provide the world with responsible, morally sound, well-educated citizens, which we believe is the foundation for life.

The content-rich World Cultures Curriculum converges high-tech with the humanities, combining the rigors of a classical education with the relevance required by contemporary culture. Our interdisciplinary program instills in students a captivating conceptual understanding and chronological picture of history, as well as an awareness of the interrelationships between different domains of knowledge.

Fell Charter School Best Practices

Approximately one hour per day more instructional time
A longer school year
Stronger school accountability, as measured by a national standardized test administered twice each year and by parent satisfaction surveys
Full-day Kindergarten, featuring the full range of academic subjects
Technology in every classroom
Technology applications woven into the fabric of the curriculum

Morning Session

Dedicated to the Mastery of Essential Life Skills:

Explicit phonics instruction in K-2
Classical and multi-cultural literature for reading and writing instruction
Accelerated Reading and Math software tutorial to enable students to work at their individual levels of instruction in the classroom
Math and Science taught as discrete subjects, aligned to state recommendations

Afternoon Session

With rotating specials in Music, P.E. and Spanish, features our World Cultures Curriculum:

Interdisciplinary, multi-media program that engages students in the hands-on study of great ideas in world history and generates connections across the curriculum
Cultural literacy fostered by World Cultures encompasses the disciplines of social science, history, drama, music, art, geography, literature, philosophy, ethics, economics and scientific innovation

Our History

September 13, 2002
Fell Charter School opens its doors to students for the first time!
January 2011
The Center for Leadership and Ethics regcognizes Fell's emphasis on student character education, and names us a "Pennsylvania School of Character."
August 2013
Grand opening of Fell Charter's brand new school building at 777 Main Street!

September 13, 2002
Fell Charter School opens its doors to students for the first time!
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July 2007
After 5 successful years, Fell's charter is renewed by the PA Department of Education.
January 2011
The Center for Leadership and Ethics regcognizes Fell's emphasis on student character education, and names us a "Pennsylvania School of Character."
July 2012
Fell celebrates its 10-year anniversary, and secures its second charter renewal from the PA Department of Education.
August 2013
Grand opening of Fell Charter's brand new school building at 777 Main Street!
July 2017
The PA Department of Education grants Fell's third charter renewal.

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