Independence Charter School

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Academics

Special Projects

ICS offers students a variety of extracurricular projects, programs, and support:

  • Big Brother/Big Sister
  • Chess Club
  • Philadelphia Cares Reading Stars
  • Odyssey of the Mind
  • National Geography Bee
  • Spelling Bee
  • Young Playwrights
  • Italian Language Program
  • Music Mondays
  • Science Fair
  • National History Day
  • Afterschool reading intervention programs (YET)
  • Freedom Writers
  • Lantern Theater Company Residency
  • Spanish Day
  • International Week
  • Spoken Hand Percussion Residency

ICS has received the YET literacy grant for grades 6-8.