Admissions

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To learn more about the Shule or to RSVP to an Open House, or for a school visitation, please call 215-747-5737. Or you can email us by clicking here.

How To Apply

For all applicants:

Families at all grade levels should complete the following:

1. Contact the Admissions Office at 215-747-5737 to schedule attendance at an Open House.
2. Complete and submit the Admissions Application, with a $50 nonrefundable application fee.
3. Schedule a student psychological evaluation by Email or calling either of the following two (2) psychological services.
   
   Dr. Rosalyn Pitts, PA Certified School Psychologist
   Pitts Psychological Services
   Specializing in Childhood Diagnostic Assessment
   rppitts@rcn.com
   215-681-6665
   
   Umar Abdullah-Johnson, PA Certified School Psychologist
   Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student,
   Consultant and Speaker
   president@imipap.com
   215-989-9858
   
   
4. Schedule a parent interview with the Admissions Committee.

Schedule of Tuition and Fees for Academic year 2008-09

Lower Shule (Grades 1-5) $6,250
Middle Shule (Grades 6-8) $6,600

TEXTBOOK AND MATERIALS: $300
VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION: 5% (see below)

Note: There are additional fees for uniforms and class trips.

PAYMENT PLANS:
Semi-Annual Payment Plan: 60 % tuition due by July 1st; 40% due by January 1st. A $50.00 administrative fee per month will be charged if payments are not received by the 10th of July or January.

Monthly Payment Plan: Payments are scheduled over a period of tenth months, starting July 1st and ending on April 1st. If payments are not received by the tenth (10th) calendar day of each month, a $50.00 administrative fee per month will be charged.

TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS FEE:
This fee covers textbooks and consumable items such as supplies for art, mathematics, physical education, science, computers, and snacks.

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION:
The voluntary contribution is used specifically for the faculty’s retirement and medical benefits, enabling The Ijoba Shule to offer a competitive compensation package to attract and retain the best teachers. The voluntary contribution request is set at 5% of tuition and accompanies the tuition bill. These contributions are tax deductible.

Open House Dates for Academic Year 2008-09

Saturday, October 11, 2008 (10AM- 12PM)
Saturday, January 10, 2009 (10AM- 12PM)
Saturday, March 14, 2009 (10AM- 12PM)

Specific for All Grades

1. Schedule a full-day visit for the applicant to attend classes.
2. Submit an official school transcript, including grades and attendance records.

Admissions Application Dates

Parents should complete the admissions process by the admission deadline of Friday, January 9, 2009 is the Application for Admission deadline for the upcoming academic year (2009-10). Parents who have applied before this date will be notified of the Shule's admission decision by or before January 30, 2009. Completed applications received after January 9, 2009 will be considered monthly on a rolling basis, as space permits. To ensure placement, parents must notify the Admissions Office of enrollment acceptance by Wednesday, March 4, 2009. After March 4, applications will be accepted as space permits.

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Shule Culture

The Ijoba Shule believes in the Sankofa values of ReAfrakanization, Family Development and Nationbuilding. We seek to teach our students, in the words of the late Dr. John Henrik Clarke, “… to be responsible handlers of power.” We work to achieve balance between the personal and the community in an atmosphere of cooperation and collective work. We value the rich cosmopolitan environment that the city and surrounding suburbs provide as well as the unique opportunities and challenges it provides for the education of our students.

Student Recitations

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Lift every voice and sing, till earth and Heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet,
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered;

Out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou Who hast brought us thus far on the way;
Thou Who hast by Thy might, led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee.
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee.
Shadowed beneath Thy hand, may we forever stand,
True to our God, true to our native land.

Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika - Zulu Version

Nkosi, sikelel' iAfrika,
Malupnakanyisw' phondo lwayo;
Yizwa imithandazo yethu
Nkosi sikelela,
Thina lusapho lwayo

Nkosi, sikelel' iAfrika,
Malupnakanyisw' phondo lwayo;
Yizwa imithandazo yethu
Nkosi sikelela,
Thina lusapho lwayo

Woza Moya (woza, woza),
Woza Moya (woza, woza),
Woza Moya, Oyingcwele.
Nkosi sikelela,
Thina lusapho lwayo.

Morena buluka sitshaba sayesu
Ufedise dintwa lematswenyeho
Usibuluke (Usibuluke)
Usibuluke (Usibuluke)
sitshaba sayesu
sitshaba Sa Afrika

Amandla Ngawethu

Dr. John Henry Clarke

Pan-Afrakanism or Perish

Excuses

Excuses are the tools of the weak that build monuments to nothingness and those who specialize in them are seldom good for anything else, therefore, there are no excuses.

Golden Rule

I will treat other people the way I want to be treated.

Honor Code

I will not lie, cheat, or steal nor tolerate anyone who does.

Respect

If you can’t say anything nice, then don’t say anything at all.

Shule Motto

It is good to speak to after; after will listen.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to teach students to be responsible handlers of power in service to the Divine, nation, community and family.  We believe that a life is meaningless unless it is lived in service to something greater than oneself, hence one of our school mottos: Not for oneself alone.  There are four (4) major tenets that support this mission, they are:

1. Character/moral development

2. A values-based, demanding, but nurturing academic environment

3. Development of a strong, positive Afrakan identity

4. Nation-building mindset