Young Scholars of Central Pennsylvania Charter School

Young Scholars of Central PA Charter School Board of Trustees 2026-2027 Meeting Dates

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees of the Young Scholars of Central PA Charter School will hold its 2026-27 school year meetings at the following dates:

September 10, 2026
October 15, 2026
December 17, 2026
February 4, 2027
April 15, 2027
June 8, 2027

All meetings begin at 5.30 PM.

📚✏️ School Supply Lists Are Now Available! ✏️📚

While summer has just begun, we know many families like to get a head start on back-to-school preparations. To help with planning, our 2026-2027 school supply lists are now posted and available online!

You can find all grade-level supply lists here:
https://sites.google.com/yscp.org/yscpforms/supply-list

We hope providing the lists early gives families plenty of time to shop, watch for sales, and prepare for another successful school year at Young Scholars.

We look forward to welcoming everyone back in August! 🦉💙

YSCP Forms & Files - Supply List Supply Lists

Last hours of the last day! PLEASE VOTE!!!!

2026 Centre County Favorites Vote once per day from May 18 through June 5.

🎉 Voting is CLOSING TOMORROW for the 2026 Centre County Favorites Contest! 🎉

We are incredibly honored to once again be nominated in BOTH the Elementary School and Middle School categories! Thank you to our amazing students, families, staff, alumni, and community members for your continued support of Young Scholars of Central PA Charter School.

🗳️ Voting is open daily now through June 5 at https://www.votecentrecounty.com/ — and you can vote EVERY DAY!

Here’s how to vote for Young Scholars in BOTH categories:
✅ Step 1: Click “Vote”
✅ Step 2: Choose the “Education” category
✅ Step 3: Select “Elementary School” and vote for Young Scholars
✅ Step 4: Click “Add Another Education Category”
✅ Step 5: Select “Middle School” and vote for Young Scholars again
✅ Step 6: Hit “Submit” — or continue voting in additional categories if you would like!

Your support means the world to us and helps showcase the incredible things happening at Young Scholars every single day. Let’s show Centre County the strength of our Owl community! 🦉💙

2026 Centre County Favorites Vote once per day from May 18 through June 5.

As we wrap up another incredible school year, we took time to celebrate some truly remarkable members of our YSCP family for their years of dedicated service to our students, families, and school community.

🌟 20 Years of Service
Mrs. Kim

🌟 10 Years of Service
Mrs. Hurtz, Mr. Fadale, and Mr. Yildiz

🌟 5 Years of Service
Ms. Kurtz, Mrs. Pope, Ms. Tice, Mrs. Eman, and Ms. Blazi

Also we wish the best to Karen MacManus on her well deserved retirement!

Together, these outstanding educators and staff members represent decades of commitment, care, and countless positive impacts on the lives of children.

Thank you to our Board Members Crescent Miller, Dr. Jamie Campbell and Dr. Ashley Patterson for being there for our staff. We were also delighted to have Lucien, an alumna and a student at UMASS join us as well!

Thank you for your dedication, passion, and service to Young Scholars. Our school is stronger because of each of you, and we are grateful for everything you do every day.

💙 Congratulations on these well-deserved milestones, and thank you for helping make YSCP such a special place to learn and grow!

As the school year comes to a close, our amazing Social Committee made sure our staff felt appreciated and celebrated! 🍦🎉

Today, staff enjoyed a visit from an ice cream truck along with thoughtful last-day goodies to mark the end of another incredible year. While our teachers still have one more day tomorrow to complete report cards during Records Day, today was a wonderful opportunity to pause, reflect, and celebrate all they have accomplished.

A huge thank you to our Social Committee for bringing smiles, treats, and a little extra joy to the end of the school year. We are grateful for everything they do to support and recognize our incredible team! ❤️🦉

🎈 What a surprise!

Yesterday morning, a hot air balloon landed right on the Young Scholars campus, turning an ordinary school day into an unforgettable one.

Our students and staff were amazed to watch the landing up close and learn a little about these incredible aircraft. Sometimes the best learning experiences are the ones you never see coming!

Check out the photos and videos below! 🎈✨

🎉🏆 Congratulations to our Middle School students on their accomplishments during the 3rd Trimester! 🏆🎉

Today we celebrated the hard work, perseverance, growth, and achievements of our students at our 3rd Trimester Awards Ceremony.

Throughout the year, these students have demonstrated dedication to their academics, leadership, character, and commitment to our school community. We are incredibly proud of all they have accomplished and the growth they have shown along the way.

A special thank you to our families, teachers, and staff who support and encourage our students every day. Your partnership helps make these successes possible.

Please join us in congratulating all of our award recipients and celebrating another successful trimester at Young Scholars! 🎓📚🌟

🎓🦉 Today we celebrate an incredible milestone as we congratulate the Young Scholars Class of 2026! 🦉🎓

This year's graduating class is one of the largest in our school's history, making this moment even more special. With this year's graduates we celebrated over 300 graduates!!

What makes this class so unique is the wide variety of journeys that brought them here. Some students, including Ali, Zoey, Clayton, Maddox, Jordyn, Blaine, Chris, Jack, Dylan, Keiron, and Declan, first walked through our doors as Kindergarteners in 2017 and have spent nearly a decade growing, learning, and making memories at YSCP. Others joined us more recently, including some who became Young Scholars just this school year. No matter when their journey began, each student has left their mark on our school community.

This class also represents the closing of several remarkable family chapters at YSCP. Among our graduates are the final Young Scholars from families whose children have been part of our school for many years:

❤️ Ali (following Selim and Yunus)
❤️ Zoey (following Sam and Dominic)
❤️ Clayton (following Christiana and Alessandra)
❤️ Chris and Jack
❤️ Nastusha (following Alex)
❤️ Rain (following Bon)

To these families, thank you. Thank you for your trust, your partnership, your support, and for allowing us to be part of your children's lives. Your YSCP legacy will always be woven into the story of our school.

As bittersweet as today is, we could not be more proud of this extraordinary group of graduates. We have watched you grow from curious children into confident young adults ready to take on high school and whatever comes next.

Once a Young Scholar, always a Young Scholar. We cannot wait to see where your journeys lead.

Congratulations, Class of 2026! 🎉🎓💙

Mrs. E-H submitted the last for Weaver. She wrote: "Weaver is always the one in his friend group in math class to help the others out. Since he focuses well and understands what we're doing, he will work with his friends to make sure they also know what to do. He is responsible and polite, and has grown so much in his math confidence in the last two years!"