Shoemaker Campus - Mastery Schools

APPLY NOW FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2025-2026

Shoemaker Campus is accepting applications for the 2025-2026 school year. Please follow the steps below to apply online:

  • Visit Apply Philly Charter
  • Log in or create an account
  • Fill out your family profile and add your student
  • Click on the Apply for September 2025 button
  • Select Mastery Charter School: Shoemaker Campus as the school you would like to apply
  • Submit your application by the lottery deadline of January 21, 2025

Please note: If you are looking for a seat for your child for the current school year (2024-2025), you can still apply online today using Apply Philly Charter. Just click on the “Apply for Current Year” button to start your application once you’ve logged in.

Have questions about our school or need help navigating the process? Complete and submit this form, and a Mastery enrollment specialist will reach out to answer your questions and help you apply.

Your Neighborhood School in West Philadelphia

Welcome to Shoemaker Campus, a free, public charter school serving students in seventh through twelfth grades in West Philadelphia.

Along with a rigorous academic program, our students have access to tons of incredible opportunities, including job shadow and career exposure experiences, dual enrollment to earn college credit, a building trades exposure class, and a medicine educational pipeline program with UPenn.

Students can also participate in extracurricular activities and athletic programs to enhance their school experience. At Shoemaker, all students learn and thrive. With love and high expectations, we help them find their own paths to success.

775

Students

7-12

Grades

Our School

Our academically rigorous program prepares all students for success after graduation.

Shoemaker Campus offers:

  • Varied Courses
    • Rand of courses from introductory to college level
    • AP courses and dual enrollment give students the opportunity to earn college credit
  • College and Career Prep
    • Sophomores engage in job shadows and career exposure experiences while also completing a capstone Entrepreneurship Project
    • Seniors go on Post-Secondary visits, take a senior seminar course, get assistance applying for scholarships & loans, and support with the post-Secondary application process
    • Students graduate with a plan to enter college, the workforce, or a pathway of their choice
  • Special Education Programming
    • We provide comprehensive special education programming to meet the individualized needs of each child, including:
      • Individualized Education Plans
      • Academic Interventions
      • Low Incidence Programs  (Autistic Support, Multiple Disabilities, Life Skills)
      • Emotional Support
      • English as a Second Language (ESL)
      • Psychological and Social Services

Shoemaker Campus students can participate in various extracurricular activities and athletic programs, including:

  • Art Club
  • Basketball
  • Big Brothers
  • Big Sisters
  • Cheerleading
  • Chess Club
  • Choir
  • Cross Country
  • Dance
  • Environmental Club
  • Football
  • Gay Straight Alliance
  • Hip Hop Dance
  • Lacrosse
  • Mural Arts
  • Muslim Student Associations
  • Poetry Slam
  • Prom Committee
  • Robotics Club
  • Rowing
  • School Musicals
  • Soccer
  • Step Team
  • Student Government
  • Students Run Philly Style
  • Track and Field
  • Volleyball
  • Yearbook

Shoemaker Campus is part of the PIAA (Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association) within the District XII Public League. Our middle school teams play in a variety of leagues across the city.

Any student living in Philadelphia is eligible to apply for the lottery at Shoemaker Campus, however preference is given to current students at Mann and Bluford elementary schools. 

Our Principal

Derrick Cartwright

Derrick Cartwright serves as the proud principal of Shoemaker Campus. Before becoming the school's leader in 2022, he was an assistant principal of instruction at the campus for three years. Prior to that, he was a math teacher at schools in Cincinnati and Philadelphia. He is committed to serving the West Philadelphia community by ensuring Shoemaker students and families are…
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School Leadership Team

Joshua Bargiband, Assistant Principal of Instruction

Kimyada Benson, Assistant Principal of Specialized Services

David Campbell, Assistant Principal of Instruction

William Craig, Assistant Principal of School Culture

Lauren Nelson, Assistant Principal of Operations

Pria Robinson, Assistant Principal of Instruction

Kerry Sorensen, Assistant Principal of Postsecondary Programs

Who to Contact

Staff Directory

"There's a charter school called Mastery in Philadelphia. And in just two years, three of the schools that Mastery has taken over have seen reading and math levels nearly double - in some cases, triple...Now, if a school like Mastery can do it, every troubled school can do it."

-President Barack Obama