Category: News from SDP
Summer Work to Support Healthy & Safe In-Person Learning
Read message in your language: SHQIP | عربي | 汉语 | ខ្មែរ | Français | Português | Pусский | Español | Việt July 14, 2021 Hello School District of Philadelphia Parents, Families and Students, I hope you are enjoying a fun and relaxing summer. I’m writing to let you know that we are hard at work…
School District and SEPTA Announce Transition from Student Transpasses to Fare Card
PHILADELPHIA, PA— The School District of Philadelphia and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) announced that a new Student Fare Card will replace weekly student Transpasses starting in August. About 65,000 eligible students in Philadelphia will receive a SEPTA Student Fare Card, a contact-free, reusable chip card that students can use to get to and from…
School District of Philadelphia Educators Considered for the 2022 Music Educator Award
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Three School District of Philadelphia music teachers have been selected as quarterfinalists for the 2022 Music Educator Award, a special award that will be presented by the Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Museum during GRAMMY Week 2022. The District staff, who are among the 219 music teachers from 204 cities in the…
School District Students Help Create New Mindfulness App
Some School District of Philadelphia students can now add mobile app beta testers to their resumes. Seventeen students from Central High School and Lankenau Environmental Science Magnet High School helped to beta test the Inner Strength Mobile App, an app designed to support students’ mental and emotional wellness. The app teaches students how to relax,…
Turn & Talk Issue 2: Summer Programming
Last week was an important milestone for our District, as it marked the first day of the first comprehensive summer programming of its kind within the School District of Philadelphia. We just celebrated the end of an extremely unusual year in the beginning of June before we welcomed back more than 15,000 students and more…
District Speech Language Pathologist Wins State Achievement Award
Stephanie Ash, MA, CCC-SLP, a Speech-Language Pathologist and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Consultant at the School District of Philadelphia, won Pennsylvania’s 2021 Clinical Achievement Award. Presented by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, the award recognizes an individual within the state who has contributed to advancing knowledge in clinical practice in audiology or speech-language pathology. The…
LIVE! 2021 All Philadelphia High School Virtual Music Festival
The 2021 All Philadelphia High School Virtual Music Festival will premiere LIVE on Facebook on Monday, June 21 at noon. Watch Live at www.facebook.com/PhillySchools The All City Music Festival showcases the best young performers in the School District of Philadelphia. Due to the pandemic, this is the first-ever all digital festival in the program’s 70…
School District of Philadelphia to Acquire Five Electric School Buses, First of its Kind in the State
PHILADELPHIA, PA— The School District of Philadelphia announced the acquisition of five electric school buses for the 2021-2022 school year through the support of the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) and its commitment to continue expanding the electric bus fleet by purchasing five per year to replace older diesel buses. The all-electric buses will be…
District to Make Some Adjustments to Graduation Schedule for Class of 2021
PHILADELPHIA, PA — The School District of Philadelphia recognizes that high school graduation is a significant milestone and is committed to celebrating our graduating seniors with a commencement ceremony. Our principals and staff have worked tirelessly to create safe opportunities for in-person graduations to take place this week. Due to the forecast calling for severe,…
Edison High School Receives $5,000 Donation from StuDocu
[Philadelphia, PA] – StuDocu, a leading online platform offering students the opportunity to exchange knowledge through note sharing, has donated $5,000 to Philadelphia’s Thomas A. Edison High School through its partnership with the national non-profit organization, AdoptAClassroom.org. The funds are intended for the school to purchase much-needed STEM supplies for their fabrication lab, so they can…