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On Tuesday, March 11, 2008, a team of CHAD, Charter High School for Architecture + Design, students won the championship title in “The BIG Pitch” advertising competition defeating two-time champions Roxborough High School. CHAD students on the winning team were: Jovan Ellis, David Mullowney, Keshava Stanford-Carter, Kevin Valentin, and Rattanak Yin.

The Big Pitch is a competition created in 2004 by David W. Brown and his Philadelphia-based advertising agency, BrownPartners, as a way to expose i… Continue

This is the third year of Interboro’s Freshmen Mentoring Program. In light of its success at entrusting students with the responsibility for creating an inclusive school culture, Mr. Andy Costanzo, Interboro High School’s Activity Coordinator and Mr. Bob Tryanski put on a seminar for rising senior who will be Freshmen Mentors next school year.

Out of a list of 76 students who wished to take part in the Freshmen Mentoring program, the 5 mentoyeers employ the Freshmen Mentors, and faculty members… Continue

I spoke to 6 classes of students at Thomas K. Finletter ES about my career as an educator, the importance of Education and how dreams can motivate anyone to work hard to achieve their dreams. Several other speakers from Temple University, Wachovia Bank and from the music industry also spoke to the students about their careers and the importance of education to their respective careers.

I was led from class to class by Daniel a very astute 5th grade student from Finletter. The program was set up… Continue

The name does not do this extravaganza justice: it should be called Celebration of Students. Somewhere between 75% and 85% of the Springfield HS (Delaware county) students take part in this annual ritual. The walls of the school are lined with images created by students and displays of student work occupy seemingly every nook and cranny of the HS. Student work also includes architectural models, advanced carpentry, wood-working and sculpture.

The highlight for us at PennCORD was the W… Continue

Led by Ms. Kathleen Hauger, the Social Studies Chair, Ms. Mary Rodgers, the Service Learning Coordinator and the Art Department, Abington HS has taken 26: Student Advocacy Kit along with their renowned service learning program and created something special.

One of Ms. Hauger's student's, used 26 as a template to describe how other young people and adults use concepts from 26 to become change agents in their own communities and solve problems. This project is organized as an 8 minute DVD… Continue