Category: Education

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High School Students Can Build Boats

Below you will see an ad for the Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory.  What does this have to do with Frankford?   First it is located in the Globe Dye Works, right here in Frankford and second Brett Hart, the Executive Director,  grew up in Frankford and attended Frankford Friends School.   More importantly it is aimed at high school students who might need a boost.  Given our demographics, there has to be a large number of kids, both boys and girls, who would benefit from this experience.

The Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory is a maritime education organization whose mission is to engage urban teens in hands-on boatbuilding and on-water programming to nurture the problemsolving, communication, and collaboration skills needed to become confident, capable adults.

For may kids this is a trans-formative experience.  Have look below and go to their website.

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String Theory Does the Kimmel

A chance to cover Frankford news at the Kimmel Center downtown does not come all that often, so there we were on Tuesday night June 4th, front row in Verizon Hall.  It felt like a Broadway opening night.  We were late but just made the overture after wading through a crowd of equally late Frankford families looking for their seats.  The String Theory School for Arts and Sciences (formerly H. R. Edmunds) was about to raise the curtain on the first annual Spring concert.

Expectations were high and  you could see the excitement in these families eyes at seeing their kids perform in this magnificent venue.  It was a two part show with the first half music and vocal and the second half highlighting the dance crew.  The band was good as you can see from the clip.  Bear in mind that many of these kids have never held one of those instruments before September.

The dance performance was imaginative with something that boys could really relate to.  You’ll see from the clip.

A big treat for the kids was the appearance of Cody Wise a recording artist who is a graduate the Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School, also managed by String Theory.  After doing his gig he took the time to shake the hand of each of the young performers.

We took some time during the intermission to talk to some parents.  They were hard pressed to hold back their enthusiasm for the school and their pride in their children.

It seems to be no theory with them, the parents are well pleased with the education their kids are getting.  For the $10.00 cost of admission you could not have had more fun downtown although the hall was pretty well packed.  Hope we’re invited back next year.


 

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Harding Middle School Crossing Boundaries

From Michael J. Calderone, Principal
Warren G. Harding Middle School

Students in Mr. Tietz’ Art class at Harding Middle were part of the first ever student art display at the Barnes! This is a result of their participation in the Crossing Boundaries Program. Crossing Boundaries integrates art appreciation with social studies, mathematics, and literacy.

Seventh graders learn about African sculpture traditions and observe the influence of African sculpture on the innovations of European modern artists. Eighth graders use the Barnes Foundation’s unique ensemble displays (wall arrangements) to analyze art across geographic regions and create their own ensembles using proportional reasoning.  Students in both grades participate in two in-classroom lessons and visit the Barnes Foundation to explore the art they have already studied in depth.

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Frankford High School Annual Senior Award Ceremony

From: Joe Fraioli,  Frankford High School JROTC

Senior Award Ceremony

Frankford HS held its annual Senior Award Ceremony and there were approximately 35 seniors winning special scholarships and grants from the Pioneer Alumni, Philadelphia Teachers Federation, Boys & Girls Club in addition to several other donors. This group by itself accounted for over 650, 000 in scholarships and grants.

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JROTC News

Our graduation date is Wednesday, June 19th at 10 over at War Memorial Stadium. It will be a great day for us.

Our JROTC program is going to try and do 2 graduations within a half hour of each other. Ours scheduled for 10 am and Harding Middle School scheduled for 10:30 am at Fels HS.

Also, there is a big city American Flag Day celebration on June 14th that our school is participating in. Putting up the flag at the Constitution Center. Participating in the Flag ceremony at Independence Hall and finally ending up at the Betsy Ross House.