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In This
Issue
Ø Facilities
Master Plan Meetings-Phase 2
Ø Kick Off
Literacy Initiative
Ø Join a
School Advisory Council (SAC)
Ø Parent University’s Lecture
Series
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Students at Dobbins H.S. create
professional looking fliers, booklets, invitations, and banners at MUSTANG
PRESS. Contact them at 215-227-4421
for information.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
HAPPY
CHINESE NEW YEAR!
Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit or Xin Mao
(4710). Visit here for
children’s activities and crafts.
WORKSHOPS
440 N. Broad
Street
Call 215-400-7272 to register.
Parent University’s Career and Job Readiness Lecture
Series
Part Two: Wednesday, February 23th
at 6:00 pm.
Basic
Computer Classes February 9th, 16th,
& 23rd at 1:00 pm
Bullying
Prevention Workshop
February 10th, 17th, & 24th at 10:00 am & 5:00 pm
Home
Improvement and You Workshop
February 9th, 16th & 23rd at 5:00pm
Did you
know…
The 15th Amendment, giving
Blacks the right to vote, was ratified on February 3, 1870.
Sojourner Truth (Isabella
Baumfree), preacher, abolitionist, speaker, and women’s rights advocate, was
commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp on February 4, 1986.
Benjamin Banneker,
inventor, surveyor, mathematician, and astronomer, began to help lay out Washington, DC
under the supervision of Mayor Andrew Endicott, IV on February 7, 1791.
CELEBRATE BLACK
HISTORY MONTH
Positive
Quote
“Men
simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons.”
Richard
Wright
Office of Parent, Family,
Community Engagement, and Faith-based Partnerships
Karren Dunkley, Deputy Chief
Quibila A. Divine, Director of Parent and Family
Engagement
Linda Maldonado, Coordinator
Yves Marie Desir, Office Assistant
215-400-4180
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Announcements
Imagine Great Schools
Facilities Master Plan Meetings-Phase 2: Will be held in various locations. Visit here for more information. Each meeting begins at 6 pm.
Saturday, February 5th…………H.S. of the Future; 40th St. & Parkside Ave.
Tuesday, February 8th………….Saul H.S.; 7100 Henry Avenue
Wednesday, February 9th………South
Philadelphia H.S.; 2101
S. Broad St.
Thursday, February 10th……….Fels H.S.; 5500 Langdon St.
Saturday, February 12th………..Lincoln H.S.; 3201 Ryan Ave.
Tuesday, February 15th………..Temple University
Health Care; 3400 N. Broad St.
Wednesday, February 16th…….Penrose School;
2515 S. 78th St.
Thursday, February 17th……….South Philadelphia H.S.; 2101 S. Broad St.
Renaissance Schools’
Parent and Community Meetings: Will be held in various locations.
Visit here
for more information. Each meeting
begins at 6 pm.
Monday, February 7th………….South Philadelphia H.S. and West
Philadelphia H.S.
Tuesday, February 8th………….Audenried H.S. and Fitzsimons H.S.
Wednesday, February 9th………W.D. Kelley and E. Vare
Thursday, February 10th………..Barry and Smith
Tuesday, February 16th…………Alcorn and Pennell
Thursday, February 17th………..Germantown H.S. and Sayre H.S.
Professional
Development for NEW Promise
Academy School
Advisory Council (SAC) Members: Thursday, February 24th at 5:30 pm at 440 North Broad St.; Auditorium. Call 215 400-6646 for additional information
and to register.
Training and Planning
Sessions to Advocate for Sick Time for Philadelphia
workers: Saturday,
February 5th; 10:00 am at 846 N.
Broad St. For more information, call 215
851-1759 or email epwebb@uac.org
Tax
Assistance for Senior Citizens: Older adults can get tax assistance at the Center
at Journey’s Way 403 Rector St., in
Roxborough, on Wednesdays beginning February 9th. To schedule an appointment
and reserve your space call 215 487-1750.
Doing Business With
The Federal Government Workshop: Wednesday, February, 9th; 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at
SCORE/GPMBSA Offices; 102 N. 22nd
St. Register here or
to find out about other webinars and classes in Philadelphia visit
here.
Campus
Philly Recruiting for Alternative Spring Break: A week-long, service program
where students work together throughout the week, will take place from Sunday,
March 6th to Friday, March 11th. The deadline for applications is Friday,
February 11th. For details go here.
Franklin
Institute hosts African American-Scientists: The Institute will sponsor “The
Color of Science”, a FREE event on Friday, February 11th at 5:00 pm at The
Franklin Institute; 20th & Benjamin
Franklin Parkway. To register call 215 448-1254.
Title I Parent
Workshop: Tuesday, February 15th; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at
North Parent and Family Resource Center
(Grover Washington Middle School,
2nd fl.); 201 E. Olney Ave.
For more information, call 215 456-0998.
US Department of
Education’s Audio Conference - Title I Parent Set-Aside: What Can I Spend it On?: Wednesday, February 16th
at 440 N. Broad St., noon – 1:30
pm. Call 215-400-4180 to register
(space is limited).
School District Literacy Initiative KICK OFF for 1,000 Books in Every
Classroom: Every classroom and library at EACH
high school (in collaboration with the administrator, teachers, students, and
parents); Wednesday, February 16th; 9:00 am to 11:00 am at Bartram School;
2401 S. 67th St. Call 215 400-5594 or visit http://teacher.scholastic.com for
more information.
IEP
Bootcamp: Wednesday, February 16th at CBH;
8th & Market Sts., 7th fl. at 6 pm. Call 215 413-7106 or email nasya06@msn.com for more information.
High
School Art Show: Exhibition January 31-February 20 at Philadelphia Sketch Club; 235 S. Camac St. Closing Reception and Awards Ceremony; Sunday,
February 20th; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Call
215 545-9298 for more information.
Fathers Are In The House
Presents Sports & Business Seminar: Monday, February 21st; 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at The Wells
Fargo Center for parents/guardians and their children in grades 6-12; $10.00
for parents and $8.00 for students. Call 267 804-3852 or email gporter@bizelite.org for information.
The
Education Trust Leadership Webinar Series:
Learn what help principals need to improve schools; Wednesday,
February 23rd at 4:00 pm. Visit Leadership Webinar Series for information.
The
District’s Title I Parent Engagement Policy is available in the 8 major
languages (Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Albanian, Arabic, Chinese, Khmer, and
Russian). To get a copy, visit here.
PA Promise
for Children
is looking for new stories from families that show how early education is
working in their communities. Stories can be summited online through the
site’s storybuilder or by completing
this form and emailing it to Mary
Hall.
Learn Computer
Basics or Get Your GED: Orientation for ABE/GED is on Wednesdays at 12:00 pm;
Room 1050 at 440 N. Broad St.
For more information call 215 400-6509 or email smitha@centerforliteracy.org
Philadelphia Streets Department’s website allows you to see
a list of snow emergency routes and report a street in need of salting or
plowing, call 3-1-1 or visit http://www.phila.gov/streets/Snow_Emergency.html.
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SAVE THE DATE
Right to Education
Task Force General Meeting: Thursday, February 24th
at 440 N. Broad St., Room 1075 at 6 pm.
PA PLA,
“PARENT POWER”, and Student Success Center
Workshop: Come hear about Math & Reading Programs,
PSSAs, Parent University, and Title I. Saturday, February 26th; 9:00 am at Fitzsimons High School; 2601 W. Cumberland St. (Breakfast will
be served.)
Philadelphia Home & School Council’s President’s Summit: Saturday, February 26th at 440 N. Broad St.,
Auditorium; 10 am. Call 215 400-4080
for more information.
U. S. Department of Education’s
Voices in Action National Youth Summit: Engage middle/high school students
from across the nation in meeting the president’s challenges to lead the
world in college completion by 2020, Saturday, February 26th; 8:00 am to 6:00
pm at Washington, DC. For more information, email robert.gomez@ed.gov
District-wide
Kindergarten Open House: Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Contact
the school for exact times.
The BIG JUMP: Friday, April 15th at 11 am (for 60 seconds), ALL
Philadelphians will participate (by jumping up and down) in a
mass-participation, science investigation to see if the force of our energy
can generate seismic activity. JOIN US
IN THE FUN!!!
Autism Awareness Night
with the Phillies: Friday, April 15th at 7:00 pm. For
ticket information email crocmei11@gmail.com.
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