Category: News from SDP

Important Announcement Regarding Leveling

Please use your preferred translation service to read in your language Dear School District of Philadelphia Community, For some time, the District had a practice of initiating a Fall process called Enrollment-Driven Resource Review. This process, also called Leveling, uses real-time enrollment data to reassign teachers based on actual enrollment needs and changes District-wide. Understandably,…

Seven Extraordinary Principals Honored for Leadership and Service to School Communities

The School District of Philadelphia and the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation of Philadelphia presented seven District principals with the 2024 Lindback Award for Distinguished Principals at an award ceremony Tuesday night at the Philadelphia Film Society. The award, which has been generously funded by the Lindback Foundation since 2011, recognizes school leaders…

Inaugural Accelerate Philly Awards Celebrates Academic Excellence and Improvement

More than 600 School District of Philadelphia employees gathered for the first annual Accelerate Philly awards at Martin Luther King High School on April 5, 2024. The ceremony celebrated both excellence and improvement across various academic and professional metrics aligned to the Board of Education’s Goals and Guardrails, and the strategic priorities outlined in the District’s five-year strategic...

How to Safely Watch the Solar Eclipse

April 6, 2024 What schools are doing on Monday, April 8 — the day of the solar eclipse. Schools will use this natural event as a unique learning opportunity for students offering eclipses-themed activities and lessons during science classes. Parents/Guardians who are concerned about children looking at the sun during dismissal may pick them up…

GAMP junior wins first place at Lancaster Women’s Symphony Association Competition

Girard Academic Music Program’s Isabel Morales is making waves for her musical talent outside of the District. The junior recently won first place in the strings division at the Lancaster Women’s Symphony Competition. As part of the prize, she will perform the first movement of Dvorak Cello Concerto on June 15 with the Allegro Chamber Orchestra of Lancaster. Isabel’s achievement…

Social Work Spotlights – Social Work Month

This March we will honor our talented social workers. We hope you will enjoy reading these profiles as much as we enjoyed creating them. Remember, there are hundreds of other social workers who weren't highlighted here, so make sure to celebrate the ones that you know on social media using #SDPThankASocialWorker! Gennefer HallDevon SmithKatharine CunninghamMadeleine...