Posts tagged ‘Literacy’
Book Trust Receives $150,000 from JPMorgan Chase and Kevin Hart to Increase Literacy Access for District Students
Acclaimed actor, comedian and children’s book author Kevin Hart, who grew up in Philadelphia, joined Book Trust and JPMorgan Chase at Robert Morris School where he announced a matching donation of $75,000.
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First Day of School Highlights
Students, principals, teachers, and families celebrated the first day of the 2017-2018 school year throughout The School District of Philadelphia on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Superintendent Dr. William R. Hite, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and 30 second graders marked the first day of the 2017-2018 school year with the traditional bell-ringing ceremony at Joseph Pennell Elementary…
Modernized Pre-K to 2nd Grade Classrooms in Eight Schools will focus on literacy
PHILADELPHIA – In preparation for the 2017-2018 school year, Dr. William R. Hite, Superintendent of The School District of Philadelphia, toured Allen M. Stearne Elementary’s newly modernized kindergarten, first and second grade classrooms on Thursday. Stearne Elementary is one eight district schools receiving this investment this school year and the PreK to 2nd grade classrooms…