Meaningfully engaging and communicating with families is something that all educators and administrators struggle with—even us here in FACE! In a city as diverse and large as Philadelphia, communication with families is especially challenging. What will grab parents’ attention? Which communication vehicle works best? How do we phrase our messaging? The William Penn Foundation hosted...
Choosing a meal that is both healthy and something your kids will enjoy can be difficult and frustrating for any caregiver. But that doesn’t always have to be the case! Last month, The District’s Eat.Right.Now team (SNAP-Ed funded) hosted a cooking workshop where over fifteen caregivers came out to learn about healthy eating and try...
Mayfair’s School Advisory Council (SAC) organized and hosted a Family Academic Night on Tuesday, March 27. Parents had the opportunity to spend the evening in the school, attending workshops led by the school’s teachers and staff and enjoying a dinner served by the leadership team. Thirteen different workshops were planned, and a rotation allowed families...
During their Winter Title I/SAC meeting, a parent at John H. Webster School mentioned that she would like to have a functioning library in the school because there wasn't a library in the neighborhood. Principal Sherri Arabia explained that unfortunately there was not room in the school for a library, but perhaps they could work...
Get Pumped for Summer with FACE! The FACE Office is excited to invite you to the 2018 End-of-Year Family Celebration on Friday, June 1, 2018, 4:30-7:30pm at 440 N Broad Street! The Celebration is a time for us to thank families for their contributions to our schools and as a way to kick off...
Bayard Taylor School, a K-5 elementary school located in Hunting Park, has two new community partners that are excited to be working with its students. These new partners are the Springboard Collaborative Afterschool Program and Girls Inc. Both partners started at Taylor less than a year ago, and even though both community partners focus on...
Last month, William McKinley School in North Philadelphia held a Week of Peace. This was a challenge for all the students of McKinley to have a full week without any reports of violence, bullying, harassment or disrespect for an entire week. Each class that satisfied all components of the challenge would have a pizza party...
Showing your volunteers how much you appreciate them and their help is a great way to keep them coming back project after project, year after year. This appreciation doesn’t have to be a grand gesture. It also doesn’t have to require a large budget. You can give your volunteers thank you cards, small gift bags,...
Feltonville Intermediate School students during the, "Lifting Our Cultures and Families" Parade. Source: Spiral Q News. Parent Ceci Santana helps us celebrate #VolunteerAppreciationMonth by telling us why she volunteers in her child’s school. Tell us your story by using the hashtag #IVolunteerBecause and tagging us @sdpFACE! My name is Ceci Santana and I am a...
Laura H. Carnell Elementary School is located in Northeast Philadelphia and has nearly 1,000 students enrolled in grades K-5. Carnell currently holds SAC meetings once a month, usually on a Tuesday morning right after the hustle and bustle of drop-off. In March, Carnell held a SAC meeting attended by parents, the Vice Principal, and the...
