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SAT/PSAT Testing Day: Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Dear High School Parents and Guardians, The School District of Philadelphia will be administering the SAT as well as the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) to all high school students in grades 9 through 12 on Wednesday, October 11th, 2017, at their high school. This opportunity will be at no additional costs to parents...
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FACEtime with Our Staff: LaShaé Spratley

LaShaé Sprately has been the Family and Community Engagement Coordinator for Network 3 and the Autonomy Network since October 2016 and doesn't see herself leaving any time soon. After receiving a Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, Ms. Spratley worked with children who had behavioral health issues at several social service agencies throughout Philadelphia. Shortly after,...
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Code for Philly Builds App for Philly Students to help with College Applications

Code for Philly is a local civic tech organization of volunteer developers, designers, and civic stakeholders who use technology as a means of civic and community engagement. Recently Code for Philly has built YadaGuru which reminds high school seniors about all the things they have to do for college applications, from filling in Naviance to...
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FACE Hosts the 9th Annual Back to School Event

Students and their families hustled to School of the Future as early as 7:30 in the morning on Friday, August 18 to attend the Office of Family and Community Engagement's annual "Back 2 School" event. In its ninth year, the back to school extravaganza drew up to 10,000 people looking for tips, resources, and tools...
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Virtual Summer Programming Fair: June 17, 2020

Virtual Summer Programming Fair: June 17, 2020

Wednesday, June 17, 2020  •  1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 2020 is going to be a year in the history books and it’s not even summer yet! As this historic school year comes to a close, the Office of Family and Community Engagement (FACE) remains committed to our students, parents, and guardians across the city. If...
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