Focus on FACE - Family & Community Engagement

SAC Parent and FACE Deputy Chief Share Expertise on Panel at William Penn Foundation Event

Posted on April 27, 2018
Tags: events, SAC, stanton, william penn foundation
Categories: Family News & Resources

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...

FACT Course Spotlight: “Eat.Healthy, Be.Happy” by the Eat.Right.Now. Program

Posted on April 27, 2018
Tags: cooking classes, ERN, Free, health, healthy eating, wellness
Categories: Family News & Resources

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 SAC Hosts Educational Family Night

Posted on April 27, 2018
Tags: Family Engagement, learning together, mayfair, SAC
Categories: Family News & Resources

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...

Children pick out books at the new community library

The Power of SAC & Community Partnerships: Webster School’s New Community Library

Posted on April 26, 2018
Tags: community library, reading, webster
Categories: Family News & Resources

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...

Clifford with portrait of himself at Decatur

FACE Celebrates Volunteer Appreciation Week with Clifford Reading Parties!

Posted on April 26, 2018
Tags: clifford, literacy, reading, scholastic, volunteer
Categories: Featured FACEs

In case you missed last month’s Focus on FACE Newsletter, The Office of Family and Community Engagement celebrated Volunteer Appreciation Month with all kinds of fun social media posts, articles featuring some of our wonderful volunteers, and snazzy Volunteer Appreciation materials. The FACE Office also invited the following five schools with outstanding volunteer programs to...

You are Cordially Invited to the End-of-Year Family Celebration!

Posted on April 26, 2018
Tags: end of school year, End of Year Celebration, free food, fun, raffles, summer, summer learning
Categories: Family News & Resources

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...

Community Partnerships at Bayard Taylor School

Posted on April 5, 2018
Tags: after school, community partner, taylor
Categories: Family News & Resources

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...

William McKinley Holds “Week of Peace”

Posted on April 5, 2018
Tags: mckinley, peace, positivity
Categories: Family News & Resources

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...

Tips for Recognizing the Volunteers at Your School

Posted on April 5, 2018
Tags: recognizing, volunteer appreciation month, volunteering
Categories: Family News & Resources

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,...

#IVolunteerBecause: Maritza Cedeño

Posted on April 5, 2018
Tags: #IVolunteerBecause, volunteer appreciation month
Categories: Featured FACEs

Parent Maritza Cedeño 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! I had been working for many years. My oldest daughter was starting kindergarten. At that time I had given birth to my second daughter. We...

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