City Hall
Education: Students Voice Concerns to City Officials
Councilmember Helen Gym held a meeting to allow students to explain their concerns from the pandemic.
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Northeast High School
City Hall
Education: Without Counselors, Students in Philadelphia Face A Challenging Path
Being a teenager in high school is complicated, but being a teenager in a Philadelphia public school can been even more challenging. Trying to juggle classes, homework, a personal life and then college applications on [continue reading…]
Amateur Sports
Amateur Sports: Decades of Dedication for Dave McCarty
Trying something new on impulse led Dave McCarty (above) to one of his biggest passions: coaching children and adults with intellectual disabilities for the Special Olympics. That was nearly three decades ago. Today, McCarty continues [continue reading…]
Featured Stories
Technically Philly: Students and Teachers use Technology and Group Work to Increase AP Scores
https://vimeo.com/80000691] As one of the oldest schools in Philadelphia, Northeast High School is used to change. In 2010, the school decided to completely overhaul the Advanced Placement program with the hopes of improving student participation [continue reading…]
Education
Northeast: Teachers and School Employees Become ‘Faces of the Layoffs’
FacesofTheLayoffs.org gives a voice to the thousands of Philadelphia School District employees who’ve been told they would not have jobs this coming fall. It was organized largely by Larissa Pahomov, who was inspired by Anissa Weinraub’s [continue reading…]