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🎂 Summer & September Birthdays: Joel Dankoff (6/2), Jenna Johnson-Moore (6/29), Luca Harper (7/4), Hailey Perez (7/18), Bea McCants-Green (7/20), Ruqi Jiang (7/27), Jayden Johnson (8/4), Mae Abdulrahman (8/5), Anthony Wallace (8/8), Symphony Wallace (8/8), Camelle Wilkins (8/21), Precious Morrow (8/24), Sooeon Kim (8/24), Camille Smith (8/25), Aylin Smith (8/28), Julian Smith (8/28), January Faust (8/29) Ines Balti (9/7), Chrisma Tucker (9/8), Jingheng Zhang (9/17), Itai Bravato (9/20), Janelly Walton (9/20), and Asher Jayawardena (9/24) Happy Birthday to all!
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Upcoming Fieldwork for the Week of 9/16
On Thursday, Sept 19, Grades 9 and 10 will be traveling to Morris Park, which surrounds the East and West Branches of Indian Creek in upper West Philadelphia near the Montgomery County border. Students will hike, participate in community service, and enjoy the 147-acre natural woodland. Students should pack a lunch/water bottle and wear long pants, socks and comfortable shoes.
On Monday, Sept 16, Grades 11 and 12 will return to the Friends Meeting House to continue their semester-long collaboration with TriCo and the course, “Philadelphia & the 2024 Election.” Dr. Laurison will be sharing about his research and strategizing research in assigned groups. The students will have their normal lunch block and can pack or buy.
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Ivy Harris (Revolution School’s Director of Community Life), and Gina Moore (Revolution School Founder), attended the first vote-a-palooza! This event was held at Salem Baptist Church in Abington, PA, where Board member Marshall Mitchell serves as the pastor. The team enjoyed a night on the lawn while watching the 2024 Presidential Debate broadcast on ABC News!
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If You Are Not Early, You Are Late!
Student attendance has been outstanding these first two weeks of school! Let’s keep up the good work. Please be sure to have your students get to school by 8:15 am to ensure that classes can start promptly at 8:30 am. If you know that your child is running late or will be absent, please contact Carolyn (carolyn@revolutionschool.org) no later than 8:15 am.
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Safe2Say Something Student Training
This fall, Revolution School students and staff will participate in the Safe2Say Something training program, provided by the Office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General. This vital program teaches both youth and adults how to recognize warning signs and signals —especially within social media — of individuals who may pose a threat to themselves or others. Participants will learn how to “say something” before a tragedy occurs. Our students will be trained on October 22 during community meeting time.
We encourage you to download the Safe2Say Something app and save the phone number 1-844-SAF2SAY in your contacts to report any concerns quickly and confidentially. This resource is critical in fostering a safe environment for everyone. Please reach out to ivy@revolutionschool.org with any questions you may have.
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Calling all Revolution Volunteers
As a volunteer, there are many ways you can get involved both at the school or virtually from afar. The opportunities to get involved are limitless ~ please share any and all ideas about how you would like to get involved at Revolution, such as:
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Become an alumni class representative
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Assist with Future Ready or the Financial Master Class
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Join a board committee
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Help us with admissions and advancement
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Plan for upcoming Revolution events
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Thursday Oct 10 — Back to School for parents, 4–6pm
Please join us for Revolution School’s Back to School Night. This is a great opportunity to mingle with our teachers, staff, and other parents — we will talk about our curriculum, special projects, and we’ll provide a tour of our new classroom/office space on the 20th floor! Please do not miss this important 2024-25 orientation where we will detail how best to engage with the school! More details to come.
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Tuesday Oct 22 — Safe2Say Something Student Training
For more information, please scroll back to our Revolution Announcements section.
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Saturday Nov 2 — NACAC College Fair at the Convention Center, 11am–3pm.
All students and families (grades 9–12) are welcome to attend the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) College Fair in Philadelphia. Click this link for more details.
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Wednesday Nov 20 — 2024 Malcolm Bernard HBCU Fair, 3:30-7pm.
The Malcolm Bernard Historically Black Colleges and Universities College Fair is the largest HBCU College Fair on the East Coast. Some colleges and universities in attendance will be offering on-site acceptances, so students are encouraged to bring copies of their unofficial transcripts. Registration is now open and is REQUIRED. Please use THIS link to register. The fair will be held at Martin Luther King High School, 6100 Stenton Avenue, Philadelphia, PA.
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Fieldwork
Grades 9 and 10 toured the Kimmel Center to learn about careers in the arts. They met with stagehands, the finance department, the development office, and the education department.
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Grades 11 and 12 kicked-off a semester-long partnership with undergraduate students in TriCo, which refers to Haverford College, Swarthmore College, and Bryn Mawr College. The students, who are enrolled in Dr. Daniel Laurison’s fall course “Philadelphia & the 2024 Election” will use this election cycle as a case study for understanding some of the most pressing issues in American democracy. This past week, the students toured the Friends Meeting House on Arch Street and began collaborating with the Tri-Co undergraduate students.
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Financial Literacy
Students in our new Financial Literacy class made decisions based on what they value, and how they spend their money. Students used kidney beans to represent their income and make important budgeting choices.
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OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF REVOLUTION
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Widener Engineering Mini-Camp — 12th Grade students
Widener’s School of Engineering invites local high school seniors to learn about different engineering disciplines by interacting with faculty and current engineering students. A concurrent program for parents and guardians covers the admissions process, financial aid and planning for engineering school. Sept 27 from 9am–1pm Registration is NOW OPEN until September 23rd.
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Calling All Girl Bosses
This is a year-long program empowering girls in Philadelphia to lead the change they want to see in their neighborhoods. It was developed by Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP) as a blueprint to give Philadelphia girls in grades 6–12 the skills they need to identify a community problem and take action to find a solution. The program is FREE for girls. Lunch and transportation will be provided for each workshop. Click this link to learn more.
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Innovation League
This is an opportunity for entrepreneurial students in Grades 9–12 in Philadelphia who want to learn how to build businesses while growing their skills and solving problems in their community. Like a traditional sports league, students attend weekly practices led by tech mentors and build their technology, leadership, and social skills. Registration closes October 1st.
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PAIS / ISACS Parent & Community Series Webinar
Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS), in collaboration with
Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS), put together a
fantastic series of six webinars for parents — and Revolution School is pleased to offer
them to our community for free. Click here for more information and to register.
WED SEPT 25 | Lynn Lyons
Back-To-School Momentum: Prepping Children of All Ages for the Challenges (&
Successes) of a New School Year
TUE NOV 19 | Jennifer Wallace
Never Enough: When Achievement Pressure Becomes Toxic—And What We Can
Do About It
WED JAN 15 | Phyllis L. Fagell
How to Raise Socially Skilled Tweens & Teens Who Can Navigate Friendship
Challenges
WED FEB 12 | Hasan Merali
Squish the Peas: Life Lessons from Toddlers on How to Live a Happier, Healthier
Life
TUE MARCH 11 | Ken Ginsburg
Raise Your Children & Adolescents to be Authentically Successful, Emotionally
Healthy & Prepared to Thrive
WED APRIL 9 | Michael Thompson
Planning for Summers of Growth & Joy
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Advancing Independent Schools (ADVIS) Opportunities
ADVIS is a nonprofit organization with a mission to advance independent schools through professional development, connection & collaboration, and thought leadership. Here are two upcoming ADVIS opportunities (we will update you with additional opportunities throughout the year).
Antiracist Teach-In — Saturday Sept 21, 9:30–11:30am
This will be in-person at Greene Street Friends School — a morning of learning focused on antiracist instruction led by Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul and Tricia Ebarvia. This workshop for teachers and parents/caregivers will give strategies to enhance reading and learning with kids, whether in the classroom or at home. This will be followed by a reading and conversation with children’s and middle grade author Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. Uncle Bobbie’s will be onsite with a “pop-up” bookshop with books featured throughout the morning and many others. Leave with practical strategies to recharge your reading and writing instruction, with tools for antiracist teaching and learning! Click here for more information and tickets.
Science of Reading Day @ Drexel — Thursday Sept 26, 4–9pm
This will be in-person at Bossone Research Enterprise Center (3140 Market Street) on the Drexel campus. This free, open to the public event includes a resource fair with representatives from local organizations who will share literacy resources, a simulation on what it is like to live with dyslexia led by Woodlynde School, and panel discussions on literacy issues led by notable thought leaders in literacy, including Hilderbrand Pelzer III (educator and author) , Kareem Weaver (Co-Founder and CEO of FULCRUM), Dr. Dollette Johns-Smith (Principal of Morton McMichael School), and more! Click this link to learn more and register.
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After-School Opportunities
Please click this link for detailed information and registration for each of these opportunities.
Shoot Basketballs NOT People (SBNP)
Youth Basketball Player Development Training program to be held at
Germantown Friends School on Sundays from 12–2pm.
RAWK U School of Music
Specializing in training beginners on guitar, bass, drums, voice, and piano.
AmeriKick Northeast Philly
AmeriKick combines the primary style of Kenpo Karate with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,
Boxing and Sport Karate along with Fitness Kickboxing for teens and adults.
Project 440
This community-based, youth-focused nonprofit organization provides free after school programs for Philadelphia high school students, using music as the spark to help young people grow as individuals and members of their community.
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Show your school pride with a REV school t-shirt, hoodie, hat — or a beautiful water bottle you can use throughout the school day! Many color options available on all items — order today!
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PLEASE HELP US SPREAD THE WORD
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