Download PDF WHAT: Students at Overbrook Elementary School will present their final project, “Come Take a Look on Overbrook.” The display is a mural-like art project composed of photographs depicting daily life in Overbrook, the diversity in the community,...
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For South Philly Students, This Art Project Could Be The Last One – Philadelphia City Paper – June 14, 2013
Principal Lisa Kaplan addresses students at Jackson Elementary. This afternoon, students in South Philadelphia's Jackson Elementary School celebrated the completion of a 5,000-square-foot mosaic completed with help from COSACOSA Art At Large, a nonprofit organization,...
PCCY Commends Unanimous Council Action To Fund Philadelphia Public Schools
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With Cuts Looming, Students Present Final Multi-Media Projects (Cassidy)
Download PDF WHAT: Students will present books and digital movies inspired by their personal experiences. All pieces are performed, filmed, and edited by students. WHO: Cassidy Elementary School Students, winners of a $3,500 PCCY Picasso Project arts grant, will show...
Thousands Of Children Write Letters To Save Their School Programs (Video) – FOX 29 – June 13, 2013
Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29 This past Friday, over 3,000 employees with the SchoolDistrict of Philadelphia were given pink slips. The district says without these cuts, there is no way to make up for the $300 million budget deficit....
Picasso Project: Around South Philly – South Philly Review – June 13, 2013
Creativity reigned supreme during Saturday’s ARTspiration at Fleisher Art Memorial, 719 Catharine St. (Photo 1). F. Amedee Bregy School, 1700 Bigler St., staged “The Lion King” Tuesday (Photo 2). Black Music Month received its due June 5 at Universal Audenried Charter...
Councilmen Jones and Goode Honored For Support of Arts Education – WHYY NewsWorks – June 13, 2013
Councilmen Curtis Jones Jr. and W. Wilson Goode Jr. were given superhero capes during city council for their support of education and arts in the schools, last Thursday. The event was hosted by a group of arts and education supporters including ArtsRising, the Greater...
Philly School Students Urge Philadelphia City Council To Pass Drink Tax
Download PDF Great Visuals: City Council Will Be Given Letters Written by Students Telling Council Members to Support Liquor Tax What: Hundreds of education advocates will converge on Philadelphia City Council to deliver THOUSANDS of letters from public school...
Mothers Head To Harrisburg To Fight For Their Children’s Education
Download PDF Great Visuals as Mothers Deliver and Children Read From Thousands of Letters from Philadelphia School Children What: Mothers converge on the Pennsylvania State Capitol to deliver and read from some of the THOUSANDS of letters from students, urging...
Art Programs May Face Final Curtain Call In Philadelphia Schools (Video) – CBS3 – June 11, 2013
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia’s school budget crisis is taking a toll on the arts. Students at F. Amedee Bregy Elementary are performing what could be their last school musical. The school district has asked the city for $60 million and the state for...