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School Play To Go

Apr 16, 2015

Ready to put on your own SCHOOL PLAY?

School Play is portable, adaptable, and free! We encourage unlimited performances by any group of people who feel motivated to help spark a conversation about public education and its value to us all.

You can create formal performances in community theatres, schools or at your local church. Or produce School Play as a pop-up event. In a busy parking lot, on the library steps, at the community center or at your Home and School meeting. Or even present it on the playground, on a street corner, or at a house party organized to draw attention to the need for fair and reliable funding for public education. Get creative!

highlights: the universal and invaluable importance of our relationships with teachers; how inequality in school funding limits programs and resources for schools in poorer districts;and how public educators remain devoted to recognizing and nurturing potential in their students who represent the future of our society.

 

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Attend a Community Budget Meeting

Philadelphia students cannot afford fewer teachers or other support staff. City Council can vote to prevent those cuts. Speak up on behalf of students! Attend one (or more) of the upcoming public events and tell councilmembers, “No cuts to schools!” Sign Up, Show Up, Speak Up because Our Kids Are Worth It. Need help with your testimony? Check out our testimony as well as these talking points. We can also help – reachout to frangyp@childrenfirstpa.org. Click the image to download a PDF that you can share.

Postcards: Print, Sign & Share

These postcards are available for your community group or organization to print and share with your members. Postcards can be dropped off to 990 Spring Garden Street, Suite 600 or you can scan and send to info@childrenfirstpa.org. We also have printed postcards available to pick up at our office. Click the image to download a PDF that you can share.

Lower Travel Costs!  Options are available.

The Mayor’s proposed tax on ride share companies will protect public schools and ensure students have the resources they deserve. If ride share companies choose to pass these costs directly onto riders, there are options for individuals with disabilities to help lower their travel costs. Click the image to download a PDF that you can share.