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A look at first draft designs for Childs Elementary schoolyard improvments

November 7, 2016November 10, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth Childs, Childs Elementary, Neighbors Investing in Childs Elementary, schoolyard improvements min read

Childs, Girard School and Kirkbride School are three South Philly schools that will be seeing some playground improvements. The Big Sandbox, Knight Foundation, TBS and students from the University of Colorado and Iowa State University put together this program to

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What community services would you like to see at Southwark Elementary and South Philly High?

November 1, 2016November 1, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth community schools, South Philadelphia High School, Southwark Elementary min read

Over the summer it was announced by the city that nine schools would be transformed into “community schools.” Not only would these buildings serve the educational purposes of the students, but they would begin to service the needs of the

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What would you like to see improved at these three South Philly schoolyards?

October 21, 2016October 21, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth Childs, George W. Childs Elementary, Neighbors Investing in Childs Elementary min read

It was recently announced that three South Philly schools would be planning for schoolyard reinvention, thanks to the Big Sandbox, Knight Foundation, TBS and students from the University of Colorado and Iowa State University. Landscape architecture students at the universities

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Southwark Elementary hosting fundraiser on Oct. 13 for planned schoolyard improvements

October 11, 2016October 9, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth 9th and Mifflin, 9th Street, Friends of Southwark, Mifflin Street, schoolyard, Southwark Elementary min read

Southwark Elementary at 9th and Mifflin is among the schools in South Philadelphia planning playground improvements. Chester Arthur and the Taggart School are among those who have new schoolyards in the works. In about three years, the schoolyard at Southwark

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Andrew Jackson Elementary teacher receives the ‘Oscar of teaching’

October 6, 2016October 6, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth Andrew Jackson Elementary, Jayda Pugliese, Milken Foundation min read

A normal Wednesday morning turned into the surprise of a lifetime for an Andrew Jackson Elementary school teacher. The Milken Foundation held an assembly to award 29-year-old Jayda Pugliese, a 5th grade science and math teacher at the school, with

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Take a peek at Project P.L.A.Y. School’s new Bok location

September 15, 2016September 15, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth Bok, Project P.L.A.Y. School min read

Among the announcements in early-2016 for new Bok school tenants was Project P.L.A.Y. School. The play-based preschool is for children between the ages of 27-months-old and 5-years-old. Now that school is in session, here’s a peek at the new classroom space