Francis Scott Key School
School District of PhiladelphiaArchive for April, 2025
Penn Relay fun!
Our 4th, 5th, and 6th graders trained and participated hard for the Penn Relays this year as they do every year. During practice they sprinted, relay raced with the baton, and made sure everyone was hyped and ready for the competition at the University of Pennsylvania. Our team placed well this year. More importantly, they…
Arbor Day Celebration with Key!
Key joined the Philly Parks and Recreation for this year’s Arbor Day Celebration. It took place on Friday April 25th at Mifflin Square from 10AM-12PM. The event was in partnership with our friends at SEAMAAC and the Friends of the Park group. The event featured the official city proclamation, marking Philadelphia’s 49th consecutive designation as…
Coding with UPenn
Our Coding Club with the wonderful engineering students of the University of Pennsylvania ended. The 6th grade students truly enjoyed meeting and learning about new aspects of coding using Scratch. By the end of the club, the students were able to make very creative games that they shared with each other. Everyone in the club…
Happy New Year (again)!
Once again, our wonderful bilingual counselors Ms. Esther and Ms. Choing coordinated a celebration of Khmer, Burmese, Laotian, and Nepali new year. Many of our families contributed their time and most especially delicious food. Fried rice, egg curry, samosa, fried noodles, pad thai, and so much more was enjoyed by our students and their families…
Time to clean up!
It was that time of year again where our Key community rolled our sleeves up and got to work spring cleaning both inside and outside. Thank you to all of our parents and families who volunteered their time. The day may have been rainy, but once all the cleaning was done, it felt like a…