Francis Scott Key School
School District of PhiladelphiaCategory: Uncategorized
Ballet X comes to Key!
This year, Key third grade joined the “Dream Team” of BalletX, an organiziation that provides a contemporary ballet experience. The performance was held at the Mandell Theatre. After many months of practice, our third graders looked like professional dancers. Great job third grade!
Key “Reads Across America”!
“Read Across America” week was celebrated at Key. There were many activities scheduled. Students were able to make their own bookmarks on Monday, wear clothes that represented their favorite sports team on Tuesday, read the same book on Wednesday, attend the Key “Book Cafe” on Thursda, and enjoy “Pajama Day” on Friday. Everyone who participated…
Key Celebrates Black History!
Our school acknowledged and celebrated Black History Month with many activities. Some of these activities included Read-Alouds by guest readers, a musical program, speeches from students about significant historical events in Black history, and a door decorating contest.
Lunar New Year Celebrated at Key
We were so excited yet again to host the Philadelphia Suns at Key school for a performance of the Lion Dance. The Lion Dance is said to bring good fortune and good luck. Whether it does or not, everyone had a great time!
Key Lego Robotics Team advances to Regionals
For the first time the “FSK Lego Stars” robotics team advanced to regional competitions, which will be held in Januray. The team also won an award for best robot design. Go team!
Saturday Library Days at Key
One Saturday a month our beautiful new library is open to our families to come and read a book, play a game, or catch up on homework. Some of our teachers are here to help. Join us if you can!
All-City Choir
Our wonderful choir lead by Music Teacher Ms. Camacho once again participated in this year’s All-City Choir. The music was wonderful and everyone had a great time!
Fertile Ground
This school year, the theme for our school is “Fertile Ground: Harvesting Community Culture, Genius, and Joy so All Students Thrive.” We believe strongly that all of our students possess a form of genius. It is our job as teachers to find it, recognize it, and honor it! The pictures below show our students engaging…
Great start to a great year!
We are so grateful to all of our students, families, and community partners who make our school a true community school. We were fortunate again to have Groceries for Philly come to our school and offer our families free food. This wonderful organization comes to our school periodically to support us and our hungry tummies!…
Dedication of our new play space!
We celebrated the dedication of our new outside play space earlier this year. We thank PA House Representative Elizabeth Fiedler for her generous contribution and fundraising. We now have fun play swings and green turf to play soccer.