Francis Scott Key School
School District of PhiladelphiaCategory: Uncategorized
A new beautiful garden
It was a beautful spring day to work outdoors and in a garden. Many people showed up to help including families, students, and teachers. There were many steps in the process! The old flower/plant beds needed to be removed. New metal ones were put together. Gravel was used for the base to help with drainage,…
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. Our 4th grade…
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…
Pi Day ends with a realy pie in the face!
Pi Day this year was filled with fun math games and competitions. The best part was watching Dr. Dinon get a pie inth eface by the winners! Hope that was a delicious pie, Dr. Dinon!
Science Club begins journey to Science Fair!
We kicked off Key’s science club with a student-generated idea and everyone wanted to build a volcano so we spent the first weeks doing that. Other images are related to chemical reactions like a “snowstorm in a jar” and “how to blow up a balloon”. Students also learned about surface tension with “how many drops…
Photography Club at FDR Park
All year our Photography Club students have been taking pictures at different events around school. Recently they practiced their photo-taking skills at nearby FDR Park! They took pictures of nature and close-ups. They even had time for a little fun on the brand new swings built in the park and to celebrate a peer’s birthday…
Black History Month at Key
We had a range of activities this year for Black Histoy Month! From door decorating to guest speakers and readers, there was so much happening at Key school as we recognized and honored the contributions African-American culture has had on all of our lives.