Francis Scott Key School
School District of PhiladelphiaCategory: Uncategorized
Opera trip to Center City
Once again our 4th graders had a terrific time enjoying opera. This year’s opera performance was “La Boheme,” a love story, in reverse. Flashbacks tell the story that result in a tragic end of the story between Mimì and Rodolfo. This popular opera reminds us that while nothing lasts forever, we are lucky to love…
Happy New Year!
Nepali New Year marks the first day of Bikram Sambat, the official calendar of Nepal, and is always a national holiday within the country. Cambodian New Year, also known as Choul Chnam Thmey and Moha Sangkranta, or just Sangkranta, is the traditional celebration of the solar new year in Cambodia. Thingyan is the Myanmar New…
Library re-design opening
After a long wait, our library has a new look! New shelves, flooring, seats, tables, and books have given our library a modern look. Thank you to our funders who have helped make this possible.
MLK Day of Service at Key
This year we were very lucky to have volunteers come to our school on Martin Luther King Day to help spruce up the building. Ms. Kim helped lead the volunteers from her church to clean floors, walls, and even paint artistic designs and inspirational sayings. Our art teacher, Ms. Patel was also instrumental in creating…
Winter Concert continues on
When school was cancelled the day before winter break this year, it was also the day our 2023 “Winter Concert” was supposed to take place! That did not stop the performance, however. As soon as we returned from our break, the choir and all the musicians got another chance to perform what they had worked…
Opera Season in 4th grade!
The “Residency Program” that encourages self discovery for 4th graders comes once again to our school! In collaboration with teaching artists students explore opera and use social emotional learning practices to create a student-created opera! This 10-week program is offered through a partnership with Opera Philadelphia.
Domino Club “Capicú”
Our wonderful bilingual counselor, Mr. O, has started his morning Domino Club “Capicú” (Pronounced Kop’eekoo). Let the games begin! You can find the team practicing early in the morning in Room 6 as they prepare for competitions this upcoming Spring of 2023! They were even able to acquire great new domino tables for their practice…
Key Lego team wins “Engineering Excellence Award”
This was an exciting year for Lego League! The judges awarded our team the “Engineering Excellence Award!” The judges were impressed with the way the team integrated 3 different robot engineering ideas from different sets of team members to come up with one very functional design. The team worked very hard this year. They met…
Girls on the Run
The Girls on the Run 5K race again was attended by several of our 5th and 6th grade girls. It was a cool, but beautiful day for a run. The girls practiced for many weeks to be ready for the day. Girls on the Run is a national organization that aspires to help girls build…
The trees have arrived!
In August families came together to help community members and the Philadelphia Horticultural Society’s Tree Program get a space ready to plant trees. The trees finally arrived! Six new Maple and Cherry Blossom trees were planted. Many people showed up to help including teachers, parents, staff, and members of the horticultural society. Even the local…