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Kindergarten Moves Up!

We are so proud of our Kindergarteners who started their first year in school during a pandemic year!! Wow! You have learned more than you know! Don’t forget that even though you were at home learning through Zoom, you have begun your career as a student with more digital knowledge than most students had in…

Día de Los Niños

Key celebrated “Día de Los Ninos.” Día is short for El Día de los niños, el día de los libros (Children’s Day, Book Day). Día is a special celebration in the US to honor children by enjoying wonderful and amazing books! The day combines Children’s Day with reading. There are so many incredible books in…

Parents, teachers, and students learn together!

This April, parents, teachers, and students joined together for another successful round of Academic Parent Teacher Teams (APTT). Everyone had a wonderful time learning together. We know you will continue playing the games with your child to practice their math skills. If your child has not yet received their materials, please reach out to their…

Ms. Nguyen is teacher of the month!

Ms. Nguyen was awarded Teacher of the Month! She was surprised by a visit from Superintendent Dr. William Hite while she was teaching. All of her 1st grade students both in the classroom and those learning from home got to watch Ms. Nguyen be honored. Her class was also joined by teachers and other friends…

Principal Cheung wins Lindback Award!

Ms. Cheung has won the 2021 Distinguished Principal Leadership Award. This award is give each year to select principals across the city. Principals are nominated by their staff and the community. This is truly a great honor!                     After graduating from Temple with a degree in...

Black Lives Matter at Key

Our students have been participating in many different kinds of activities for Black Lives Matter. In particular, we have been taking part in Black Lives Matter Week of Action. You can find more information here in Spanish and in English. Your child’s teacher will tell you more about what is happening in the classroom. You…

Key winners in #VoteThatJawn

Congrats to Danny and Shu  for placing in the Vote That Jawn Art Competition! They created logos to inspire friends and family to vote in November. They picked up their prizes of art supplies last safely at school. Thank you to our art teacher Ms. Patel! She also won a Limited Edition Set of Cray-Pas.

4th graders talk opera and service learning!

Ivanna spoke for the class during our Opera Philadelphia Celebration: “Good Morning, my name is Ivanna. Room 24 has so much fun making our Flipgrids to express what we are passionate about. We talked about how we love opera, some of us sang, some of us acted, and some of us recited our poetry about…

Creating a virtual book about a virtual classroom

The 1st graders in Ms. Nguyen’s class created a virtual book with Ms. Hawley about being in a virtual classroom. Students drew their own pictures about their favorite part of virtual school. They also wrote their stories for the pages in the book! Have fun reading the book!  

Valuable clinic information for your child’s immunization!

Parents, please use this information to find out how you can get your child’s vaccinations for school! You can find out more information on the School District of Philadelphia’s webpage. You can get your child vacinated: Your child’s doctor A school immunization clinic A CVS Pharmacy Philadelphia’s City Helath Centers       Please call…