Philadelphia Virtual Academy
School District of PhiladelphiaArchive for June, 2014
Weekly Update – June 24
Hello Philly Virtual Academy Pythons! If you’re thinking about going to summer school, be sure to register, before Friday June 27th at 4:00PM. Asset return continues – thanks for all who have returned everything already. To the rest of you, we need those in as soon as possible. Pick up your report card any time…
Graduation
PVA’s Graduation Ceremony was held on June 12th at the Temple Performing Arts Center where we were honored to have Dr. Bill Cosby delivery the commencement speech. He spoke to the students about his own trials as a youth growing up in Germantown and stressed the need to always have goals and to be continually…
Weekly Update – June 17
Asset return continues this week, and ends this Friday. So get all those books and laptops to the drop-in center, room 1078, 440 North Broad St. Our first senior class graduated on Thursday June 5th, at Temple Performing Arts Center, Congrats to all our seniors! Bill Cosby came, and spoke, where were you? Report Cards…
The Story of Our Mascot – PVA Pythons
Like many aspects of PVA, our mascot was created and chosen by PVA students. Our new school needed a mascot to unite our students and give them something to hang on their walls. A mascot was a clear choice to build school pride, and because we value our students’ opinions we worked together to brainstorm…
PVA Weekly Update — June 10
It’s asset return week! Please return all school-loaned assets (laptops, chargers, hotspots, books and novels) to 440 N. Broad St. Room 1080 (right next to the drop-in center Room 1078) by noon on your assigned day: Monday, June 9: Middle school Tuesday, June 10: 11th and 12th grade Wednesday, June 11: 10th grade Thursday,…
8th Grade Move-Up Day
On June 2nd we honored our incoming freshman class at the 8th grade moving up ceremony. Here are some pictures from the day! We wish you all a fantastic freshman year!!
Student Achievers Reception
Last Thursday, June 5, some of us at PVA attended the Student Achievers Reception at the Philadelphia Union League. It was sponsored by the Philadelphia Tribune and Wells Fargo and honored students who had to overcome hardships but still graduated. PVA’s Charles Warren was one of fifty seniors to be recognized! The ceremony featured remarks…
Student of the Month — Samantha Sacavage
Congratulations to June’s Student of the Month, Samantha Sacavage! Sam is 15 years old and is headed into her sophomore year here at PVA. She chose to come to PVA over a traditional school to stay away from drugs and get a proper education and she loves every minute of it. She is especially a…
Untitled by Brandon Edwards
The embodiment of beauty, and the definition of perfect. My first thought in the morning and my last thought at night. You are everything I want, and everything I need. So let my kiss be the seed that blossoms into our eternal love. From this point let you be mine and only mine, Let me…
PVA Weekly Update — June 3
The school year comes to a close this Thursday the 5th at 4pm! Next week is Asset Return; everyone should plan to return laptops, books and mobile hotspots to 440 Room 1072 between 9am and 12pm based on the following schedule: Monday, June 9: Middle school Tuesday, June 10: 11th and 12 grade Wednesday, June…