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PVA Teen ELECT (Education Leading to Employment and Career Training)
Are you or someone you know a Teen Mom or Dad who is pregnant or parenting? ELECT is a program for expecting and parenting teen mothers and fathers. ELECT offers FREE case management and supportive services to expecting or already parenting teen mothers and fathers to help them as students achieve their highest potential personally…
Parents: Join the Philly Virtual Academy School Advisory Council
What is the Student Advisory Council (SAC)? Parent involvement is very important to PVA, and the SAC is one way we make sure parents are included and heard. It includes parents, school leadership and staff, community partners and students (for high school). The SAC is a space to discuss and collaborate on projects that ensure…
Philadelphia Virtual Academy Hosts Openhouses and Begins Orientation.
Philadelphia’s first public cyber school hosts open houses and orientation for returning students.
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…
“Music” by Giovanna Baccini
Surrounds my very being with warmth Sweet nothings roll in and out of my ears It wraps me in its euphoric sounds Gently floating through the atmosphere Its beauty unlike anything else Its gentle hymn gripping my soul I close my eyes and listen For your alluring tune lifts my spirits I dare to hum…
Untitled by Brandon Edwards
She cried in front of me for the first time And I realized how delicate the heart can be. But since I didn’t realize before the outcome was set Only thing was I couldn’t see. And with my ignorance at play, I blindly me the criteria for breaking a heart. I mean I literally…
Stroud Watershed Adventures
After a long week of rainy weather, we finally made it out to the Stroud Watershed! PVA students hopped on a bus this Friday and headed over to Avondale for a fun day of adventures and hands-on learning! They sure weren’t afraid to get their hands (and feet) dirty in the mud!
PVA Weekly Update — May 5
With only five weeks left of school, we’re all looking towards the end! Before we can jump into summer, PVA has some announcements for the upcoming week! We would like to shout out a big congratulations to PVA’s own Lee Patterson for being selected for the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching! Keep your eyes open…
How EdTech Innovators Can Learn From Classroom Teachers
Our EdTech posts of past have primarily focused on how educators and schools can focus their curriculum on new education technology innovations to increase student involvement and improvement inside the classroom. A recent article by Jordan Shapiro of Forbes.com flips the perspective. Shapiro asks EdTech entrepreneurs, “Have you asked the teachers what they want, or…
Weekly Update — April 22nd
As another nice week of weather rolls in, PVA rolls forward. Tomorrow is our trip to the Academy of Music at the Kimmel Center as “PVA Goes to the Opera.” We’ll be seeing a dress rehearsal of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Students are welcome to simply meet at the Kimmel Center prior to the start time…