Science Leadership Academy
School District of Philadelphia
Picking Up Steam
By Avi Cantor and Rahmir Powell The Science Leadership Academy Boys Basketball team is starting to heat up coming out of the holiday break. Last Saturday, the Rockets defeated the Freire Charter School Wilmington, a team that sits in third place in their division. The Dragons sport four players at or above six feet, all of…
10 SLA Student Films Selected for InShort Film Fest in Lagos, Nigeria
In exciting news, 10 SLA Digital Video student films have been selected for InShort Film Festival in Lagos, Nigeria and we’ve been invited to attend! Seems pretty far for us to travel, but it’s the thought that counts 🙂 We All Fall Down – Kate Kopf, Kaamil Jones, Nat Hilton, Lyle Seitz (Class of 2018) Dreams…
Individual and Team Success at Debate Tournament
Speech and Debate team captains Sydney Rogers ’19 and Cristina Valenzo ’20 compiled a record of 3 wins and 1 loss at the Penn For Youth Debate Voices of Philadelphia Tournament this Saturday. Sydney also took home an award as one of the top individual speakers of the tournament. Novice debaters Eli Lerner ’21 and…
Congratulations to Girls Soccer All-Public Players
Congratulations to the Girls’ Soccer team on a winning season. The following student-athletes earned positions on the National Division All-Public Team: First Team Rebecca Cassel-Siskind – Freshman – Midfield Faryn Heffner – Junior – Forward Second Team Sharron Norton (captain) – Senior – Defense Mira Young – Freshman – Defense Honorable Mention Clari Herrera –…
SLA CTE Digital Video Student Films Selected for Film Fest in Brazil
SLA Digital Video is excited to announce that four student films have been selected to screen at the Festival de Cinema Escolar de Alvorada in Brazil. April Showers by Pablo Salvatierra, Jess Celli, David Williams, and Tito Mazzucchi (2018) Affection by Jae Regino (2018) 3.14.18 by Kate Kopf (2018) Welcomer by Sam Gualtieri (2020) Please…
Half Day Schedules – Thursday & Friday
We look forward to seeing all of our families at our student/family/advisor narrative report card conferences this week! Below are the shortened schedules for Thursday and Friday: Thursday C – 08:15-08:55 D – 09:00-09:40 E – 09:45-10:25 A – 10:30-11:10 X1/Y1 – 11:15-11:55 Advisory – 11:55-12:00 (Transpass Pick-Up) Lunch – 12:00-12:30 Friday B – 08:15-08:55…
Boys Ultimate Beats Strath Haven
The SLA Boys Ultimate avenged a loss from earlier in the season, beating Strath Haven 15-8 on Tuesday. The game marked the return of junior Josiah Mast from injury, and Josiah did not disappoint making several key blocks, scoring four goals and throwing another. Strath Haven came out strong and held an early lead 6-5…
SLAmbassadors Join Model UN Conference in Torun, Poland
Last week 9 students participated in ToMUN, the Model UN conference held by High School No. 1 in Torun, Poland. The SLAmbassadors in this program stayed with host families, shadowed their Polish peers at school, toured Torun and nearby Gdansk, and represented SLA among other Model UN teams from Denmark, Luxembourg, Spain, Finland, Slovakia, and…
Student Half Day Friday 10/5
Schedule for Friday 10/5 B – 08:15-08:55 C – 09:00-09:40 D – 09:45-10:25 E – 10:30-11:10 X2/Y2 – 11:15-11:55 Lunch – 12:00-12:30
JV Ultimate Beats O’Hara!
The Boys JV Ultimate team won their inaugural game on Tuesday, beating Cardinal O’Hara 9-8 in a thrilling game that saw many players get their first game experience ever! The team came out strong, taking a 3-0 lead on O’Hara, led by freshman Oskar Glahn and sophomores Andrew Bowers and Amadou Magassa. But O’Hara would…