Science Leadership Academy
School District of Philadelphia
SLA Class of 2024 Wins 14 Young Playwrights Awards
The Class of 2024 entered the Philly Young Playwrights Awards and fourteen of our students came home with awards! Congratulations to Mr. Kay and Ms. Pahomov for the incredible performance of your students: First Place Valeria Escobar Second Place Reese Covalle Luka Harb Mohammed Riaz Jazmine Silva-Sanchez Joaquin Weeks Felice Wongui Jasmine Young Third Place…
Welcome Back from Mr. Lehmann
Dear families, The first day of school is well underway… classes are happening. Most of the kids got to their classes with a minimum of mix-ups, upperclass students are re-establishing old friendships and 9th graders are making new ones. Teachers are going over syllabi, and I’ve even heard some seniors already talking about their capstones….
Welcome Back – Monday/Tuesday Schedule
Welcome back! We are thrilled to kick off the 2022-23 school year! Below are the schedules for Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, we will return to our regular schedule moving forward. MONDAY, 8/29, MODIFIED SCHEDULE 08:15 – 10:15 Advisory 10:20 – 11:10 A1 Band 11:15 – 12:05 X1 Band 12:10 – 01:00 Y1 BAND 01:05…
School Supplies!
Families – we try to keep our supplies list as general as possible so that it’s easy to fulfill… with that – here’s this year’s list! General Supplies (all Grades): Pencils, pens or other writing/annotation tools of your choice for notebooks (colored pens, highlighters, glue, scissors, etc.) Post-it notes (highly recommended) Individual Folders for classes…
Pre-Season Athletics Schedule
We hope everyone is enjoying the summer. In a few weeks we’ll all be back together for the first day of school on Monday, August 29th. Until then, students who are interested in playing fall sports should take note of the below information. FALL SPORTS – Pre-season and tryouts are fast approaching! Below is the pre-season information…
Graduation Livestream!
Watch the Class of 2022 Graduation Here!
National School Counselors Week!
National School Counselor Week is always a fantastic opportunity to shout out SLA’s amazing school counselors, Ms. Karina Hirschfield and Ms. Zoe Siswick! Karina Hirschfield is SLA’s founding counselor and College / Postsecondary Counselor. Since 2006, she has taken care of SLA students, first piloting our social / emotional counseling program and then building SLA’s…
Apply to Be SLA’s New Secretary!
After 16 years, SLA’s founding secretary – Ms. Diane LoGiudice – is retiring soon! We’re looking for someone who is excited to run the SLA office, so if you love a vibrant, caring work environment and are organized and able to keep multiple balls in the air at once, and you are interested in applying…
Open House-10/13/21
SLA – Center City: Wednesday, Oct 13th – 6pm – 8pm You are invited to join us to learn more about SLA Center City. We will present an overview on academics and student life at SLA, followed by break-out groups where you will have the opportunity to have your questions answered by current teachers and students….
Fall Keystone Schedule
Testing Schedule: Tuesday, September 28 Morning Grade 9 and 10: Testing Algebra – Module 1 Grade 11: Testing Literature – Module 1 Grade 12 and Not Testing: Late Arrival at 11am. Afternoon Grade 9 and 10: Classes Grade 11: Testing Literature – Module 2 Grade 12 and Not Testing: Classes Thursday, September 30 Morning Grade…