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Rantin’ at Stanton The School District has recommended an accomplished South of South school for closure. By Joseph Myers r e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
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ou don’t take a school that has this kind of data and close it; you replicate it,” parent Temwa Wright said Monday at Edwin M. Stanton School, 1700 Christian St. Despite making Adequate Yearly Progress under the No Child Left Behind Act for the last eight years and having 80 percent of learners obtain advanced or proficient reading or math scores on 2010’s Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, the South of South institution could close come June, according to the Nov. 2 Facilities Master Plan unveiling. The proposal’s 31 recommendations to
Christine Cox, foreground, helped the Rock Band members to loosen their bodies during a preparatory workshop. Songs the youngsters suggested have become the inspiration for a ballet the South of South resident’s company will debut next week.
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A ballet company and a composer are creating their initial work with student participation courtesy of a Passyunk Square school. By Joseph Myers
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An East Passyunk Crossing high school chose a solemn day to break ground for a sports facility. By Joseph Myers.............Page 33
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he music room at Andrew Jackson School, 1213 S. 12th St., contains album covers from such luminaries as The Beatles and Elton John. If the 16 members of the institution’s rock band continue to manipulate their instruments masterfully, future students may be inspecting their images. Though their fingers could bring fame,
they have used their entire frames since May to help BalletX and composer Robert Maggio to form “Jackson Sounds,” a 27-minute ballet Center City’s The Wilma Theater will stage Nov. 16 to 20. Matthew Neenan and Christine Cox, the co-artistic directors for the six-year-old dance company, joined Maggio and the musicians at the Passyunk Square school Nov. 2 for their third workshop through the “Inside the Mind of the Choreographer and Composer” residency project.
The after-school gathering marked the last extended chance for the youngsters to see how their creativity will receive professional treatments. BalletX chose to construct its inaugural piece with children at the suggestion of a friend of Cox, who lauded Jackson’s music program. “This experience has been so instructional for everyone involved,” the resident of 21st and Catharine streets said of the See BALLETX page 8