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Welcome to The Spotlight Welcome to the The City School Spotlight. The Spotlight is your monthly guide to what’s going on across our school. You will find important dates and reminders and, more than that, we hope you’ll gain a clearer vision of The City School as a pre-k through twelve family. Whatever grade your student is in, they are part of a larger community of learners, and we want to share life together as one school.
The City AS Classroom At The City School, we see our city as a classroom. Our city is a place where students can explore history, the arts, and science at world-class museums and institutes of learning.
Above: At the BEYA conference, Walnut Street students talk with leaders in engineering about how their talents and passions can help them thrive in the field of engineering.
From pre-k through 12th grade, we pursue partnerships with thinkers and learners in our city to fuel our students’ passion for learning.
Last month students from our Rittenhouse campus visited the Philadelphia Ballet and Opera Company Philadelphia. Drama, Choir, and International students (Continued on back inside cover)
Fairm ount Grades Pre-k to 1 860 N. 24th Street Philadelphia, PA 19130 215.769.5366
Fairmount Dr. Seuss Day - March 2 Library book bags will be given out to students, and checking out library books officially commences.
Open House & Tours - March 8 Tours at 9:30 AM & Open House at 6:30 PM Please help us spread the word about The City School by inviting friends or family members who are looking for an excellent educational option.
Half Day - March 11 | Dismissal at 12:15 pm Art Museum Field Trip - March 15 Spring Showcase - March 18 | 7 pm Featuring the drama production, “Apostles on Trial.� Also featuring hip hop dance and praise dance numbers.
End of Quarter 3 - March 18 Easter Break - March 21-28 School Resumes - March 29
In February the Fairmount campus celebrated its 100th day of school. Students made posters featuring 100 objects, wrote 100 kind words on hearts, made hats with 100 stickers, donated 100 canned goods, ate 100 small snacks, did 100 exercises and much more.
S pru ce Hill Grades k to 5 4115 Baltimore Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19104 215.382.7839
Spruce Hill 5th Grade Trip to Mennonite Information Center Tabernacle Reproduction - March 2 Open House - March 9 | 9:30 AM Please help us spread the word about The City School by inviting friends or family members who are looking for an excellent educational option.
Half Day, No EDP - March 11 Academic Night - March 11 For families of students in grades 3-5.
2nd Grade Trip to Franklin InstituteMarch 16 End of Quarter 3 - March 18 Easter Break - March 21-28 School Resumes - March 29 4th Grade Trip to Ellis Island & Statue of Liberty - March 30 | 7 am to 7 pm Please Join us for ACADEMIC NIGHT ON MARCH 11. See Student Projects, Participate in activities, and Make new Friends. Here are some photos from Last year’s Storybook Themed Academic night.
Wa lnut St reet Grades 6 to 8 4501 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19139 215.382.7839
Walnut Street Open House - March 10 | 9:30 AM Please help us spread the word about The City School by inviting friends or family members who are looking for an excellent educational option.
Half Day - March 11 End of Quarter 3 - March 18 Easter Break - March 21-28 School Resumes - March 29 Germantown Mennonite Trust Field Trip - March 31
FRIDAY ENRICHMENT CLASSES 6th Grade Girls: Counseling with Jamie Rose. Boys: Art and computers. 7th Grade Golf in South Philadelphia. In February we had a stay-in Field Trip with the founders of the Lest We Forget Slavery Museum. After the presentation, students were able to study artifacts from the slave trade and jim crow Eras.
8th Grade Girls: Dance with Ms. Mercer. Boys: University City Science Center.
R i t t e n h ou se Grades 9 to 12 315 S. 17th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 215.731.1930
Rittenhouse End of 3rd Marking Period - March 4 Parent Teacher Conferences - March 8 & 10 | 4 to 8 pm Open House - March 10 | 5 to 7 PM Please help us spread the word about The City School by inviting friends or family members who are looking for an excellent educational option. Our last open house of the season will be May 5.
Easter Break - March 21-28 School Resumes - March 29
Summer Programs and Internships There are many options available for high school students to gain exposure to career fields, engage in enrichment learning, participate in community service or missions work. Students should begin looking now for these opportunities to make the most of their summer. Students who would like guidance in looking for summer opportunities should speak to Ms. Conde-Rodriguez or look through the folder of summer opportunity listings in the guidance office.
AT the beya stem conference, Over 20 of our high school and middle school students were able to connect with national leaders in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields and find out what it takes to pursue a career in the sciences.
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attended the ballet with Mrs. Taylor, who wanted our students to gain exposure to cultural experiences they may not have explored on their own. American History students visited the opera for a performance of Cold Mountain, a civil war tale adapted from an Academy Award-winning film. It challenged students to debate questions like whether the gruesomeness of war destroys our ability to love and what it is, exactly, that makes human life uniquely valuable.
A select group of Rittenhouse and Walnut Street students were invited to attend the Black Engineer of the Year Awards. At this important event in the city, one of our middle schoolers, Calvin, was specially honored by a presenting General for his dedication to his life’s goal of attending Harvard. After the ceremony, students met influential leaders in military and industrial engineering and broke into small groups to discuss how their talents and passions can help them thrive in the field of engineering.
On the Cover: Self Portrait by Paiton, Grade K On the sixth day of creation, God created man in his own image. Fairmount’s STEAM class celebrated being made in God’s image by tracing their shadows and filling them in with beautiful, expressive colors.
SAVE THE DATE The City School Spring Arts Festival will be Thursday, May 19 at Enon Tabernacle Baptist church. Invite your family and friends.
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