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School District of PhiladelphiaCategory: General News
Chess Team Trophies at 2-Day Checkmate Violence Marathon
The Chess team won 2nd place in the Open and 3rd place in the Under 800. Chinhei Wu finished Second overall.
Senior, Adaya Head was selected as a 2019 National Honorable Mention for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing
Congratulations to Adaya Head! She was selected as a 2019 National Honorable Mention for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing. From over 4,300 applications this year, Adaya’s application truly stood out. She will receive a school trophy to honor her success and future goals in computing. Each year, U.S. high school women in grades 9…
Carver Soccer Team @ Starfinder
Winter League @ Starfinder has officially arrived and Carver is there to compete. Starfinder is a non-profit youth development program that works with kids from all over the city, including ours, to teach them soccer and leadership skills.
Former NFL Player, Advocate for Civic Dialogue visits Carver’s Journalism Class.
Geoff Pope, former NFL player and advocate for civic dialogue, visited Carver’s youth journalists today. Mr Pope offered praise for the school newspaper, The Carver Times, and was impressed by the students’ perspectives and level of engagement in our democracy. Mr Pope’s project is called The LCR, a digital newsletter devoted to opinions from the…
Carver’s Women of Tomorrow Visit the Wistar Institute and Featured on CBS 3 [VIDEO and PHOTOS]
View the tv segment that was broadcasted on CBS 3 about our Carver WOT young ladies and their visit to Wistar Institute.
Boys Track Wins 4 x 200M at Lehigh University
E&S Boys 4 x 2oom relay places first at the 4th installment of the TFCAofGP indoor track meet, qualifying for the Meet of Champions while doing so. Watch video here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uBZ9MxKRzacMZcS5zt0jsb0XNia2jn_n/view?usp=drivesdk
Carver 7th Graders Tour the Barnes Collection
7th graders toured the Barnes collection on Monday, December 17th as part of the Artists’ Voices program. As they looked carefully at art from Monet, Cezanne, Picasso and others, the students learned to think about decisions artists make when they create. Students were encouraged to think about ways artists break rules when they paint in…
Carver Celebrates International Human Rights Day [CBS NEWS COVERAGE]
On Monday, December 10th, we celebrated the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights by hosting an International Human Rights Day event. “More than one hundred E&S students, representing more than 30 countries worldwide talked about their families’ countries of origin”, said Najifa Zaman, herself a native of Bangladesh. “What makes me…
Cheerleading Team Wins City Championship
Congratulations to the E&S Cheerleaders for winning the City Title on December 1st. This marks the fifth consecutive year that the Cheer team has advanced to the State Competition. Also a big thanks to everyone who was able to attend the competition or checked in with me to see how the team was doing.
Carver @CS4 Philly 2018 — Computer Science Experience [PHOTOS]
Many of Carver’s Computer Science enthusiasts attended the first ever CS4 Philly celebrating Computer Science in Philadelphia at the Kimmel Center on 12/3/18. The event was led and organized by local technology companies. Students participated in hands on activities using a variety of platforms. They also heard from local computer scientists and engineers who shared…