Education is Key

"Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. …" (Article 26)

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Pre-K and Kindergarten

The Caring Center (located in Mantua) Click on name to connect to official website

Independent Child Care Center and Academic School
The Caring Center 3101 Spring Garden St. Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone: 215-386-8245

KINDERGARTEN:With a staff ratio of one teacher for every fifteen children, activities build on established conceptual foundations and include individualized reading and math programs, creative writing as well as science, art, and social studies. Instructional swim lessons and ice skating are held bi weekly.

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Grades K-4 or K-8

Samuel Powell School (located in Powelton Village) Click on name to connect to official website

Principal Angela Gaddie-Edwards
3543 Fairmount Avenue Philadelphia PA 19104 Phone: 215-823-8201

Our vision is to empower all of our children to be proficient learners and creative thinkers who are self-disciplined, active and resourceful leaders who can confidently say, 'Yes, I can!’

Our mission is to provide a rigorous and supportive academic environment that fosters intellectual growth, creativity, and personal responsibility.

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Morton McMichael School (located in Mantua) Click on name to connect to official website

Principal Kimberly Ellerbee
301 N. 36th St. Philadelphia PA 19104 Phone: 215-823-8272

The faculty and staff of the McMichael School strives to implement a rigorous, high performing academic and social educational program that will provide our students with the tools and skills necessary to successfully thrive in a global community beyond the 21st century. Our program will focus on cultivating the "whole" child academically, socially and emotionally.

Morton McMichael Elementary prepares every student to be academically successful and socially responsible. It is our mission to develop students that are prepared to handle any challenge in the future.

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Montessori Genesis II School (located in Mantua) Click on name to learn more

Head of School Eleanor Childs & Jean Mitchell
3549 Haverford Avenue Philadelphia PA 19104 Phone: 215-387-2078

Montessori Genesis II School was founded in 1976 by sixteen working class families. It is a family oriented independent private school. MGII is located near many of Philadelphia's premier educational and cultural institutions (e.g. Durham Free Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Zoo). Its primary class (pre-k and kindergarten) is a Montessori classroom. The elementary classes (1st/2nd and 3rd/4th) are influenced by the Montessori philosophy and method and use the best of educational pedagogy to prepare and launch outstanding young people. When students graduate from 4th grade they test into Philadelphia's magnet schools (e.g. Masterman) and private schools (Shipley, Agnes Irwin, Friends' Central, etc.) The school's mission is to offer high quality education at an affordable cost. ...

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Charles R. Drew Elementary School (located in Powelton) Click on name to connect to official website

Principal Huie A. Douglas III
3724 Warren Street Philadelphia PA 19104 Phone: 215-823-8204

The Drew School Family has a personal commitment to promote academic excellence, self-discipline and a high level of self-esteem for all children. We believe that our school has an enormous impact on children's lives. As a result, our students are the focus of everything we do in our school. Our emphasis is on student learning where outstanding teaching is more important than ever. As a full site selection school, we have the opportunity to select teachers who are highly qualified and who support our vision.

To provide a program that promotes the development of individual talents and abilities that will lead to the academic and social success of our students while continuing to develop responsibility and respect for self, others and community. It is our purpose to prepare the next generation of leaders with the tools necessary to tackle any of life’s challenges. This is founded on the belief that all children can achieve at high levels.

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High School

University City High School School/Promise Academies (located in Powelton) Click on name to connect to official website

Principal Timothy Stults
3601 Filbert Street. Philadelphia PA 19104 Phone: 215-387-5100

Our vision is for our students to connect, compete and collaborate as 21st century citizenswe will build positive relationships and provide them an effective academic, character, technological, and career-oriented education that is rigorous, relevant and community-centered.

The mission of University City High School is to provide a high quality education that prepares, ensures, and empowers all students to achieve their full intellectual and social potential in order to become lifelong learners and productive members of society. This is the same mission as that of the School District of Philadelphia and the Restructured Region.

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West Philadelphia Catholic High School (located in Walnut Hill) Click on name to connect to official website

Principal Sr. Mary e. Bur, I.H.M.
4501 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia PA 19139 Phone: 215-386-2244

West Philadelphia Catholic High School is a Catholic community of academic excellence in an urban environment which is open to an interdenominational population. The school’s rigorous spiritual, academic, technological, and co-curricular programs develop our ethnically and religiously diverse student body into young men and women of strong moral and ethical character. West Catholic prepares each student to face the challenges of everyday life in an ever-changing global society.

West Catholic is the only Archdiocesan High School to be recognized as "An Exemplary School" by the U. S. Department of Education.

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West Philadelphia High School (located in Walnut Hill) Click on name to connect to official website

Principal Saliyah Cruz
4700 Walnut Street Philadelphia PA 19139 Phone: 215-471-2902

Our vision, we rely on one another because our mutual success is the only option.

The mission, we will empower all stakeholders to provide varied opportunities and support for all students to engage in active, relevant and rigorous learning.

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High School Of The Future (located in Parkside) Click on name to connect to official website

Principal Rosalind Chivis
4700 Walnut Street Philadelphia PA 19104 Phone: 215-823-5502

Website does not have Vision or Mission information

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