

Barry Elementary: Crafting a Meaningful Volunteer Experience
Very often when people are eager to volunteer in a School District of Philadelphia school they feel overwhelmed and confused. They ask,...


Family School Partnership Award Winner: Bodine High School
Focus on FACE will highlight each of our Family School Partnership Award Winners over the next 3 months. First up is Bodine High School...

How Do We "Listen" to Families? Try a Human-Centered Design Approach
The following article is taken from the Harvard Family Research Project (http://www.hfrp.org/publications-resources/publications-series/h...


Code for Philly Builds App for Philly Students to help with College Applications
Code for Philly is a local civic tech organization of volunteer developers, designers, and civic stakeholders who use technology as a...


FACE Hosts the 9th Annual Back to School Event
Students and their families hustled to School of the Future as early as 7:30 in the morning on Friday, August 18 to attend the Office of...


Become a Reading Captain Today!
EVERY BLOCK NEEDS A READING CAPTAIN. Connect families in your neighborhood to reading resources that lead to student success. Right now,...


Attendance for Reading Success
Dear Parents and Other Loving Guardians of Our Youngest Readers: Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year. We want to partner with you to...


End of Year Celebration!
On June 8, 2017, over 500 family members, students, children, staff, and community members came to 440 N. Broad Street to celebrate the...

Summer Reading Strategies for Early Learners
The Instructional Strategies group of Read by 4th has developed a quick one-pager for parents on "Early Reading Skills" - phonemic...

Tips for Staying Healthy Over the Summer
It's summer in the city and you know what that means - mosquitoes, ticks, and bugs galore! Read these helpful tips to keep the bugs at...