Voices of the District: Sonia Cooper
Sonia Cooper is the proud mother of Daresha Cooper, an eleventh grader at Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School. Ms....
Grant Alert! SAC Members, Bring Wellness Programs to Your School
Action for Healthy Kids will award approximately 600 schools with Game On grants for the 2017-2018 school year. These grants provide...
Inside a SAC Meeting: Edwin M. Stanton School
On Tuesday, February 28, the Edwin M. Stanton School had not one, but two School Advisory Council (SAC) meetings for the Stanton...
Best Practices: Building relationships, Using Creativity to Engage Families in SAC
Building a School Advisory Council—or any family/community group for that matter—takes a lot of work. SACs include all stakeholders:...
Victoria Trower, SAC Champion for Sullivan School
When Victoria Trower, a new parent at James J. Sullivan School saw "SAC Meeting" on the school's monthly calendar, she was intrigued. "So...
What's a SAC?!: One Principal shares her experience partnering with families and building a SAC
Principals are responsible for a head-spinning amount of school duties, including managing teachers and staff, overseeing the day-to-day...
Best Practices: Sullivan SAC Engages Members, Fosters Leadership
Sullivan Elementary School has a high functioning SAC. They have leadership positions (Facilitators, Organizers, and a SAC Secretary),...
SAC Support Team Hosts Information Sessions
In December and January, the SAC Support Team held a total of six SAC Information Sessions for family members, school staff, principals,...
UPDATE: School Advisory Councils
Your SAC Support Team is hard at work training families, staff, and community members on how to start and support a SAC at the school...
Bilingual Counseling Assistants are "anchors" in the Southwark School community
Southwark BCAs have been noted for utilizing best practices in engaging multilingual families. Located in South Philly, Southwark...
