Philadelphia Bar Association: Lawyer for a Day program

Photos from the April 30, 2010, Philadelphia Bar Association: Lawyer for a Day program are posted as a set in the flickr HOPE collection.

--Mr. Bujak

Call For Senior Class Quotes

Senior HOPE students, click here to submit your farewell quote.
This is the quote that will appear in the HOPE 2010 yearbook.
Don't forget to include your full name at the end of your quote.

October 2009 Newsletter

October 2009 Newsletter

--Mr. Bujak

September 2009 Newsletter

September 2009 Newsletter

--Mr. Bujak

Music Courses offered at HOPE Charter School

We will be offering music classes at HOPE Charter School this year.
General Music, History of Hip-Hop and Choir.

Click here and listen to a musical excerpt from our brand new music instructor, pianist and composer, Ms. Madhumita Sen.


H Songhai
9/3/09

STUDENT: Americorps work (graduating seniors)

CITY YEAR, WASHINGTON DC (Americorps) - Graduating seniors who are not sure what they want to do after high school should consider applying for a paid community service position with City Year, Washington, DC., a group of 17-24 year olds committed to full-time service for ten months in the Washington, DC community. Benefits include: living stipend ($200 per week), health care coverage, free metro pass, and $4,725 educational scholarship. For more info: www.cityyear.org or email: cmurphy@cityyear.org/dc or call: 202-776-7780, Amanda Seligman. Recruitment open houses will be held once a month at their headquarters: 918 U Street, NW , 2nd floor, Washington, D.C.

--Mr. Bujak

STUDENT: CORE Philly Scholarship

The CORE Philly Scholarship is an innovative scholarship program that provides last-dollar scholarships for graduating Philadelphia high school seniors.

--Mr. Bujak

STUDENT: Student Essay Writing Contest

The District's Third Annual Student Essay Contest (click for flyer).

Students in grades 5-12 can enter to win a laptop and/or IPod, if they write an essay on the topic, "How Can Parents Partner with My School?" Details are available on the flyer or by contacting the Parent and Community Resource Center at 215-400-7272 or dhurst@philasd.org

Winners will be announced at the 4th Annual Parent Appreciation Day Event on Saturday, October 3rd at 440 North Broad Street at noon. Information about Parent Appreciation Day will be available soon.

Quibila A. Divine
The School District of Philadelphia
Office of Parent, Family, and Community Engagement
440 North Broad Street, Room 114
Philadelphia, PA 19130
215-400-6443
215-400-4048 (fax)
qadivine@philasd.org

--Mr. Bujak

May 18-22 Locker Painting

Mr. Bartal's Art 2 students are completing a locker painting project as their final exam. Each Art 2 class is responsible for painting a small mural on a set of lockers. he murals include several famous works of art, the American Flag, Obama's Hope poster, a scene from Hamlet, the planets, and the Eiffel Tower.

Photos here.

--Mr. Bujak

May 16 50th Anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education - Washington DC

Our Saturday, May 16, 2009, some HOPE Charter students treked to Washington, D.C. to partake in the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education.

Photos and videos by student James Bailey are here.

Photos and videos by student Melody Woods are here.

--Mr. Bujak

May 19 Career Day

On Tuesday, May 19, students met with various professionals who shared their careers. The small group sessions allowed students the opportunity to hear from people in fields such as education, social work, law, automotive industry, culinary arts, law enforcement, entertainment, EMT/fire, environmental, acting, fashion, photography, and others. Students asked questions regarding responsibilities, requirements, and other decision-making facts concerning careers of interest to them. Thanks to Mr. S King for organizing a great array of professionals, practitioners and presenters.

Photos, courtesy of Mr. Songhai, can be found here.

Photos and videos, courtesy of Mr. Bujak, can be found here.

-- Mr. Bujak

May 15 Prom 2009

Prom 2009 was held Friday, May 15, at the Temple Diamond Club, Temple University. Approximately 155 students and 25 staff members attended. The theme was "To Paris with Love." Students received momentos for the night including a silver frame to display their picture of this special night. Everyone looked fabulous and students had a great time dancing the night away.

Congratulations to Prom Princess Teresa Hanton, Prom Prince Shannon Raven, Prom Queen Eshanna Alexander and Prom King Carlos Noel

Photos courtesy of Ms. Hickson here.

--Mr. Bujak

May 14 Poetry Slam

The May 14 Poetry Slam was a stunning success. In recent weeks students attended a poetry workshop organized by Mr. S. King. Students were joined by professionals and several percussion performers and performed original works at the Poetry Slam.

Student poets are: James Bailey, Shayna King, Shkeem Brown, Jerrell Smith, Melody Woods, Katrina Scott, Saheem Blackwell, Brajeen Turner, Dave Toliver, Sabrina Dutton, Geneva Williams, Brittany Turner, Asia Holland, Jasmine Bey-Austin, Shariff Bosworth, Jonathan Williams, Antwyne Stevenson.

Ms. Lisa Mullen and Ms. Toi Brown also performed original works. It was great to see the students and staff display their talents.

Videos (coming soon) and extracted photos courtesy of Mr. Bujak.

Check out the June-July 2009 Edutpoia Slam Dunk article.

-- Mr. Bujak

May 1 Lawyer for a Day

Six HOPE Charter School students have been invited to participate in “Lawyer for a Day” program in Center City today. Students will spend the day shadowing a professional lawyer, visiting a court room, and learning the responsibilities of a lawyer. Brianne Williams-Medley, Eshanna Alexander, Katrina Scott, Kevin Floyd, Miosha Ximines and Porcha Hyman are the students that have been selected to attend this program.

--Mr. Bujak

3rd Quarter Honor Roll

Congratulations to the following students for making Honor Roll for the 2nd marking period:

• 9th grade: Shawnay Warren, Neary Prang, Terrance Randall, Avery Louden
  
• 10th grade: Shabria Miller, Nirobi Moore, Eric Brame, Shana- Marie Waters, Sorin Nowlin, Tara Nelson, Shakeira Latibeaudiere, Tyree Greenfield
  
• 11th grade: Amber Austin
• 12th grade: Quazir Babb, Daeshia Boyd, Tyshonda Bunting, Tyre Chapman, Christina Redic, Tiffany Scott, Wanda Shedrick.

--Mr. Bujak

April 24 PSSA Math Boot Camp

Our April 24, 2009 PSSA math challenge problem involved algebraically simplifying a polynomial. Answer is D.

• The problem.
• The problem and solution.

--Mr. Bujak

April 23 PSSA Math Boot Camp

Our April 23, 2009 PSSA math challenge problem involved a set of 4 data points (ordered pairs) and were asked to solve for the slope-intercept form of the linear equation. Answer is C.

• The problem.
• The problem and solution.

--Mr. Bujak

April 22 PSSA Math Boot Camp

Our April 22, 2009 PSSA math challenge problem winner is Domonique Morton. This algebra problem involved solving a system of equations. Answer is A.

• The problem.
• The problem and solution.
• Domonique Morton's solution.
  

--Mr. Bujak

April 21 PSSA Math Boot Camp

Our April 21, 2009 PSSA math challenge problem involved an arithmetic series (arithmetic progression). Answer is C.

• The problem.
• The problem and solution.

--Mr. Bujak

April 20 PSSA Math Boot Camp

Our April 20, 2009 PSSA math challenge problem winner is Nadine Redic. This geometry problem involved finding the hypotenuse of a right triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem. Answer is C.

• The problem.
• The problem and solution.
• Nadine Redic's solution.

--Mr. Bujak