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

TEACHER: Biology - Linking photosynthesis, respiration, and atmospheric CO2

A four day MSP summer workshop this summer called "Linking photosynthesis, respiration, and atmospheric CO2"

Teachers will receive Act 48 and be paid at the contractual rate.

You MUST be a full time School District of Philadelphia (SDP) Teacher.

You MUST register using PD Planner starting May 8th.

This one week workshop for high school biology and environmental science teachers will be an in-depth exploration of carbon cycling through living organisms and the environment. In addition to teaching advanced biology content on the carbon cycle and global climate change, this workshop will help teachers make connections across the curriculum using hands-on/minds-on activities including chromatography and direct measurements photosynthesis and respiration. Teachers will gain experience using Vernier sensor probes and will have access to classroom library sets they will be able to check out and use in their classrooms.

Dates: June 29, 30 and July 1, 2

Time: 9 am to 1 pm

Location: 115 Leidy Labs, University of Pennsylvania


Jennifer Doherty
Ph.D. candidate
School District of Philadelphia Education Fellow

Graduate Group of Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity
Department of Biology
University of Pennsylvania

Leidy Labs 321
415 S University Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018
cell 215-870-9806
dohertyj@sas.upenn.edu
http://groups.google.com/group/biology-pd

--Mr. Bujak

TEACHER: MSP Professional Development

Math & Science Partnership (MSP) 5th Annual Professional Development Program
Drexel University
July 27 - August 14, 2009

School District of Philadelphia (SDP) science teachers , grades 7-9

See also: Math & Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia (MSPGP)

--Mr. Bujak

STUDENT: T-Squared Institutes

T-Squared Institutes
June 29-July 16 Mondays-Thursdays (no Fridays)
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
School District of Philadelphia
for middle and high school students with classes in
animation, robotics, algebra, and photography

more information will be coming out in first week in May

--Mr. Bujak