“Philadelphia Academies, Inc. was founded in 1969 to address the dropout crisis plaguing Philadelphia schools. The initial focus of our work was Career Academies, a model of career connected learning that our founders created. Since its inception, the Career Academy Model has contributed to higher graduation rates locally and has been transformational  nationally…” https://academiesinc.org/

This year Principal Dana Jenkins of The Academies @ Roxborough was honored at the annual Gala and received the Outstanding Principal Award.  Teachers attended the event thanks to the generosity of Mr. Steve Rauscher who is the chairman of Occupational Advisory Committee for the Health Sciences and Research Academy @ Roxborough.  Also of note, our own Rian Solomon was asked to MC the event after the wonderful job she did at Roxborough’s Academy Showcase on April 4th.