Academies at Roxborough
School District of PhiladelphiaCategory: Field Trips
Academies @ Roxborough Visits the Barnes
10th grade English students at Roxborough toured the Barnes Foundation as an experience to read art as a text. Students used information and research gathered as well as their physical experience with the art to hypothesize the possible “realities” or “truths” within the paintings mimicking the same process used for literature in their English courses.
Roxborough Film and Video Production Students do it again!
For the 4th consecutive year, Academies at Roxborough High School Film and Video Production students placed in the top 10 of the Pennsylvania Technology Student Association video competition. Students Charlize Anaya, Sekou Robinson, Tariq Welcome, and Shanaya Baker-Forney led by their teacher Derek Stevenson worked tirelessly to produce a two and a half minute video…
Business Students go to New York Stock Exchange
Mr. Fesnak and Mr. McGavin took the Academy of Business Technology and Entrepreneurship students to the New York Stock Exchange this week. The students did a walking tour of the financial district and Wall Street. Students then played a simulated stock market game to show how stocks are exchanged and how investments lead to profits and…
Academies @ Roxborough Students in Philly Slam League
Roxborough is a part of the Philly Slam League led by English teacher, Rebecca Yacker. The Philly Slam League (PSL) is a non-profit organization that hosts poetry teams from Philadelphia-area high schools in a five-month intellectual and artistic competition. Teams come together weekly at the Free Library of Philadelphia throughout the season to perform original…
Freshman Seminar Trip to Museum of American Jewish History
Freshman students who are members of the College Access Program participated in the Special Museum program at the American Jewish Museum. The program offers an interactive museum exploration that highlights the lives of American Jews who overcame obstacles and found their creative voice. It is followed by a dynamic performance or conversation, where students hear…
Academy @ Roxborough Students visit CCP BMET Program
Academy @ Roxborough Juniors visited Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) to gain hands on experience in the Biomedical Equipment Technology Labs. Students are pictured working on pulse oximeters that measure a patients oxygen saturation in their blood. The BMET program at CCP prepares student to enter the medical field as a certified technician to test, maintain…
Biotechnology Students Visit Drexel
Academies @ Roxborough Biotechnology 10th grade students had their first Visit to Drexel Medical School Simulation lab. “The Human Patient Simulation lab is where the use of computerized Human Patient Simulators (HPS), Standardized Patients or hybrid cases are used for skill building.” Students work on life like robots that react to their actions and respond to…
Biotech Students @ The Forensic Sciences Mentoring Institute
Biotechnology exposes you to a variety of careers in Biomedical Sciences, such as Forensic Toxicology. Students are attending a field trip at The Forensic Sciences Mentoring Institute. Students were able to get first hand experience in the lab collecting samples from crime evidence and then test their samples using the same methods from crime labs. …
Business Applications pathway trip to the Interview Skills Workshop
Mr. Heleniak and the Business Applications pathway students attended the Philadelphia Society of People & Strategy Interview Skills workshop at Philadelphia Academies, Inc. The resume and interview workshops are designed to “enable students to understand more possibilities for their lives and gain motivation in their academic careers. By connecting students to industry, WBL helps youth experience…
“Hospitality Industry Master’s Class: Graphic Design”
On Tuesday, February 27, eight students in the Academy of Business, Technology and Entrepreneurship participated in the Hospitality Industry Master’s Class for Graphic Design, sponsored by the Philadelphia Academies and hosted by Visit Philadelphia. Visit Philadelphia’s mission is to promote our city’s image, drive visitation, and boost the local economy. The students interacted with designers in…