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Stevenson Wins “Teacher as Hero” Award

Two Philaelphia teachers were announced as winners of the National Liberty Museum’s 2018 “Teacher As Hero” Award.  Stetson Charter School teacher Tony Rocco and Roxborough High School teacher Derek Stevenson were among the 11 area-educators named winners.  The Teach As Hero award honors teachers for their extraordinary efforts that impact the lives of their students,…

Academies @ Roxborough Students at TSA Competition

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…

Mrs. Jenkins with alumni Mina McCallum

Academies @ Roxborough Alumni Awarded PAI Scholarship

Roxborough Administration and teachers attended the Philadelphia Academies Prom event on April 14th at the Lowes Hotel in Philadelphia.  The event celebrates and raises money for the Philadelphia Academies Inc. programs that benefit our students in the academy schools.  PAI’s mission is “To design and implement industry informed, career connected learning strategies for schools that…

Ambassadors with Mrs. Arnold and victor Mr. Kerrigan

Academy March Madness Final

The Academy March Madness games were a great success!  Thanks to Mrs. Arnold and Sam & Solomon Johnson for organizing such a wonderful event.  Staff and students played together on the court and cheered on the sidelines.  The Academy March Madness final was played on Friday, March 23.  Kinesiology faced off with Web Design in…

Academies at Roxborough teachers & Students organizing March Madness games

Academies @ Roxborough March Madness

A March Madness tournament was organized by Deputy Commissioners, the Johnson brothers, with League Commissioner Mrs. Arnold and Mr. Vance, our Official Sportscaster.  March Madness Round One had eight Academy teams competing: Four teams competed on Tuesday, Feb. 27th after school (Freshmen vs. Freshmen and Biotech vs. Kinesiology)  & Four teams competed on Wednesday, Feb. 28th after…

Web design students work with Mentors from O3 World digital design on their Capstone projects

Web Design Students Work with Mentors from O3 World

On February 26, Mike Gadsby and Josh Soldiers from O3 World in Fishtown visited the senior web design students. Mike and Josh took time out of their day to volunteer and mentor Web3 students as the begin to develop their Capstone websites. Students in the Web Design pathway have been preparing materials to build websites…

Academies @ Roxborough has been Nominated for an Award at the Urban Education Symposium sponsored by Cabrini University

Please see the invitation below concerning the Urban Education Symposium sponsored by Cabrini University. Currently, Dr. Whitaker, a graduate of RHS is mentoring a cohort of our males students from Mr. Stevenson’s class and last year, he worked with the Freshman Academy by offering soft skills workshops to our students. The Academies at Roxborough High School has…

Alumni Joshua Myers Visits BTE

Alumni Joshua Myers Visit to BTE Academy

Joshua Myers, a Roxborough graduate from the class of 2013, came back to share his knowledge, inspiration and experiences with our BTE academy students. He studied Cinematography (now Film & Video Production) with an amazing teacher, friend and mentor, Derek Stevenson. Joshua is currently attending the University of Valley Forge, majoring in Digital Media with…

Shanaya Baker-Forney

Film & Video Production On Location

Film & Video Production students were on location in Roxborough at the Starbucks today.  Students along with their teacher Mr. Stevenson filmed a short movie starring students and teachers.  Shanaya Baker-Forney, a student in the Academy of Visual Arts Production wrote and directed the short film ‘TBH’ (To Be Honest) that was being filmed.  The…

RHS Students at Dr. Oz show

Film and Video Production Students Visit Dr. Oz Show

Film & Video Production Students from Academies @ Roxborough visited the set of the Dr. Oz show in New York.  Students were given a tour of the set and then stayed for a filming of the show.  It was a great experience for the students to reinforce their learning in the classroom.  The episode they…