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NFTE Start Up Showcase

BTE & NFTE Startup Showcase

The Startup Showcase was hosted at the Academies @ Roxborough along with partners from the NFTE.  The six finalist from our school presented their ideas for a Startup company to a panel from the NFTE, administration and faculty from Roxborough and their fellow business students.  

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NFTE Business Plan Semi-Finals

The following six 11th grade students from Roxborough’s Academy of Business, Technology, and Entrepreneurship have qualified for the Regional Semi-Final Round of the NFTE Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge that will take place on Thursday, May 10 at the Harrisburg University Philadelphia Campus: – Iyinoluwa Ogunyinka – Jonah Wood – Sebastien Pierre – Jarett Scott – Janiyah Downing-Johnson…

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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…

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Rebecca Yacker Lindback award winner

Academies @ Roxborough Teacher Wins Lindback Award

Rebecca Yacker, Roxborough High School. Yacker, an English teacher at Roxborough for the past two years, has impacted the school through her high expectations and innovative teaching strategies. Yacker began her career in education through community-based initiatives in AmeriCorps in various high-needs Philadelphia neighborhood high schools. Her passion and dedication have revitalized Roxborough’s school community….

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Art work from "Young Artists" Showcase

Academy @ Roxborough students “Young Artists”

Mrs. McMasters and her students have art work displayed in the “Young Artists” show which is held annually at 440 from April 11th to September 1, 2018.  This year is the 62nd anniversary show and the theme is “The Spirit of Love, Unity and World Consciousness through Art”.  All 2 and 3 dimensional media (drawings, paintings, murals, mixed media, quilts,…

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Academies @ Roxborough students in the Vocational Training Program will be named the 2017 Volunteers of the Year for the Roxborough YMCA

Academies @ Roxborough students in the Vocational Training Program named the 2017 Volunteers of the Year for the Roxborough YMCA.

Academies @ Roxborough students in the Vocational Training Program will be named the 2017 Volunteers of the Year for the Roxborough YMCA. These students have spent the last year, under the direction of Jim Polisi, working in our YMCA in our housekeeping and membership departments. We appreciate all of their hard work and willingness to…

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