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Career Day, Come Inspire US!

Career Day is just around the corner! The Academies @ Roxborough High School Career Day is located at 6498 Ridge Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19128. The purpose of the day is to engage students to think about their futures!  You will meet three different groups of students and have approximately 20 minutes to speak and answer…

Epic Church Teacher Breakfast

EPIC Church sponsors Teacher Breakfast

Academies @ Roxborough students at the Philly Goat Project

Students Volunteer @ Philly Goat Project

Academies @ Roxborough students and Seniors volunteered at the Philly Goat project this weekend.  Students participated in trainings and received community service hours towards their service learning projects.  Mrs. Ragazzino sponsored the students and went with them to Awbury Arboretum’s Agricultural Village at 6336 Ardleigh Street in Philadelphia on a Saturday for the training. WHAT IS…

Students At Philly Goat Project in Germantown

Academy @ Roxborough Students go to Philly Goat Project

Students from the Academies at Roxborough attended the Philly Goat Project at the Agricultural Village at Awbury Arboretum in Germantown.  Mrs. Ragozzino accompanied a group of students who volunteered their time on a Saturday!   The Philly Goat Project currently includes miniature Nigerian Dwarf goats Ivy, Anthony, and Bebito, and mixed-breed goats Oliver and Oonagh. The…

Office of Specialized Services Recognizes the Academies @ Roxborough

The Academies @ Roxborough students in the Vocational Training Program  YMCA video  from last school year  was submitted to the Office of Specialized Services for a contest on the use of  evidence-based practices and strategies . We won! Congratulations! Your video highlighting the use of an evidence-based practice/strategy was selected as a winner and you…

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…

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…