April Newsflash
Events
The Notebook NEWSFLASH welcomes brief announcements of events addressing issues of quality and equity in Philadelphia public schools. Email your submission to flash@thenotebook.org with 'coming up' in the subject line. We cannot guarantee the listing of your event.
Mark your calendar for a special Notebook celebration on June 8, 5-7:30 PM, The University of the Arts, Hamilton Hall, 320 South Broad Street. The Notebook celebrates its tenth anniversary and ten years in the fight for educational equity! We are looking for volunteers to help make this event a success. Lend your talents to one or more of many areas including outreach, program, and silent auction. To volunteer or for ticket information, contact Amy Rhodes at amyr@thenotebook.org or 215-951-0330, x160.
Now through June: Brown v. Board of Education Exhibit. African American Museum, 701 Arch St. In collaboration with the National Archives Records Administration, the exhibit gives patrons an opportunity to look at the early civil rights effort and its connections to education. Includes film and lecture series. Details at www.aampmuseum.org or 215-574-0380.
April 4:
March to Save Our Children, 2 PM, departing from Deliverance
Evangelistic Church at 22nd St. & Lehigh Ave. and ending at
T.M. Peirce Elementary School at 23rd and Cambria Sts. The march
will rally community support, travel past known drug hot spots,
and memorialize the children who have been injured or murdered as
a result of violence in Philadelphia. If inclement weather, marchers
will gather inside Dobbins High School at 21st & Lehigh Ave.
For more information, contact the Philadelphia NAACP at 215-978-7500.
Save Our Children, Our Future, from the Pharaohs of Our Day, 4 PM, Church of the Advocate, 18th & Diamond Sts. This is an interfaith event. For information, email shalomctr@aol.com.
April 14: School Reform Commission meeting, 1 PM, 2120 Winter St., 2nd floor auditorium. To register to speak, call 215-299-7850 by 4:30 the day before the meeting.
April 21:
Envisioning high schools that work: Learning from experience, 3:30-6PM,
United Way Building, 7 Ben Franklin Parkway (between 17th &
18th Sts.). Join student groups, veteran teachers, and researchers
for a dialogue about past reforms to break high schools down into
smaller structures and what is needed for high schools to be effective
now. To learn more, contact Fran Sugarman of Cross City Campaign
at fsugar@dca.net.
*School Reform Commission meeting, 6:30 PM, 2120 Winter St., 2nd floor auditorium. To register to speak, call 215-299-7850 by 4:30 the day before the meeting.
April 22: No Child Left Behind Town Meeting, 4-7 PM, United Way Building, 7 Ben Franklin Parkway (between 17th and 18th Sts.). Part of a statewide effort by the Pennsylvania Public Education Partnership to document the impact of NCLB. Sponsored by the Philadelphia Education Fund. To RSVP or for additional information, call 215-665-1400, x3327.
April 27: A Quality Education for All? 7 PM, Central Library, 1901 Vine St., Skyline Room, 4th floor. A Free Library event on public education 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education, with a talk by Harold Jordan, executive director of the National Coalition of Education Activists. To learn more, call 215-686-5392.
April 29: Public Forum on No Child Left Behind, 7:30 PM, Glenside Free Library, 215 S. Keswick Ave., Glenside. Parents, teachers, students, and community members will discuss standardized testing and the NCLB law. Hosted by Parents Concerned about Over-Testing. For more info, contact David Heitler-Klevans at david2kind@comcast.net or 215-782-8258.
May 1: Deadline to nominate students ages 9 to 18 for the National Liberty Museum's Young Heroes Award, honoring young people who are creating positive change in their communities. Applications are available at www.libertymuseum.org or by calling 215-925-2800.