📚✨ First Day of School for All Learners! ✨📚
🗓 Monday, August 25, 2025 @ 7:30 am
We’re excited to welcome our students back for another year of growth, learning, and achievement. With the continued dedication of our learners, families, and staff, we’re confident this will be an outstanding year for our entire school community.
School begins at 7:30 AM (doors will open at 7:00 AM).
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9th and 10th-grade students will sign in at the upper lot.
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11th and 12th-grade students will sign in at the bottom lot.
The Penn Academy is a collaborative partnership between the School of the Future, Foundations, Inc., the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education, and the School District of Philadelphia. Together, we combine expertise and resources to create innovative learning environments that prepare students for success in school, careers, and life.
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SOF IN THE NEWS
Here’s the Philly Inquirer article about the Academy at Penn
“Exploring the Power and Impact of Artificial Intelligence in the Field of Computing” 🤖
- Interactive Robotics & Engineering Demos, Drones, Virtual Reality
- Makerspaces to Build & Create using real-world tools, robots, and tech
- Guest Speakers from the Cutting Edge of AI
- Collaborative Challenges, Cybersecurity, Hackathons
- Design Media, Graphic Design
- Music Technology
Thank you to the following organizations that made the SOF STEAM Expo possible:
- Philadelphia Robotics Coalition
- Penn Engineering
- Tiger Woods Foundation
- Community College of Philadelphia
- We Love Philly
Your dedication to fostering innovation and education has left a lasting impact on our learners. We are grateful for your support and look forward to future collaborations.
Mission Statement
Utilizing a project-based, learner-driven instructional approach, the School of the Future will prepare learners to demonstrate mastery of 21st-century competencies that will equip them for continuous success and with the ability to positively impact their immediate and global community.
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Vision Statement
Learning is: Continuous, Relevant, and Adaptive
The School of the Future, in partnership with the community and families, strives to ignite in learners a passion for learning that inspires a commitment to active citizenship by using technological innovation and engaging pedagogy.
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Email: FamilyTechSupport@philasd.org