St. Philip’s Science Teacher Participates in National Workshop on Food Science

Posted on August 31, 2010 by admin

Jen Kotkin, St. Philip's Science Teacher

From Farm to Table, Teachers Explore the Science Behind Nation’s Food Supply

WASHINGTON, DC, 2010: Jennifer Kotkin, a teacher at St. Philip’s Academy in Newark, NJ was one of 40 teachers nationwide chosen to participate in a food science workshop developed and implemented in a partnership between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), and the Graduate School at Washington DC. The one-week workshop for middle and high school science and family and consumer science teachers took place in Washington, DC, this summer.

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St. Philip’s Horizons Program on Fios 1 News

Posted on August 12, 2010 by admin

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2010 Graduate Quoted in Wall Street Journal Article

Posted on August 9, 2010 by admin

Hit TV Shows Spawn Summer Camps for Couch Potatoes
On a summer morning in southern New Jersey, a team of crime-scene investigators gathered around a body lying facedown in a small pool of blood. They surveyed the nearby evidence: a party hat, a stray earring, push pins, cashew nuts.
 “Oooh, cool,” said Asia Cadet [St. Philip's Class of 2010], a l3-year old investigator, as she crouched low to study the face of the deceased dummy corpse. “His nose is crushed.”
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St. Philip’s on News 12

Posted on August 4, 2010 by admin

St. Philip’s featured on News 12 New Jersey segment “Garden State Green” with Roxanne Evans.  Check out the video…
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St. Philip’s/Horizons Parternship Featured in NJ Star Ledger

Posted on July 29, 2010 by admin

Check out this great article about our public/private partnership through Horizons National, providing a summer enrichment program here at St. Philip’s for Newark public school students:

NEWARK — Malachi Latimer ran to the book shelf to grab “Scooby-Doo” before the other children. The 6-year-old student is honing his reading skills during summer vacation but, to him, he’s just having fun.

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Governor’s Report Finds Private/Parochial Schools Save State $2.7B Annually

Posted on July 28, 2010 by admin

St. Philip’s and other independent schools are helping to save the state billions… Very interesting article from the Star Ledger below:

TRENTON — In a report released today by Gov. Chris Christie, a study commission on non-public schools found that private and parochial schools save New Jersey $2.7 billion annually, while providing “expanded educational options” for children.

The report said nonpublic schools serve more than 160,000 New Jersey students, but that enrollment dropped by more than 29,000 between 2004 and 2009, because of financial stress on families. Most of those students entered public schools, costing taxpayers more than $430 million a year, according to the report.

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Creativity in abundance at St. Philip’s

Posted on July 28, 2010 by admin

Isn’t this adorable!?  Our very creative kindergarten and first grade teachers put together this great castle drawbridge entrance into a first grade classroom!

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CNN: Anderson Cooper 360 Features St. Philip’s

Posted on July 27, 2010 by admin

For our second showing on CNN (watch the first here ) Anderson Cooper 360 featured St. Philip’s and EcoSPACES in their “One Simple Thing” segment.

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or watch it after the break…
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St. Philip’s 2nd Graders Featured on WCBS-TV

Posted on July 27, 2010 by admin

CBS’ New York affiliate, WCBS, sent Reporter Cindy Hsu on a field trip with our 2nd graders to see where our CSA comes from.

Read more about it here or watch it after the break…

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St. Philip’s Featured on ABCNews.com Again!

Posted on July 27, 2010 by admin

Check out our second spot on ABCNews.com!  This is a great story that we hope inspires others!

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“ St. Philip’s Academy, a private school serving disadvantaged children in Newark, N.J., was the beneficiary of one recession angel’s largesse: a $3.5 million donation. The award is one of the largest in the school’s history. It will help pay for students’ tuition, aid for students’ families if they have fallen on hard times, a new summer program for public school children held at St. Philip’s, and some of the costs of a new school building.

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