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One’s senior year of high school is always full of many mixed emotions as it is both an exciting and nerve-wracking time. The simultaneous excitement and anxiousness that seniors feel derives from the same source: college. Selecting, applying, and choosing a college is a very...
Journal prompts are a common assignment for students at Hope that allow them to be expressive and share how they feel. Below are some recent entries: Journal Prompt Assignment (5th Grade): Write about someone or something you love Something I love is nature. I think nature is...
Adult Ed just recently finished its second session and has launched into its third. The program has been making the best of remote learning using Zoom classes, supplemented by online learning software. But that doesn’t mean that all the learning is high-tech! First off, the...
In Philadelphia, the high school application process is similar to applying to college. These days, high school applications can include a personal essay, “shadow” days, multiple interviews, and of course, entrance exams. If you are overwhelmed by all of this, imagine how eighth graders feel! The...
From S. Rose Martin Where to situate Hope in 2021 is the challenge facing all of us as we close out 2020 and look toward the future. My vantage point revolves around the resiliency and kindness of our students and teachers. Some words from our middle schoolers...
While COVID has disrupted many things, high school placement and admissions continues. Each Thursday, Ms. Holiday and Ms. Fox, together, hold a High School Placement class covering topics that prepare our Hope students for their transition into high school. So far this year, they have completed...
A Hope tradition – that has lasted 19 years and remains strong, even in the midst of these challenging times – is our annual Thanksgiving and holiday assistance offered to families who need help with food or providing gifts for their children. Through the years,...
Hope Partnership serves as a polling place for the Fairhill neighborhood in North Philadelphia. This year, our alumni were uniquely involved in the “Get Out the Vote” effort. Hope’s graduate support program partnered with a local organization, Ones Up, to provide a fellowship for 10 graduates....
We thought that you might be interested in what is happening at Hope Partnership as we begin the 2020-21 school year. Our middle school staff returned on August 25th to begin preparing for a hybrid model of education for 5th through 8th grades, beginning on...
What a surprise to receive a phone call from our friends at Perform Rx asking if we had “any little thing” that they could help with as we prepared to re-open. These folks are faithful friends of Hope. They arrived on a Friday morning in...
