Science Leadership Academy Middle School
School District of PhiladelphiaCategory: News
Snow Day – School Closed Thursday January 4
Happy snow day! SLAMS and all Philadelphia School District schools are CLOSED tomorrow, January 4 due to the impending snow. Stay warm and safe!
Home & School Fundraisers in December
SLAMS Families and Friends, Home and School is having THREE fundraisers! On Thursday, 12/14 and Wednesday, 12/20 they will be hosting bake sales during student lunchtimes. Students will be able to purchase a variety of delicious baked goods during their lunch break. On Friday, 12/21 they will be hosting the Winter Solstice Bazaar. The Bazaar…
Join Us For Our Bravery In The Neighborhood Walking Tour December 19
On Tuesday, December 19th, students will have the final presentation for their Bravery in the Neighborhood project. For this project, students chose a location in the neighborhood, did extensive research on the site, and then outlined, drafted, revised, and recorded a podcast about their site. Now, we have compiled these podcasts to create an audio…
School Selection Ends Today
Just a reminder that the School Selection Process ends today. Don’t forget to visit https://www.philasd.org/studentplacement/services/school-selection/ to apply to both SLA-MS and our new 5th grade at SLA Beeber. For more information on how to complete the School Selection Process, please see this PDF file.
Open House At SLAMS
With School Selection upon us, we invite families of prospective students to visit us during the month of October and the first week of November. Open Houses will be on Fridays, with both an AM session and a PM session. RSVPs are required, as each session is limited to 15 participants. Please RSVP by clicking…
We’re Off to a Great Year with Expo Days!
The 2017-2018 school year is off to an action packed start with Expo. Expo is a time for students to dive into the core values of SLA-MS: inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation and reflection. Each Expo group traveled to a preselected location in the community, observed their surroundings and then raised questions. Students researched their…
New Family Night June 12
To the Families and Students of the Class of 2021: Welcome to Science Leadership Academy Middle School! We are thrilled that you have chosen SLA-MS and we promise to do all that we can to be worthy of that choice. The next step in joining the SLA-MS community will be at our New Family Night,…
75 Pounds of Bananas
In STEM classes, students are exploring the question: what is a variable? On the math end we’re looking at variables in math equations and how we use order of operations to help us solve for these unknown values. On the science end, things are a little…smellier. Students learned about controls and variables in scientific…
Site Selection Open House at SLAMS on 5-17
Interested in working with an amazing group of students and educators? Want a chance to learn about the school and open positions first hand? On Wednesday, May 17, SLAMS will be hosting a Site Selection Open House. If you are interested in one of the open positions at SLAMS, we will be hosting visitors from…
Sometimes a T-Shirt is More than a T-Shirt
On Monday, March 13, 5th graders surprised Mr. Boyle with a new T-shirt. The T-shirt in question was special because it was the first mass produced SLA-MS T-shirt. It was made even better by the addition of every student signature on the front in bright colors. Charlotte S. organized the secret. With the help of…