Students Together Again
This April, we enthusiastically (and cautiously) welcomed select students back to WCS, including our Kindergartners, who attended classes on campus for the very first time! We also saw many students meet up with their teachers at our local parks for...
Alum Revisits Wissahickon Roots
Last month, Wissahickon Charter School alum, Daniel Farmer, returned to our Fernhill campus to visit former teachers and volunteer his time. He entered WCS as a 2nd grader, and was a student here from 2002 to 2009. When asked about his fondest...
Sixers visit Fernhill!
Last week, employees from the Philadelphia 76ers visited our Fernhill campus. The volunteers donated their time by speaking to 7th and 8th grade students about their careers, beautifying our hallways with student art, mending library books, and...
Student creates “Game Boi” clothing brand!
Meet Tyshawn, one of our 8th grade students at Awbury who has recently developed his own clothing brand called “Game Boi.” When asked how he created the company name, he said, “I like playing video games, and I’m a boy.” The name is also a spin on...
Middle School Honors Breakfast and Assembly
This week, we are recognizing Fernhill and Awbury middle school students who have shown academic excellence and have exemplified Wissahickon’s CARES values in the first trimester of school. In middle school, students with all A’s earn high honors,...
Congrats, Ms Gail!
Congratulations to one of our extraordinary teachers, Ms. Gail, who wrote a winning application to American Heritage Credit Union's "Classroom Takeover Contest". Ms. Gail received a $250 gift card for improvements to her classroom and a basket of...
Awbury Student Reaches a Goal
At the start of the school year, Awbury IT Manager Mike Purcell had students in his Typing and Technology class list some goals for the year. On Fifth Grader Lauren McLeod's list was one goal that really stood out -- she wanted to be on the school...
Black History Comes to Life
The Awbury Campus celebrated the final day of Black History Month with our first ever Black History Living Museum! Our seventh and eighth graders each represented a significant individual in Black History by creating a poster board display of the...
Social Anonymous Comes to Awbury
A new extracurricular group, Social Anonymous, began at our Awbury Campus this week.
Created and led by two beloved teachers, Mr Sunny and Mr Sean, Social Anonymous teaches life skills through self-observation and meditation to help our students...
Fill Jefferson Station with Wissahickon Art
Wissahickon's K-5 students at our Fernhill Campus have been hard at work creating their entries for a city-wide 'flower portrait' art contest sponsored by the Philadelphia Flower Show! All entries submitted will be displayed in a public area inside...