Students and staff honor MLK Day of Service
More than 200 students and staff members of YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School joined 75,000 volunteers throughout the greater Philadelphia area on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 for the 16th Annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service. Students in YouthBuild's Building Trades training program led a rehabilitation project at the Athletic Recreation Center, a [...]
GreenBuild Groundbreaking on Greene Street
YouthBuild Philadelphia hosted a groundbreaking event to to launch the national partnership between YouthBuild USA, Saint-Gobain, the world's largest building materials company, and its North American subsidiary CertainTeed. As part of the partnership, YouthBuild Philadelphia will receive $100,000 in pass-through grants over the next three years to engage students in learning green building techniques [...]
New Graduates Join the Class of 2010
Thirty-eight YouthBuild Philadelphia students received diplomas in a special ceremony at Freedom Theatre. Parents and community members joined staff on stage to "shout-out" and present a diploma to their young person. See more photos on our Facebook page.
Alumni Participate in National Dropout Prevention Conference
Philadelphia recently hosted the 22nd Annual National Dropout Prevention Conference, at the Loews Hotel. Antonio Jones, YouthBuild Philadelphia Class of 2010, delivered a well-received opening speech on November 15, and Josh "Suhayl" Ward closed the conference as a member of the Youth Panel on November 17.
YouthBuild Philly Featured on WHYY Radio
Listen to "A new beginning for Philadelphia high school drop outs" with reporter Maiken Scott, as she speaks with Executive Director Simran Sidhu, Dean of Students Ameen Akbar, and student Gregory Jefferies.
YouthBuild Welcomes the Future Class of 2011!
YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School officially accepted 214 new students into the program at a special ceremony at the Doubletree Hotel. We also announced that a $64,860 grant from the Walmart Foundation will support the growth of YouthBuild's Heathcare Training Program. Read the press release here. Check out photos here!
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