FACTS shares “Teachable Moments” video clips weekly with our students during Morning Meeting community time. These videos are created by our School Counselor Teacher Mikki and our Directors of School Culture Teacher Griffin and Teacher Trish. They often focus on social and emotional learning. We think these uplifting lessons are great for people of all […]
On May 30th, Secretary Rivera visits classrooms at FACTS and engages with students.
Charter amendment expands FACTS’s impact in serving immigrant and refugee communities Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School’s (FACTS) request for a Charter Amendment received a positive vote from the School Reform Commission on Thursday evening. The decision will allow FACTS to expand its impact in serving immigrant and refugee students in a diversely rich school environment. […]
On December 15, the Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School took a major step in our quest to grow our school and to increase our services to immigrant and refugee English Learners in a welcoming school environment that brings together immigrants and non-immigrants and students of diverse races and ethnicities. Amidst an impressive outpouring of support […]
On September 28, the U.S. Secretary of Education named the Folk Arts–Cultural Treasures Charter School (FACTS) a National Blue Ribbon School. FACTS is one of 349 schools across the nation receiving this award this year. Principal Pheng Lim said, “I am especially honored to be designated an Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing School because FACTS was […]
Schools in our city do not have receive enough money to fairly and adequately educate all of our students. Students, staff and board members from FACT Charter School will be going to City Hall on September 13, 2016 to join those supporting a lawsuit demanding fair school funding for all schools in Pennsylvania. This lawsuit asks […]
Principal Pheng will be participating in the Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders. The Neubauer Fellowship in Educational Leadership was created in 2015 to support accomplished principals in Philadelphia schools. For more information visit Philadelphia School Leaders.
This week, our seventh graders have been sharing what they appreciate about the teachers at FACTS over the public address system each morning. Here are some of the things they’ve had to say: “She is able to talk with me whenever I need to.” “Thanks for pushing me in class and helping to support me.” […]
Homeroom teachers at FACTS read the following letter to students each year before testing begins: This week, all students in grades 3 – 8 will be taking a test called PSSA. Every student your age in the state is required to take this test. The test is important and we want everyone to do their […]
FACTS was featured in the article Charter School Teaches “Whole Student” on October 13, 2015 in the Philadelphia Daily News and the article Arts and High Test Scores Co-exist at FACTS Charter on December 7, 2015 in The Philadelphia Public School Notebook.