Welcome to Juniata Park Academy!
Vision:
Juniata Park Academy is a School of Excellence. We are a dynamic community of learners empowering one another to become resilient, inquiring, confident members of the global society.
Mission:
The mission of Juniata Park Academy is to create a safe and nurturing learning environment that celebrates diversity. We are a community that holds ourselves to high expectations in maintaining a culture of belonging, academic excellence, and innovation.
Core Values: Respect, Teamwork, Excellence, Perseverance, Personal Responsibility, Problem Solving Optimism, Scholarship
School Supply Lists for 2024-2025
Check out Juniata Park Academy’s 2023-2024 school plan.
News Release: Elevate 215 Announces $2.2 Million in Grants for Schools to Accelerate Academic Outcomes
Grants Invest in Research-Based Practices to help schools that are “Beating the Odds”
Philadelphia, June 8, 2023 – Elevate 215 today announced the award of $2.2 million in grants to accelerate outcomes at five Philadelphia schools that are “Beating the Odds” for their students with a track record of making academic progress.
The grant announcement, held at Juniata Park Academy, reflects Elevate 215’s commitment to support high-need schools in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods that are making significant academic progress. The grant recipients are district and public charter schools, and each of the five grantees will share a portion of the $2.2 million total over the next two years. All five schools were previously awarded planning grants from Elevate 215 to develop an evidence-based approach to improving academic performance.
“Our mission is to support schools that are making strong progress for their students, often in the face of difficult challenges,” said Dr. Stacy Holland, Executive Director of Elevate 215. “These five schools have a track record that merits additional investment so that they can accelerate outcomes for their students,” she continued. “We are inspired by the impact the leaders, staff and teachers are having on their students, and we hope they can serve as a model of success in our city.”
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The five grantees are Juniata Park Academy (K-8) in Juniata; Alliance for Progress Charter School (K-8) in North-Central Philadelphia; Middle Years Alternative School (MYA) (6-8) in West Philadelphia; the Morton McMichael School (K-8) in Mantua; and the Pan American Academy Charter School (K-8) in Kensington.
Educational leaders and civic leaders applauded the announcement that spotlighted examples of positive teaching and learning happening across the city.
“This grant from Elevate 215 is such an exciting opportunity for our schools,” said Tony B. Watlington, Sr., Ed.D., Superintendent for the School District of Philadelphia. “As we help finalize the phased implementation for our strategic plan, Accelerate Philly, we know that these collaborative partnerships will help identify innovative ways to move schools forward. This partnership is a great example of that, and we are excited to see the results from this evidence-based work.”
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“As a city, it is so important that we lift up our students and schools who are working hard every day to beat the odds,” added Councilmember Isaiah Thomas, Chair of Council’s Education Committee. “I am grateful to Elevate 215 for taking a research-based approach to identify these schools in North and West Philadelphia that are ready to accelerate learning for their students, and we should work together to spread these opportunities to as many schools and students as we can in the next few years.”
Collectively, the school grantees serve 2,724 students, of whom 90% are Black or Hispanic, and 85% of whom are economically disadvantaged. To select the schools, Elevate 215 relied on a decade of research (2009-2018) on student outcomes in public elementary and middle schools to identify schools serving high-need populations whose students consistently achieved greater growth than their local and national peers during this span. To learn more about this Beat the Odds methodology, see here.
“We are very grateful to Elevate 215 for their collaboration in making this grant a reality,” shared Marisol Rivera Rodriguez, Principal of Juniata Park Academy. “We appreciate the recognition as a school that has a history of beating the odds with our students, and creating a space for us to learn how to meet the new challenges that have emerged post pandemic. This grant will allow us to build on past progress, overcome new challenges, and accelerate learning in the coming years for our students.”
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Under the terms of the grant awards, the schools will focus the new funding in the following areas:
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Building grade-level leadership to incorporate culturally responsive lessons into daily instruction to allow students with diverse backgrounds to better understand and connect with the curriculum. Increase overall student achievement in Math and ELA and decreasing the achievement gap between special education/non-special education students and English language learners (ELL)/non-ELLs.
$574,320
McMichael Elementary
Reducing chronic student absenteeism and improving reading outcomes for students who are most behind via increased family engagement and tutoring.
$323,560
Middle Years Alternative
Launching a career exposure and awareness initiative that features classroom and community-based activities to allow middle school students to discover and be accepted to the high school of their choice, increasing overall student achievement in Math and ELA through better meeting individual student’s academic and social-emotional (SEL) needs.
$460,210
Pan American
Deploying a multi-tiered system of supports that uses data to help match academic and social-emotional behavior assessment and instructional resources to student’s needs, increasing Math achievement, and improving the retention of highly effective educators.
$560,000
The grants will fund evidenced-based, promising practices such as establishing a data system that provides real-time information about how students are learning, and then training and coaching teachers on utilizing the data to adjust instruction on a regular basis to meet the needs of individual students. Other practices will include incorporating culturally responsive educational context and examples into daily instruction to allow students with diverse backgrounds to better understand and connect with the curriculum; and launching a career exposure and awareness initiative that features classroom and community-based activities to allow middle school students to discover and be accepted to the high school of their choice.
“The Hamilton Family Charitable Trust is proud to invest in Elevate 215 and partner in their Beat the Odds school investment strategy to improve the quality of education for so many young people in our city,” said Chekemma Fulmore-Townsend, President of Hamilton Family Charitable Trust.
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“Elevate 215 is committed to supporting programs and practices that work, based on the experiences of the educational professionals who lead our schools and teach our children,” Dr. Holland said. “The investments we announced today are designed specifically to serve the mission of supporting the growth of Philadelphia schools whose students are consistently ‘Beating the Odds’ and represent what is possible for all of our children.”
Source: https://elevate215.org/news/elevate-215-announces-2-2-million-in-grants-for-schools-to-accelerate-academic-outcomes/
Morning Admission and Afternoon Dismissal
Morning Admission
Morning Admission will begin at 8:15am for all students. Breakfast will be served in classrooms from 8:15-8:30am.
Kindergarten students and 1st grade students in Rooms 5 and 6 enter through the Kindergarten wing doors and exit through their classroom doors. Outdoor classroom doors are labeled with the classroom numbers.
1st grade in Rooms 116 and Room 112, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th grade students will enter through the Courtyard Doors and will be picked up in the school yard.
5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th grade students enter through the Main Entrance.
Afternoon Dismissal
Afternoon Dismissal Times are as follows:
K-2nd Grades 2:45 P.M. (½ day 11:50am)
3rd and 4th Grades 2:50 P.M. (½ day 11:45am)
5th-8th Grades 2:54 P.M. (½ day 11:40am)
*Students in Grades K-4 are not permitted to walk home alone.
Kindergarten students and 1st grade students in Rooms 5 and 6 dismiss through their classroom doors. Outdoor classroom doors into the courtyard and are labeled with the classroom numbers by 2:45 P.M. daily.
1st grade in Rooms 116 and Room 112, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th grade students will exit through the Courtyard Doors and will be picked up in the school yard at their classroom lines by 2:50 P.M. daily.
5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th grade students will exit through their respective doors onto G Street by 2:54 P.M. daily.
Inclement Weather Dismissal
In the event of inclement weather an announcement will be made on ClassDojo as early as possible for parents to pick up at the following times and at the following locations.
Afternoon Dismissal Times are as follows:
K-2nd Grades 2:45 P.M. (½ day 11:50am)
3rd and 4th Grades 2:50 P.M. (½ day 11:45am)
5th-8th Grades 2:54 P.M. (½ day 11:40am)
Kindergarten, Room 5, Room 6, will dismiss from their classroom door.
Rooms 112 & 116 (First Grade), Third & Fourth Grade will dismiss from the Gym. Parents will enter and exit through courtyard doors.
2nd Grade Parents will dismiss from the cafeteria. Parents will enter through the courtyard doors and exit through the cafeteria doors.
Fifth, Sixth Grade, Seventh Grade, & Eighth Grade will dismiss out their exit doors onto G Street.
Early dismissals will be honored through 2:00pm to those listed as emergency contacts. For the safety of your child, please make sure to have photo identification. Whenever possible, please schedule appointments after school hours so your child can be present for the entire school day.
Parent Portal
Did you know that you can view your child’s assignment grades and attendance at any time from a computer or mobile device? All you need to get started is to create a Parent Portal account.
To view a recording of our Parent Portal workshop, please click here.
To access the links and slides shown at our workshop, click here.
For more information about Parent Portal, click here.
Family Engagement Calendar 2023-2024
Coming this Fall!
New Student Registration
Student registration can be completed online this year and will reopen in mid August.
In person registrations for new students will resume August 16th at 9am.
Click here for more information and to register.
2024-2025 School Year Calendar
Click here for this year’s school calendar.
Our Mission
The mission of Juniata Park Academy is to create a safe and nurturing learning environment that celebrates diversity. We are a community who hold ourselves to high expectations in maintaining a culture of belonging, academic excellence, and innovation.
