Kudos to ...

Honors conferred on students by the school are well publicized at school assemblies and events, and on the Penn Charter website. (See links below.)

However, many of our students also receive recognition outside of school for academic or extracurricular achievements. In the spirit of celebrating everyone's accomplishments, we congratulate the following Penn Charter students for honors conferred this spring:

Gus Sacks won 1st Place in the 2006 Jostens Photo Contest/Athletes in Action for his soccer photo, "Save Amidst Chaos." Jostens selected 97 prizes in a variety of categories from more than 5,000 photo entries. See photo.

The Concord Review, which publishes exemplary history essays by high school students, this spring printed "Teaching Meritocracy," a paper senior Grace Fong wrote last year for Jack Coleman's AP United States History course.

Mark Slobodinsky was awarded a $4000 scholarship from the Bucks County Courier Times in recognition of his years of service as a carrier for the newspaper.

Michael Weick won a $3,000 scholarship from Beneficial Savings Bank for an essay he wrote suggesting a program that would improve his community or neighborhood. More than 600 high school seniors from almost 200 schools responded.

Congratulations to the many Penn Charter Philadelphia Young Playwrights' winners! 1st place: Erin Martin and Tess Reinhold; 2nd place: Frances Bernstein, Julia Binswanger, Brent Gagne, Carolyn Grace, Ben Krieger, Demetrius Jennings, Dani Lazarus, David Paisner, Ken Panis, Joel Prushan, Jake Smith, Cora Wolfington;3rd place: Alina Drufovka, Savannah Kapnek, Ken Koplove, Zoe Smith, Savannah Wilson, Bobby Wurtz.

"Hooked on a Feeling," a short film by Penn Charter filmmakers Peter Damm, Eric Binswanger, Ashley Flores and Stephanie Clarke with Damm acting as advisor, was a finalist in the Bridge Film Festival 2006, an annual competition held at Brooklyn Friends School.  

Governor's Schools of Excellence
Upper School Prize Assembly
Spring Sports Assembly
Cum Laude Assembly
National Merit Scholars