PC graduates returned to their alma mater in May for OPC Weekend 2025. The 132nd Awards Ceremony honoring distinguished alumni and dedicated teachers was followed the next day by the OPCs of Color Brunch and individual reunions for classes with graduation years ending in 5 and 0.
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Teachers Cory Moy, Joy Lai, La Sripanawongsa and Errol Flynn accompanied Upper School students to Taiwan over spring break, where they traveled to Taipei and Yilan.
On April 25, Penn Charter was thrilled to host the 2025 MCRC@ADVIS DEIJB Conference, which brings together individuals committed to fostering inclusion in their communities.
Last fall, Mackenzie Skelly burst onto the Inter-Ac Upper School cross country scene as an eighth grader. She won the Inter-Ac championship race by more than 30 seconds and quickly followed that performance up with a nearly 20-second margin of victory in the PAISAA championship less than two weeks later. As it turns out, the speedy Penn Charter lifer from the Philly suburbs was just getting started.
Penn Charter swimmers Gabby Lopez-Ona, Ava Gonnella and Eva McIver-Jenkins helped found and expand Laps for Philly.
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From tending gardens to campus scavenger hunts to walks in the nearby Wissahickon, the natural environment is a teacher for students in all divisions. Environmental sustainability is interwoven through our curriculum.
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To achieve socioeconomic diversity, Penn Charter awarded $10M in need-based aid last year.
Founded in 1689, Penn Charter is the oldest Quaker school in the world.
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