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Upper School students partnered with Lower School students to develop outdoor learning experiences for the playground.
Explore Our Lower School Program
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PC's inspiring students are: Courageous Learners, Compassionate Friends, Constructive Communicators, Change Cultivators
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Third grade designed, created and planted a pollinator garden with curricular connetions.
![Teaching and Learning in Covid Times]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1610376459/penn/jgpecoarfdeaoyznkdf7/Liz_Jones.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1610376459/penn/jgpecoarfdeaoyznkdf7/Liz_Jones.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1610376459/penn/jgpecoarfdeaoyznkdf7/Liz_Jones.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1610376459/penn/jgpecoarfdeaoyznkdf7/Liz_Jones.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1610376459/penn/jgpecoarfdeaoyznkdf7/Liz_Jones.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1610376459/penn/jgpecoarfdeaoyznkdf7/Liz_Jones.jpg","width":2200}])
A window into six teaching and learning experiences at Penn Charter during the covid-19 pandemic.
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Girls on the Run is a national program that encourages girls empowerment by teaching life skills and running. Penn Charter has hosted a chapter of Girls on the Run since 2016, filled to capacity each season.
The Penn Charter IdeaLab, founded in 2015, provides the space and tools necessary for students to create, collaborate and innovate through project-based learning.