The School District of Philadelphia and SLA have launched the 2020 high school admissions process! Please visit our admissions site for more information and read the important points below:

• Students must apply to SLA Center City and/or SLA@Beeber through the School District of Philadelphia’s admissions portal AND schedule an interview with us in order to be considered for admission.
• Interviews can be scheduled online or via phone (215-400-7830)
• Interested 8th grade students may schedule small-group “shadowing” information sessions here.

Feel free to call (215-400-7830) or email us at admissions@scienceleadership.org with any additional questions.

Best of luck during this year’s admissions process!

We’re so honored to share Serenity’s Capstone. This is an incredible example of what SLA students can do, even under the most challenging of circumstances.

SLA Q2 report card conferences with students, families and Advisors will be held on Thursday, 2/6 and Friday, 2/7. Families should consult with their child’s Advisor(s) to discuss conference times on one of those dates.

Students will have noon dismissal times on both 2/6 and 2/7. Class schedules on each day will run as indicated below.

Thursday, 2/6

08:15 - 08:55 C Band

09:00 - 09:40 D Band

09:45 - 10:25 E Band

10:30 - 11:10 A Band

11:15 - 11:55 X1/Y1 Band

11:55 - 12:00 Advisory (Transpass Pick-Up)

12:00 - 12:30 Lunch/Dismissal

Friday, 2/7

08:15 - 08:55 B Band

09:00 - 09:40 C Band

09:45 - 10:25 D Band

10:30 - 11:10 E Band

11:15 - 11:55 X2/Y2 Band

12:00 - 12:30 Lunch/Dismissal

Welcome back from winter break and happy 2020! With the juniors returning to 440 full-time, we are making the following changes to room assignments:

• All classes with Mr. Enzweiler will be held in Auxiliary room A (including Astronomy and Advisory)

• All classes with Mr. Block will be held in Auxiliary room B (Advisory will still meet in the cafe)

• All classes with Mr. Clapper will be held in Auxiliary room C (Advisory will still meet in the cafe)

• All classes with Ms. Martin will be held in Auxiliary room D (including Advisory)

• Mr. Grzywinski’s senior English classes will relocate as follows: B band to Auxiliary room D & C band to Auxiliary room A (all others remain the same)

• Mr. Symonds’ C, E and X bands will relocate as follows: C band to Auxiliary room B, E band to room 1078 & X band to Auxiliary room B (all others remain the same)

• Mr. Hernández’s Advisory will be held in Auxiliary room B

Thursday, 11/21

• 08:15-08:55 – C1 Band
• 09:00-09:40 – D1 Band
• 09:45-10:25 – E1 Band
• 10:30-11:10 – A2 Band
• 11:15-11:55 – X1/Y1 Band (Report to your non-lunch class. If you have class for both, speak with your teachers to find out which course to attend)
• 11:55-12:00 – Advisory (Transpass Pick-Up)
• 12:00-12:30 – Lunch/Dismissal

Friday, 11/22

• 08:15-08:55 – B2 Band
• 09:00-09:40 – C2 Band
• 09:45-10:25 – D2 Band
• 10:30-11:10 – E2 Band
• 11:15-11:55 – X2/Y2 Band (Report to your non-lunch class. If you have class for both, speak with your teachers to find out which course to attend)
• 12:00-12:30 – Lunch/Dismissal