Partnerships:
Academy of Natural Sciences
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
ACE Mentor Program
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
After School Activities Partnerships
(provides volunteers and funding to several of our after school programs and also hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Al Bustan
(teaches our students twice a week, focusing on how to play and appreciate world music)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
(provides guest speakers)
American Red Cross
(runs a blood drive at SLA)
Amtrak
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Apple Computer
(SLA is a recognized as an “Apple Distinguished School.” We use almost exclusively Macs and every student does much of his or her learning with the help of a Macbook, through our 1:1 program)
Architects in Education
(helped to teach a class and hosts field trips)
Art in the Open
Art-Reach
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush
AthenaBridge
Atria Center City
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
bench 2 BUSINESS
(hosted a field trip and provides guest speakers)
The Big Picture Alliance
(created a film at SLA)
BodyRock Gym
(runs our bootcamp preseason conditioning for softball and baseball)
Broughton Hall
(this all-girls high school in Liverpool, UK has joined forces with us to create a two-way exchange trip)
buildOn
(oversees our community service projects and hosts our student interns through the ILP Program)
CATA
(sends speakers to inform our students about the Philadelphia migrant farmworker community. We also walk with them in the AIDS Walk)
Central High School
Chemical Heritage Foundation
(co-presented with an SLA student at the Leadership Initiative in Science Education, hosted our students on Heritage Day and frequently for field trips, and continues to host student interns through our ILP program)
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
City Year
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program as well as through their City Heroes community service program. City Year also provides leadership training)
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Coriell Institute for Medical Research
(provided data)
Delaware River Port Authority
(Manages a bridge-building competition and provides instruction for our Physics class)
Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Department of Homeland Security
(provided disaster preparedness education programs)
Design for Social Impact
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Devnuts
(hosts our student interns through the ILP Program)
Drexel’s Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Drexel College of Engineering
(provides a scholarship grant and supports the Physics curriculum)
Drexel Research and Demonstration (RaD) Lab
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Drexel - Pennoni Honors College - Visiting Scholars Program
Drexel University Biomedical Program
(hosts our students at Friday lectures)
Drexel Writing Center
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Energy Coordinating Agency
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Engineers without Borders
(ran an after school program with SLA and helped students with Physics projects)
Education Law Center
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Empowerment Group
(provides business startup training)
Fabric Workshop & Museum
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Fairmount Water Works
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
The Free Library of Philadelphia
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Fleisher Art Memorial
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
The Franklin Institute
(the co-founding organization, and our primary partner)
Franklin’s Paine Skatepark Fund
(our students presented to the board)
Freedom Theater
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program
Get Out the Vote
(managed a community service project)
Girls Inc.
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
GlaxoSmithKline
(has donated science equipment and has been generous in boosting our endowment. They also host field trips and laboratory tours)
Global Youth United
Greenfield Elementary School
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Habitat for Humanity
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Haverford College
(hosts lab tours for our students)
Health Partners
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
H.I.A.S. and Council
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Howard Hughes
(provided data)
Independence Seaport Museum
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
iPraxis
(hosts a science fair)
King's Kids
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Ladies Start Your Engines
(provides automotive technology instruction for SLA girls)
Lancet Publications
(provided a career awareness program)
Leah Stein Dance Company
Manna
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Philadelphia Math + Science Coalition
The Mayor’s Office of Sustainability
(provides SLA with guest speakers and grants)
Mighty Writers
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
MiND TV
(showed videos created by our students)
Motorola
(provides funding and guest speakers)
Mural Arts Program
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
National Academy of Engineering
(hosts a field trip and provides SLA with guest speakers)
National Academy of Sciences
(provides guest speakers)
National Archives
(collaborates with SLA on National History Day)
National Constitution Center
(SLA participates in the Exchange Program)
National Institutes of Health
(judged student webpages and provided research data)
National Renewable Energy Laboratories
(hosts a competition and provides guest speakers)
National Science Teachers Association
(judged student presentations)
Neighborhood Bike Works
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Outward Bound Philadelphia
(hosts field trips in the great outdoors)
The Painted Bride Art Center
(takes our students on tours and continues to host student interns through the ILP program)
PBS
(filmed at SLA)
Peace Corps
(provides guest speakers)
PECO
(hosts field trips and competitions, and had employees volunteer to repaint our cafeteria)
Penn Engineering
(provides guest speakers, curriculum development, and computer programming instruction)
Penn Genome Frontiers Institute
(provides curriculum support and guest speakers, and allows our students to shadow scientists in the laboratory)
The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
Penn Youth For Debate
(collaborates with our debate team by coordinating trips to major competitions and providing support and instruction at home in Philadelphia)
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
(SLA students volunteered to plant trees)
Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science
(managed a competition)
Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Philadelphia Bar Association
(hosted the Lawyer for a Day career awareness program)
Philadelphia Cares
(repainted part of the school through a day of service)
Philadelphia Education Fund
Philadelphia Museum of Art
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater
(SLA participates in the Artist in Residence Program)
Philadelphia Student Union
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Philadelphia Young Playwrights
(hosts students through the ILP program)
Philadelphia Youth Network
(hosts job shadowing and Work Ready career development programs)
Philadelphia Zoo
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Philadelphia AIDS Thrift
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania
(hosts a field trip every year)
POWER Internship
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Project H.O.M.E.
(21st Century Learning Center, College Services)
RCH Architecture
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Russell Byers Charter School
(SLA students volunteered at an after school science program)
Schuylkill River Development Corporation
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Springside School
Startup Corps
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
TEDxNYed
TEDxPhilly
Temple University Hospital
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Tillman Construction
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Urban Engineers, Inc.
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
US Department of Labor
(provided labor law education)
VCA Cat Hospital of Philadelphia
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program)
Videosmith Inc
Warrnambool College
Why Tuesday?
WHYY
(hosts our student interns through the ILP program and provides video production instruction)
The Wilma Theater
Women in Communications Technology
(mentors our students)
WXPN
(hosted our students at the “Live Connections” series at World Cafe Live. This program focuses on ethnomusicology. They continue to host our student interns through the ILP program)
...If you want to learn more or if you’re interested in partnering with SLA, don’t hesitate to contact us!
