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Activities for Kids & Teens in Philadelphia PA
Portside Arts Center, North Philadelphia:
Located on Lehigh Avenue in North Philadelphia, Portside Arts Center provides creative arts instruction to children, teens, and adults of all ages. Our Toddler, Child, and Teen classes include painting, drawing, music, drama, arts & crafts, and more. All of our classes are taught by local teaching artists and certified arts instructors.
About Portside Arts Center:
The Portside Arts Center holds Visual Arts, Musical Arts and Performing Arts classes year-round, 6 days a week. We provide high-quality low-cost arts instruction to over 1,200 children, teens, adults, and seniors per year.
Unleash Your Inner Creativity:
By building self-awareness, and appreciation of one's own inner creativity and artistic skills, we aim to transform the lives of individuals, improve their academic and economic success and awaken a person's social and civic sense in order to raise the quality of life in our neighborhoods.
Our Mission:
Our mission is to empower the people of our community with opportunities to develop their artistic abilities, awaken the imagination, and build self-esteem and confidence.
Creative Arts Programs for Kids & Teens::
Toddlers Classes:
- Creative Movement
- Little Artists
Kids Classes:
- Acting
- Arts & Crafts
- Children's Robot Shop
- Clay Studio
- Creative Movement
- Dance Classes
- Drawing Club
- Family Art Class
- Girl Power Arts & Crafts
- Home School Visual Arts
- Saturday Arts & Crafts
- Special Needs Arts
Teen Classes:
- Art ProjeX
- Crochet Projects
- Drawing Club
- Dye & Sew a Tote Bag
- Mosaics HandsOn
- Quilting Projects
- Robot Shop
- Shibi Projects
- Stop Motion Animation
- Sit & Stitch
- Teen Digital Photography
- Teen Acting
- The Art Of Stained Glass
- Yoga
Private Music Classes:
- Guitar
- Piano
- Bass
- Voice
- Violin
- Viola
Address:
2531 Lehigh Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19125, USA
Center School
Courses / Programs
Philadelphia Private Schools for Dyslexia Learning Disabilities and Language-Based Special Education: Located in Abington in Montgomery County, PA, Center School is a non-profit, co-educational independent day school for children ages six to fourteen who have experienced difficulties with reading and language development. The majority of Center School classroom teachers are master's-educated, certified reading specialists. All our staff have been trained by Schools Attuned. Most students use school district buses to travel to and from Center School. Typically, school districts will provide transportation if their boundaries are within ten miles of Center School.
Lower School & Middle School programs:
- At the core of Center School's curriculum is the belief that the ability to use language effectively is key to success in school.
- All subjects (reading, math, science, social studies, study skills, art, and physical education) serve as opportunities for students to build language skills.
- We also offer a four-week summer program.
- At the core of Center School's curriculum is the belief that the ability to use language effectively is key to success in school.
- All subjects (reading, math, science, social studies, study skills, art, and physical education) serve as opportunities for students to build language skills.
- We also offer a four-week summer program.
Philadelphia Montgomery Christian Academy, Erdenheim
Courses / Programs
Philadelphia Montgomery Christian Academy in Erdenheim, in the Springfield Township just north of Philadelphia in Montgomery County, is one of the premier independent Christian co-educational day-schools in the state of Pennsylvania. We teach Pre-K through 12th Grade programs, and have been fulfilling our mission of providing students with an excellent education from a Christian world-and-life view since 1943. We uphold the Bible as the living core of the Academy’s program by ensuring that every subject in our curriculum is taught from a distinctly Christian perspective.This dedication to excellence is supported by a faculty of committed Christians, 47% of whom hold advanced degrees, and whose average tenure with Phil-Mont is 13 years. Our small class sizes and 9:1 student-teacher ratio ensure that each student gets the attention he or she requires in order to excel academically. The results speak for themselves: 98% of our graduates go on to 4-year colleges, with 75 percent receiving at least 1 award or scholarship, and 50% graduating as members of the National Honor Society. As well as our domestic school offer, we have an International Program that welcomes overseas students.
- Pre-Kindergarten
- Kindergarten
- Elementary School (Grade 1-5)
- Middle School
- High School
- International Program (Grades 9-10)
- Kindergarten
- Elementary School (Grade 1-5)
- Middle School
- High School
- International Program (Grades 9-10)
The Media Theatre - Broadway Musical Theater Camp
Courses / Programs
Located just west of Philadelphia in Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, The Media Theatre - Broadway Musical Theater Camp offers theatre, acting and voice classes for young children of six years upwards as well as teenagers. Students develop an ability to improvise and to bring one's own personal and honest response to the text or the script. All acting classes within The Media Theatre School of The Theatre follow and 8-week schedule are based on the Sanford Meisner Technique, which follows the mantra "Acting is living as truthfully as one can under an imaginary circumstance."We also offer acting classes and theatre workshops during winter, spring and summer school breaks. In the summer we offer two week acting camps. This intensive, two-week day camp is a fun, enriching and rewarding experience. Campers write, design, and perform an improvisational theatre production that is performed on the Media Theatre stage for family, friends and the general public. The School of Theatre has been noted for it's professionalism and commitment to solid training for a career in the professional theatre.
- Theatre, Acting and Voice classes for young children of six years upwards and teenagers
- Acting and Theatre Workshops during school breaks
- Summer Acting Camps
- Acting and Song Contests
- We also provide adult programs
- Acting and Theatre Workshops during school breaks
- Summer Acting Camps
- Acting and Song Contests
- We also provide adult programs
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
Courses / Programs
Holy Ghost Preparatory School, located adjacent to the busy I-95 corridor in metropolitan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a private Catholic college prep school for young men offering grades 9 through 12. Holy Ghost Prep is a vibrant community of 500+ young men preparing for college and adult life through a challenging program which stresses the cultivation of students' unique gifts and talents, academic excellence, and generous service to the poor. We continue to be mindful of our founding history as a seminary as we seek to form young men morally, intellectually, and spiritually in the Spiritan tradition.
- 9 - 12 Grade
- Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) Courses
- English
- Mathematics
- Religion
- Science
- Social Studies
- Foreign Language
- Core Electives
- Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) Courses
- English
- Mathematics
- Religion
- Science
- Social Studies
- Foreign Language
- Core Electives
The Philadelphia School
Courses / Programs
Located in central Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, eastern Pennsylvania, The Philadelphia School is a private co-educational school for boys and girls in preschool through 8th grade. Theme-based learning is one of the principle tools we as progressive educators use to help students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills and to encourage them to make complex connections across disciplines. The goals of our curricular sequence are to achieve greater thematic coherence and to broaden multicultural awareness through in-depth studies of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. TPS is a vibrant, progressive learning community. We believe that education should be embedded in authentic, real-world experiences. It is our goal to create an environment where students learn respect for the individual, respect for the community, and respect for democratic ideals.
The Philadelphia School does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, national or ethnic origin, disability, or sexual orientation. We are accredited by the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools.
Programs from Preschool through 8th Grade:
- Preschool
- Kindergarten
- Primary Unit (1st and 2nd Grade)
- Junior School (3rd -5th Grade)
- Middle School Curriculum with science, language arts, mathematics, geography, history as well as media literacy skills, nutrition, P.E., art and drama
- Early Risers Program
- Auxiliary (Afterschool) Program with a wide range of opportunities
- Summer Camp
- Preschool
- Kindergarten
- Primary Unit (1st and 2nd Grade)
- Junior School (3rd -5th Grade)
- Middle School Curriculum with science, language arts, mathematics, geography, history as well as media literacy skills, nutrition, P.E., art and drama
- Early Risers Program
- Auxiliary (Afterschool) Program with a wide range of opportunities
- Summer Camp
Sophia Academy @ International Christian High School
Courses / Programs
Sophia Academy @ International Christian High School is an arts-based high school for students with language-based learning differences. Students entering Grades 9-12 are encouraged to apply.
Located in North Philadelphia, 30 minutes from Downtown, we provide a hands-on, multi-sensory curricula that weaves visual and performing arts into standard subjects in order to help students with dyslexia and dyscalculia learn well.
Our students gain the advantage of participating in a larger school program and extracurricular activities while reaping the benefits of small classes, multi-sensory curricula, evidence-based instruction, and integration with the visual and performing arts.
Located in North Philadelphia, 30 minutes from Downtown, we provide a hands-on, multi-sensory curricula that weaves visual and performing arts into standard subjects in order to help students with dyslexia and dyscalculia learn well.
Our students gain the advantage of participating in a larger school program and extracurricular activities while reaping the benefits of small classes, multi-sensory curricula, evidence-based instruction, and integration with the visual and performing arts.
Arts-based High School Programs:
- For students in Grades 9-12 with Language-based Learning Differences
Program Features include:
- Small classes
- Multi-sensory curricula
- Evidence-based instruction
- Integration with the visual and performing arts.
- For students in Grades 9-12 with Language-based Learning Differences
Program Features include:
- Small classes
- Multi-sensory curricula
- Evidence-based instruction
- Integration with the visual and performing arts.