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Activities for Kids & Teens in Philadelphia PA

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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.

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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

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Address: 2531 Lehigh Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19125, USA
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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.
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.
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
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
Arden Drama School, Philadelphia
Courses / Programs
Arden Drama School provides year-round theater / drama classes as well as Spring / Summer Camps for kids & teens (Pre-K through Grade 12).

Based in the heart of Downtown Philadelphia PA, a drama curriculum is offered for all age groups, with growing confidence and skills emphasized in each grade level, and greater performance opportunities provided for middle and high school students.

Taught by professional artists with a passion for teaching, Arden Drama School classes are dedicated to bringing to life great stories by great storytellers – on the stage, in the classroom and in the community.
Theater / Drama Classes for Kids & Teens:

Age groups include:
- Preschool Classes (Ages 2-4 and their caregivers)
- Grades K, 1, 2
- Grades 3, 4, 5
- Grades 6, 7, 8
- Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Specialized classes include:
- Eight-week Classes
- Four-week Special Workshops
- One Day Acting Workshops
- Play-in-a-day (one Day)
- Spring Break Theater Camp
- Summer Theater Camp
The DePaul Catholic School
Courses / Programs
The DePaul Catholic School located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a private, accredited, co-educational, Catholic school offering grades Kindergarten through 8. The De Paul Catholic School is an innovative urban elementary school dedicated to carrying out the legacy of St. Vincent de Paul by empowering students to be life-long learners, leaders, and servants who build the Kingdom of God.

At The DePaul Catholic School, we assist in the total development of children within the spirit of the Catholic faith and in the Vincentian tradition. Our purpose is to help each student achieve his or her potential academically, socially, and spiritually.
Educational Programs for Kindergarten through 8th Grade Students:

Subjects / features include:
- Computers
- Spanish
- Art
- Music classes
- Cross Country
- Girls Basketball
- Boys Basketball
- Track
Breezy Point Day School, Langhorne
Courses / Programs
Breezy Point Day School in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is an accredited preschool offering full and half day programs to children ages one through Kindergarten (1-6 years). We are located on 85 acres of rolling hills, just minutes from Newtown, Langhorne, Holland, Yardley, Richboro, Churchville and Feasterville and only 6 minutes from I-95 exit 49- Newtown, PA.

Breezy Point is one of a select number of preschools in Bucks County to be accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) which is the "gold standard" of excellence in childcare.

At Breezy Point, we also offer summer day camp programs for kids (2-14 years), and a swim club for juniors (6-18 years).
Preschool Programs for Children 1-6 years:

- Artistic and Creative Experiences
- Cultural Studies
- Dramatic Arts
- Hands-On Science Curriculum
- Enrichment Activities
- Family Participation
- Hands-On Math Curriculum
- Literacy
- Music Education
- Physical Fitness
- Social and Emotional Development

At Breezy Point, we also offer 4, 6 & 8 week summer day camps for kids (2-14 years), and a swim club to juniors (6-18 years).