Rev. Luis Cortes, Jr. joined Philadelphia Works as well as elected officials, representatives from the PA Department of Labor & Industry and Department of Human Services to celebrate the opening of the new integrated PA CareerLink® Center located at 4261 North 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140.  This new center in North Philadelphia is third of…

On June 7th, the Esperanza Chess Team brought eight girls from the middle school to complete in ASAP’s Philly Girls Play Chess Tournament at Drexel University. For all but two of the students, it was their first ever tournament. Daiana Espindola (7th grade) and Chasity Lugo (6th grade) represented the school’s experienced players in the k-8 rated…

Check out the flyer here! Using hands-on, immersion techniques that model real laboratory practices,Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Immersion Science program plans to share ways to bring inquiry-based lessons from the lab-bench to the classroom. Did you know that the genes of the fruit fly are SAME as genes in you and me? By doing simple,…

Over the last two months, Mayor Kenney and staff from the Office of Education have engaged with pre-K teachers, parents, center owners and directors from 109 early childhood education providers across Philadelphia. To date, the pre-K provider community have convened at seven roundtable discussions to hear the Mayor’s vision for increasing up to 10,000 quality, publicly-funded…

On Monday, March 28th, Esperanza Immigration Legal Services hosted a Citizenship Day information session to educate the community about eligibility requirements to apply for United States citizenship. After being screened with a trained volunteer, eligible lawful permanent residents were scheduled for a free appointment on National Citizenship Day, which will be held in Philadelphia at the Community…

Thanks to a successful campaign headed by Esperanza’s Housing and Economic Development department and the support of its Hunting Park Community Collaborative partners, SEPTA began providing bus service along the Hunting Park Avenue corridor on February 21, 2016. This extension of Route 53 will greatly benefit Esperanza’s constituency including students, clients, and business owners. A…

Twenty-two students from Esperanza Academy along with their Social Studies teachers Pete Bruno and Andrew Wakelee were chosen to take part in a weekend-long exploration of American History and the virtues of our democratic process at the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. Throughout the 3-day experience, the students were given the opportunity to see the…

John Rice is the Vice Chair of the Esperanza Academy Charter School Board of Directors, Former Executive Director of Metropolitan Career Center, and he has more than 4 decades of experience in non-profit leadership.