The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations is holding a public hearing on school violence from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Guein Recreation Center, 2201 S. 16th St., to receive feedback from students, parents, faculty, police, community members and youth-service organizations about violence in Philadelphia’s public schools. Language interpretation services are available. Visit www.phila.gov/humanrelations.
Academy at Palumbo, 1100 Catharine St., junior Francisco Alberto “Albert” Garcia is participating in the Philadelphia Young Playwrights’ Young Voices High School Monologue Festival taking place Feb. 3 to 6 at the Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St. His winning monologue, “What’s My Next Move,” was one of 16 first-place winners out of 411 submissions from students across the region.
Parents, faculty members and community representatives joined students for the first Annual South Philadelphia High School and Barnes & Noble Jan. 14 book fair at the store’s Rittenhouse Square branch.
The program included student poems from the school’s Academy of Hospitality and Tourism’s Poetry Café, as well as the award-winning documentary of intercultural students working together as designed by student Michael Hood.
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