Welcome to Project Learn School!

PROJECT LEARN SCHOOL is an independent cooperative school, serving about 80 students in grades K-8. Situated in the historic Philadelphia neighborhood of Mt. Airy, PLS maximizes the many resources available in a dynamic urban setting.

At Project Learn School, teachers, students and parents work together to create a progressive and humanistic community that promotes mutual respect, involvement and curiosity.

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Lisa's Group's Annual Egg Drop

 


The 4/5th grade revel in their annual Egg Drop project.  It was an interdisciplinary effort between art and science to design an aesthetically pleasing and physically functional contraption to safely carry their egg pilots to the ground. Very few omelettes were made and the students thoroughly enjoyed their success!
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Part-Time Middle School English Teacher (6-8) -- Project Learn School

 

 

 Project Learn School seeks a half-time 6-8 middle school English teacher to join a teaching team that offers an integrated multi-disciplinary curriculum. The candidate should have qualifications and demonstrable expertise teaching literature and English Language Arts (ELA) to middle school students. In addition, the candidate should also feel very comfortable teaching collaboratively and thematically across academic disciplines and to multi-age groups. 
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A New Year Brings An Exciting New Venture - Junior High Ecology

 

 

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Project Learn School (PLS) has partnered with local educators at Awbury Arboretum to create the new Junior High Ecology Class. The multi-aged class is an integration of science, art and literature taught by PLS’ Science teacher, Liam Gallagher, and Art teacher, Joan Fox. This idea peaked Liam’s interest, because, “This ecology class allows students to explore the patterns and systems that drive the natural world. Nature just happens to be interdisciplinary.” They meet for 2 hours every Monday afternoon.
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