Sukainah Hasan Staff Writer Starting in September 2019, SLA Center City will be located in the Ben Franklin High School Building at Broad and Spring Garden. With this move come many questions, about academics, facilities, and the adjustment to the new space. More specifically, many parents and students have concerns about the safety issues with […]
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SLA Plans, Prepares for Facility Upgrades at Ben Franklin
Zoe Kwasnicki Staff Writer Starting next school year, Science Leadership Academy Center City will no longer be located at 22nd and Arch. Instead, our new campus will be located within Ben Franklin High School – or at least half of it. But that is all the majority of the student body knows – excluding sketches […]
Arts & Entertainment
Movie Review: Us
Lily Bromley Staff Writer The motif of the evil twin is a common one in horror films. What is more terrifying than an exact copy of you, that walks like you, talks like you… and knows all of your weaknesses? Jordan Peele’s “Us” brings a new take to the evil twin and poses the question, […]
Read This Article, But Don’t Spoil The Ending!
Juliana Long Staff Writer In every corner of the school, someone is talking about one of two things: the new Marvel Endgame movie or the final season of Game of Thrones. Funnily enough, the thing people talk about the most is not talking about it. From what I’ve observed, people at SLA have been taking […]
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2018 Phillies Prediction
Avi Cantor Staff Writer The most powerful word to describe the Philadelphia Phillies this season is “if.” The Phillies have added power-hitting first baseman Carlos Santana and 2015 Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Jake Arrieta to their lineup of young players, giving Phillies fans two guaranteed areas of production. However, the rest of their lineup embodies […]
SLA’s Response to the Winter Olympics
Jayla Wright Staff Writer An exotic locale. Political Intrigue. North Korean Cheerleaders. The world may have been excited for this year’s Olympics, but are students at SLA interested? According to Junior Cynthia To, kids at SLA aren’t that into the Olympics. “We don’t really talk as much about it. Cause in school no one really […]
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Column: The (Plastic) Infant Invasion
Mo Kelly Staff Writer It seemed like a normal day. I had just finished Algebra and was running down the stairs so I wouldn’t be late for Biochem. I’ve gotten used to the filth of the back stairwell, so nothing seems too out of the ordinary. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I […]
My Experience with SLAmbassadors
Staff Writer Mo Kelly From April 7th through the 14th, 10 students from Toruń, Poland came to Philadelphia to participate in the annual SLAmbassadors exchange program. The program runs between SLA and schools in two sister cities: Toruń and Frankfurt, Germany. Early this year, I was chosen along with 9 of my classmates to be […]
2019 Met Gala
Staff Writer Lauren Nicolella I’m a simple person, I hear Harry Styles and my attention is instantly grabbed. For months, I have been highly anticipating this moment since I missed seeing Harry’s majestic Gucci suits from his 2018 tour. I do not know a lot about the famous designers that attend and dress celebrities, but […]