PARKWAY NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL FOR PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

At a Glance

Principal
Jeffrey MacFarland | E-mail

Phone: 215-400-3390
Fax: 215-400-3391

Student Enrollment: 275

Address:
6200 Crittenden Street
Philadelphia, PA 19138

SEPTA Routes:
18, XH, L

Mission & Approach to Learning

Our mission at Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice is to prepare students to face a complex world with the skills necessary to institute positive change locally and globally. Our school offers a rigorous college preparatory program designed to promote peace and social justice through the use of critical thinking, problem solving, cooperative learning and research. We believe that peace doesn’t just “happen”—the fight for justice leads to communities at peace.

Points of Pride

  • Fully-accredited program through the Middle States Association for Colleges and Secondary Schools
  • 98%+ graduation rate over last two years and over 90% college acceptance rate
  • 4-consecutive PA Civic Engagement Gold Level awards for registering 90% of eligible students to vote
  • LEAP Dual Enrollment program for ⅓ of our juniors and seniors through LaSalle University
  • SDP award for largest gains in college & career programming
  • $2,500,000+ in college scholarships and grants awarded to the Class of 2023
  • Successful Academy for Peace and Social Justice for 2 cohorts of student leaders
  • Next Man Up program in partnership with Rodney & Erika McLeod’s “Change our Future” Foundation
  • Community partnerships including Malcolm Jenkins Foundation, Musicopia, POWER Interfaith, ArtWell, and WHYY
  • 9th grade specific mentoring programs for both girls and boys to successfully start on path to success
  • Year-long school events and programming around peace and social justice starting with the International Day of Peace in September

What We Offer

Courses & Program Highlights

  • All programming guided by social justice as an educational action
  • Connection with our students drives all of our programming in class and as a community
  • Small group, gender-based mentoring for all 9th & 10th grade students
  • All humanities courses guided by culturally relevant texts and student discussion
  • LEAP dual enrollment program with LaSalle University provides 30 college credits
  • Heavy emphasis on student academic, personal and social conferencing around student success
  • “Step Up” program to support struggling students on their paths to success
  • $2,000,000 science lab renovation underway for completion during fall of 2023
  • Rigorous Senior Project Program
  • Over ⅓ of students take multiple dual enrollment classes

Extracurricular Activities

  • Art club
  • Chess Club
  • Community leadership club
  • Drumline
  • Garden Justice Club
  • Music
  • Peer Mentoring
  • Spirit Club
  • Student Government (SGA)
  • Teen Talk
  • WHYY

Sports Teams

  • Badminton*
  • Baseball*
  • Basketball—Girls and Boys Varsity
  • Bowling – Girls and Boys Varsity
  • Cheerleading – Spirit and Competition
  • Football*
  • Soccer – Girls and Boys Varsity
  • Softball*
  • Tennis – Girls and Boys Varsity
  • Track & Field*
  • Volleyball*
  • Wrestling*

*partnership with Martin Luther King High School

Partnerships

  • ArtWell Group
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha, Omega Omega Chapter, Connections Committee
  • Baker Trust
  • Black Doctors Covid-19 Consortium
  • The Business Center of Mt. Airy
  • Ceasefire PA
  • Change our Future Foundation led by Rodney & Erika McLeod
  • Children First (formerly PCCY)
  • Everfi
  • Malcolm Jenkins Foundation
  • Money Vehicle Financial Literacy Platform
  • Ogontz Ave. Revitalization Corp. (OARC)
  • PA Youth Vote
  • Quintessence Theatre
  • WHYY

Admission Criteria

  • Grades: As, Bs and Cs
  • Attendance: 90%
  • Standardized Test: 50th Percentile in ELA or
    50th Percentile in Math
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