Mural!

Our school is pretty lucky that we had the honor of moving into a brand new, renovated facility in our 2nd year. Then this fall we partnered with Kaboom! to build a new playground for our students. The final part of our building was complete this past month when we worked with the Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia to paint a giant mural on the wall by our playground.

Working with a team of teachers from all four KIPP Philadelphia schools, artist Jared Bader created an amazing design that depicts our students' path to college. Then students from all our schools worked to paint panels that were then applied to the wall to complete the finished mural.

At KPEA, not only did our students get to help paint, but because we did our painting during a Saturday School, our students' families were able to participate too, making this a real team and family effort.


Besides looking really cool, this mural is going to be a daily reminder to our kids, families, and staff about what our hard work is all about.