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Lifelong Learning Starts Here.
Time travel, art class, and robotics
—all before lunch.
We Think Outside The Classroom.
Kids love questions.
We help them find the answers.
Students learn the value of civic duty.
And that’s just preschool.
We focus on where students are now, so they’ll know where to go next.
Our Classroom is Everywhere
Our Classroom is Everywhere.
The Philadelphia School educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape.
Learn here. Go anywhere.
In The Country
Each week in the spring and fall, all TPS students spend time in our “country classroom,” providing them the space to explore and learn from nature.
In The Classroom
Our progressive approach encourages children to explore their academic, social, and civic potential through inquiry, projects and thematic learning.
In The City
Philadelphia is more than our location and the name of our school; it is an extension of our classrooms, a topic of study, and an inspiration for civic engagement.
Explore our school
Early Childhood
preschool and kindergarten
Whether in our garden space, our bright, airy classrooms, the neighborhood, or sites further afield, our early childhood students’ learning is driven by their own questions and interests and characterized by exploration and collaborative discovery.
Primary & Third
Grades 1-3
Primary (1st and 2nd) classrooms loop to support the broad developmental range that characterizes this stage of learning, and to intentionally build our children’s relationships with each other and their teachers. Third graders consolidate their skills and begin to employ all they’ve learned to better understand the wider world around them.
Junior Unit
Grades 4-5
A rotating, thematic study provides a focus for learning, giving purpose and meaning to the educational experience. Junior Unit students dive deep into the study of ancient civilizations through essential questions such as, “How is power kept, gained, and resisted?”
Middle School
Grades 6-8
Middle schoolers serve as leaders in our community. From overnight camping trips to mini-courses to student government elections, middle school at TPS is marked by many experiences that provide students the skills to navigate new challenges and help them develop self-advocacy, clarity, and compassion.
Meet our community
Our Community
Strong bonds, partnerships and idea sharing are at the heart of the TPS experience where deep connections and lifelong friendships develop among our students, parents, faculty, staff and alumni. Everyone who walks through the doors at TPS contributes in so many ways showing their care of our school and one another. At TPS, we’re in this together.
A Window Into TPS
445
Students in Preschool to Eighth Grade
8:1
Student to Teacher Ratio
100%
Percentage of Students who Get Accepted to one of their Top Three High School Choices
31%
Percentage of Students of Color
72%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
30%
Percentage of Students receiving need-based tuition assistance
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