The event was held to celebrate all the people who were associated with the After School All Stars Program that have been there since day one, and for those who didn’t hesitate to follow all the ASAS program rules.
During the event, people went outside and played games like football and dodgeball, while Mr. Washington, the school’s Climate Manager, grilled for those in attendance some good food like sandwiches, chips, burgers and hotdogs.
See above photo gallery for snapshots of the ASAS event.
By B. Smith – 83 – CCB Reporter with contributions from A. Mejias-83 and E. Perez-83
It’s been such a great experience and a great year for everyone at Conwell Middle Magnet School. Every student here at Conwell has created great memories and has met great peers, as well. Unfortunately, the Eighth-Grade Class of 2023 has to say goodbye and start a new chapter of their lives.
Please check out the above video to hear what some students of the Class of 2023 want to share with you, along with advice they have for the younger and incoming students of Conwell.
We hope you find this advice to be valuable and take this advice seriously.
Conwell Cougars.Blog Photographer, A. Vega, has put together a photo gallery of the championship game of flag foot ball that took place on May 18 ,
Blue team the Cougar Selects triumphed over the Green team Hawks, 34 – 38
They played a true championship game, and while the Hawks fought and tried super hard, the Cougar Selects fought just a little stronger and only won by four points with just 10 seconds left in the game .
Editor’s Note: 6ABC reporter Matteo did a fantastic story that featured Mr. Washington and how his Police Athletic League experience helped pave the way for the Conwell Flag Football League.
The Conwell Middle Magnet School Flag Football games were an amazing experience to film. It’s because the students look like they are having a blast and the spectators were enjoying themselves. My video can be the second best way to watch the game. So come on down to watch our student athletes play on Thursdays. It’ll be happening after school and we look forward to it continuing year after year.
Editor’s note: reporting contributions by V. Escorza and E. Vega.
Photo Gallery of Shelice’s Angels Field Trip by A. Peralta-62 and R. Rowan -71 CCB Staff
Recently, a group of young women from Conwell Middle Magnet School got the privilege to go out of state to see the Meta Facebook Company in action.
On Friday, May 5, Zaire Franklin, one of the linebackers for the Indianapolis Colts, gave them the opportunity to meet with important workers at the colorful, technology full, Meta Facebook Company, through his nonprofit organization Shelice’s Angels.
According to the Shelice’s Angels website, the aim of the nonprofit is to educate young people about the greater world around them.
The girls on this trip got on a luxury bus and drove 2 hours to New York City. Franklin talked a little about how he named the trip.
“I named you all the ‘Shelice Angels’ because my mother’s name was Shelice, “ Mr. Franklin stated. “She was very dear to me because I grew up with her, and learned a lot.”
Franklin went to Conwell Middle Magnet School before becoming a professional football player. Since graduating Conwell, he has made several visits to our school for motivational talks. One of his recent visits to his alma mater even brough NFL Films.
“I learned to do more than my limits, “ Zaire explained of his time at Conwell. He added that his mother saw his potential in himself that helped lead to his successes.
In the beginning of the Meta Facebook field trip, the girls were allowed to do a Question and Answer to learn more about how the Meta Company operated.
“People make mistakes, believe me I did a lot,” Ms. Lauren, one of the Meta Facebook employees told the students during the Q and A part of the tour. “You can’t take those back, so don’t think about what you could have done, and start thinking about what you can do in the future to make it better.”
All the workers that were in this Q and A, had no idea that they would be working at the Meta company. They all had ideas in being an athlete, or a technologist. In fact, some said that they didn’t even know this company existed!
There were nearly 30 people that went on the Shelice’s Angels trip. There were 7 chaperones, including Principal Green and Ms. Branch. According to Ms. Green, Meta Facebook provided the other chaperones.
The chaperones split everyone into groups, and took them for ice cream and to see the breath-taking New York City skyline on the company’s roof.
“The view was beautiful! “ J. Rivera of section 62 stated. “I would definitely go there again!”
Everyone who participated got Indianapolis Colts hats, and Shelice’s Angels shirts.
Video courtesy of Mr. Adams, Conwell Middle Magnet School Track Coach
Conwell Middle Magnet School student athletes triumphantly brought home the bronze cookies at the 2023 Penn Relays on April 27. According to Conwell Track Coach, Mr. Adams, this year marks the sixth time Conwell racers brought home medals and trophies from the 4×100 meter races, as well as the Shuttle Race. Mr. Adams noted in previous years, both the boys and girls relay and shuttle teams won first place, and the coveted gold medals.
This year, racers: L. Waites and D. Hargrove (team anchors), E. Jasper,C. Sudyam, and N. Lewis.brought home the third place medals from among nine other teams from across the School District of Philadelphia. The event was the 4×100 meter Small Girls Race. Watch the video to see the students run on to a winning position.
This photo art gallery, by Conwell Middle Magnet School student art photographer K. Miller – 72, was a beautiful look into the budding spring-time feeling one gets when walking through nature. K. Miller, along with her family, took a trip to Silver Lake Nature Center, in Bristol, where they spent the day exploring and capturing the beauty that is growing right in front of our eyes.
To check out her photo gallery, play the video above.
Editor’s Note: If you’d like to submit your artwork to the CCB, please email gdungan@philasd.org.
Flag Football Highlights Reel from the April 13 games. Footage by A. Vega-81 – CCB Videographer
The late afternoon of April 13 turned out to be beautiful weather for ConwellMiddle Magnet School’s second week of Flag Foot Ball games. Taking place out in the school yard, the student athletes, their family friends, as well as Conwell faculty and staff were out to cheer the matches between the green-flagged Hawks versus the blue flagged Selects and a second game between Unstoppable Force of the red flags and The Elites of the yellow.
Ultimately, the Unstoppable Force proved their namesake with a wide-margin win over the formerly undefeated Elites, and in a surprise upset in overtime both the Hawks and Selects left the flag football field at a tie.
Watch the highlight reel taken by A. Vega-82 – CCB Videographer, as well as check out the rest of the Conwell Flag Football League’s season matchups in the poster uploaded with this article. For more information about the league, contact league commissioner, Mr. Washington.
Editor’s Note: This poem was written by A. Snowden in honor of Women’s History Month. The poem was read in its entirety on the live Friday, “At Conwell We Are On!” Zoom show on 3/31/23.
Better Late Than Never
We celebrate women today Because back then, they weren’t celebrated in any way They were treated unfairly, different from men They did so much, but then …
They still were treated unequally, it wasn’t fair! So, they marched and marched, as they dare
People saw the issue and sought help They kept marching … and, welp …
The women were free to do whatever But til this day, women are still under the weather They are still paid little, more about Someone has to do something, this isn’t allowed! But as I always say, you’ll see one day
Conwelll students during rehearsal with Drum Teacher Mr. Robinson. Footage by A. Vega-81.
Students at Conwell Middle Magnet School show off their great talent by playing the drums with drum teacher Mr. Robinson. Students played three different practice pieces in the above video, and one song called “Boom Cat Samba.”
Students play every Wednesday, throughout the day. If you wish to join drums, please contact Mr. Robinson or Ms. Maria at the main office.
Video Editing by K. Velasquez 83 and Video Footage by A. Vega 81
Have you ever made a tower out of marshmallows and spaghetti sticks or maybe used an Oreo to mimic the movement of tectonic plates? In Mr. Posnan’s STEAM class for sixth graders at Conwell Middle Magnet School has it all .
“I think it’s fun because you have to be creative,” said A. Capetillo section 61.
Conwell teacher, Mr. Posnan, who teaches 5th and 6th grade does projects like building towers, egg drops, and many more. We did a recent experiment, which can be seen in the above photo gallery, in which you had to create something new, using bicycle and a vacuum parts.
Several students thought it was fun and cool to create.
“It was pretty cool how you have to design your own creation,” said J.Boggs -Mendeloski section 61
Editors note :
All images taken by Y.Hiraldo ,graphic artist J.Boggs-Mendeloski
Conwell introduced their first Conwell Speaker Series on Feb. 8. Every other Wednesday throughout the month, people are invited to a Zoom meeting with the students at Conwell.
What is the Conwell Speaker series?
The Conwell speaker series is when a professional comes in to speak to students and teach them about the things they do for their careers. The series is held in every teacher’s homeroom as a whole-school assembly.
The first speaker this year was Ellen Weber, whose job it is to help small businesses.
Weber was talking about how her business, Robin Hood Ventures has a special program called, Angels: Team, Market, & Product.
Weber said, “Most people look at the product, but really you need to look at the people.”
She said it takes 5-10 years for the entrepreneur to get their money back. She invested in: Brilliant Pad, Simply good, & charge it spot.
At the Zoom meeting, Weber was explaining how she helps small businesses get more popular.
Ms Katie – Nurse Practitioner for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia came to talk to Conwell on Feb. 27.
Ms. Katie went to college twice, and started an early educational job. She went to Korea and learned about her culture and language. She did four years of university and another 2 years to earn a Master’s Degree. In 2005 she got a job as a nurse extern. When she finished she started her job as a nurse. Since 2009, she’s been a Nurse Practitioner. She teaches all types her biggest difference was that Katie never wore a mask before the pandemic.
Ms Katie has taken care of kids with arduous injuries. |
“Don’t get frustrated when you’re doing classes, pay attention to your teachers because it will assist you,” said Ms Katie.
Robyn S was our latest special guest on zoom on March 15th.
She currently works at NBC UNIVERSAL as an associate with Data Strategy.
Robyn breaks down the data and value by common to least common and said that learning how to read data is important.
Robyn first wanted to be a doctor, but she was discouraged to go any further because of how bad she thought she was doing.
Robyn uses data with weather, basketball games and decision making.
They base most data when it depends on how many people are entertained by that specific subject compared by another subject.
She said that she came in to encourage the kids to follow their dreams.
“Not everything might fit you based on your skill set,” she said, explaining that you won’t know until you try.
This article is about the death of the author’s family member, which was reported on NBC 10 news on Jan. 27. These are the words of the deceased’s family member, a fifth grade student here at Conwell Middle Magnet School.
I was born in 2012. I grew up in a very bad neighborhood where there was a lot of gun violence and other violence that no one my age should know about.
At the beginning of this year, my older nephew passed away in a gun shooting. I found out by my mom calling me into her room. After hearing the horrible news, my brother and his girlfriend went to the hospital, and my nephew passed away.
Seeing him lying there deceased at the hospital really broke my heart and made my family devastated.
People think this world is a joke, but it’s not. It’s real to me, and people don’t understand what they’re doing to other people.
All I’m saying is stop.
There are several innocent people out here dying and getting hurt because people are making the wrong decisions. People really need to realize what they’re doing and how terrible they’re making this world.
I just want to live my life as a little kid and have peace. These days nobody can really have that because there are people out here making this world a bad place.
by E. Vega – 82 – CCB Social Media Editor Conwell Middle Magnet School Staff and students celebrated International Women’s Day on March 3 by wearing their proudest purple clothing. Check out the photo gallery here. Posted by Emani.V section … Continue reading →
Mr. Washington, Conwell Climate Manager, showcasing one of the footballs to be used in the upcoming Flag Football Program at Conwell. – Photo by A. Vega-82 – CCB Photographer
Mr. Washington, Conwell Middle Magnet School Climate Manager, is hosting a flag football team. Every morning, Groups of students from all grades, boys and girls come early to play.
Flag football starts this Spring from March 6 to the middle of May. According to Mr. Washington, the times for the games will be from 6.45 to 7.15 a.m., and will occur between 2 to 3 days a week, particularly on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Some sources say, if the program goes well, it might extend to after-school hours.
Mr. Washington says that there will be forms to contact parents for their permission to participate in the program. According to Mr. Washington, parents are not allowed to be there for safety purposes.
Mr. Washington believes that there should be no contact in the flag football game, as is the reason for the flags in flag football. Mr. Washington hopes to make sure the team is well trained and ready for the future before they will play flag football.
“The purpose of the program is to make sure that the players are learning to play as a team,” Mr. Washington said.
According to Mr Washington, Principal Green said that there might be Jerseys for players who sign up. When the teams win, they will be awarded with a trophy.
Years back, Mr. Washington was in middle school and he played flag football. Mr Washington said he enjoyed the sport because of the team. He was encouraged by the team and had an idea that he would start his own flag football team for the students of Conwell Middle Magnet School.
editor’s note: to sign up for the the Conwell Flag Football Team, contact Mr. Washington at JWashington4@philasd.org
Edited by A. Peralta-83-CCB Staff – Posted by K. Velasquez-83 – CCB Staff.
Graphic Art Created By E. Vega 72 and K. Valasqeuz 83 –CCB Staff
Well… They lost. Eagles fans around Philadelphia are still salty about their 35-38 loss against the Kansas City Chiefs in the epic showdown
That doesn’t stop the football, however. There is still more sports to be played.
Instead of the Philadelphia Eagles, we have the Philadelphia Stars. Instead of the Kansas City Chiefs, we have the St. Louis Battlehawks. In fact, this is the second time that these two leagues try to start a league besides the NFL: The XFL and USFL.
The USFL was around in the 80s and was once extremely popular with many famous players and celebrities going into the league. The XFL was made in the 2000s and quickly devolved due to low attendance.
In 2020, The XFL restarted and began making better moves than its counterpart.
However nobody knew how to run a league in a whole pandemic so the first season of its return was cancelled.
The success overshadowed the XFL and its predecessors. It was one of the first times when a spring league actually did well in its first season (Besides the Arena Football League and FCF – Fan Controlled Football) and it was a sensation as the first championship was a showdown between the Philadelphia Stars and Birmingham Stallions in which the Stallions won in a close 30-33 game. It was also the first of four straight championship losses by a Philadelphia Team that year.
But anyways, hype was up for the league’s next season as even the MVP in the league was getting known in the NFL. The XFL game came back with … The Rock?
But anyways, so far the XFL is doing exceptionally well with many Internet sensations being created off of the creative rules and teams in the game of the XFL.
The USFL is also being hyped up with its next season starting on April 15, 2023.
Editor’s Note: Have an idea for a student column? Email Mr. Dungan at gdungan@philasd.org
Edited by A. Peralta-83 – Posted by K. Velasquez – 83-CCB Staff
The event was created by Conwell’s Black History Month Committee, and featured:
CCB student Interviews
African Music
African Dances
Different Flags
Different foods
Posters of Black History
Colorful slideshows about Black History
Students were dancing, singing, and there were positive feedback all around!
“The Celebration was really interesting to see and learn about all the foods”, J. Rivera of section 6 – 2 stated as she described what it was like to see this presentation. ” I would defiantly see this again.”
Check out the student video interviews that were featured in the school assembly:
N. Fanfan-83 CCB Contributor interviews A. Mejias about her Dominican Republic heritage.
K. Velasquez-83-CCB Lead Graphic Artist interviews L. Victoriano-83 about her Trinidadian heritage.
M. Hernandez – 61 – CCB Contributor interviews O. Colon about her African American heritage.
A. Mejias-83 – CCB Contributor interviews Conwell Middle Magnet School’s Nurse Tosin about her Nigerian Heritage.
A. Mejias – 83 – CCB Contributor interviews N. Fanfan-83 about her Haitian heritage.
Editor’s Note: Videos were produced by members of the CCB Graphic Arts Team: K. Velasquez-83, A. Vega-82, and A. Peralta – 83.
This is a Drawing of Fannie Lou Hamer, an African American Civil Rights activist in the 1960s, who may be best remembered for her effort to bring hundreds of college students of all backgrounds, races and creeds to help with African American voter registration, according to womenhistory.org.
The artist, Conwell Middle Magnet Student N. Holland said that she made this depiction of Fannie Lou Hamer because, according to Ms. C. Green, special education assistant, N. Holland was asked to draw the image of the Civil Rights activist as they were reading a book about her in class.
Edited by J. Boggs-Mendaloski -61 CCB Staff and Posted by CCB Staff
6ABC reporter Matteo Iadonisi (left) talks with Conwell Middle Magnet Teacher Mr. Posnan about the Media Lab Fundraising efforts. – All Photos in this article by I. Speier – 61 – CCB Reporter.
Conwell Middle Magnet School is full STEAM ahead as thousands of dollars in donations have come in to help build a brand-new media lab. The donation efforts were led by Mr. Posnan, Conwell 5th-and 6th-grade Science teacher, to help the school’s Journalism and Media Arts program. The program will help kids reach their goal of being a writer or journalist.
The program will help kids publish their stories or drawings and more, so they can make kids’ dreams come true like they do here on the ConwellCougars.Blog.
“And they want kids to be good writers,” said 6ABC reporter Matteo Iadonisi. “They also would like a good life for the kids that like writing.
Mr. Iadonisi came to visit Mr. Posnan’s classroom to report on the media lab fundraising back in January. At the time of this publication, there was over $22,000 in donations.
“It’s nice how much people care about the media lab,” Mr. Iadonisi said.
According to Mr. Posnan, they’re going to buy iPads, green screens, video equipment, sound studio furnishings, editing software, etc. Right now, the school is trying to find a good, quiet and spaced room.
“Each day, they persevere. Each day, they walk through a million reasons to give up, yet each day, they persist,” said Mr. Posnan
Students at Conwell are excited for the opportunity to get their voices heard.
“I think that this is a really great thing, A. Rodriguez-61 said. “I think it will really help with students’ problems and it will probably help them with their future jobs.”
Editor’s note:
Click this link for more information about the Conwell Middle Magnet School’s Media Lab Fundraiser.
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