by Y. Soleno-’26/CCB Contributor
Editor’s Note: This interview by Y. Soleno-’26 with Principal Green was broadcast on the PAWS for a Cause show in late October. The segment features the new Conwell Pet of the Week series.
If you are a member of the Conwell Middle Magnet School community, and would like to have your pet featured here and on the PAWS for the Cause Show, please email gdungan@philasd.org.
By R. Rowan-’24 – CCB Staff/Lead Anchor
Editor’s note: the Acre of Diamonds Series features unique stories or talents of the students, teachers, staff of Conwell Middle Magnet School community.
The Conwell Cougars Blog debut Acre of Diamond Series features T. Nugyen-’24, who demonstrates his piano skills in our school’s auditorium. According to Nugyen, he has only been playing for six months! For Nugyen’s full story, please play my video.
Editor’s Note: If you you’d like to nominate or feature someone at Conwell for the Acre of Diamonds Series, please reply below or send a message to gdungan@philasd.org.
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Gallery by J. Hayes-’26 and J. Spencer – ’26 – CCB Contributors and CCB Staff
Conwell Middle Magnet School welcomed its school families, friends and alumni during its Back-To-School Night on Sept. 14. The evening featured family workshops, community partners and a chance for families and students to meet with their teachers.
Among the community partners present at the event:
–Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha, Inc. (APM)
Philadelphia Police Department 24th District
Please view the photo gallery or video for more on the event.
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By CCB Staff
Conwell Middle Magnet School rang in the new 2022-2023 academic year in the school yard, where families, faculty, staff and students heard Principal Green deliver an impactful message about the power of yet.
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By V. Escorza – 62 – CCB Reporter with contributions by I. Spier – 61 and E. Santiago – 61.
All this year, Conwell Middle Magnet School students learned about the Six Pillars of Character Counts with Conwell’s Climate Manager, Mr. Washington:
Check out the video above to hear from how Conwell Students describe each pillar in action.
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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.
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by Y. Hiraldo – 61 – CCB Staff
Video production by Y. Hiraldo 61 – CCB Staff with video engineering contributions from J. Rivera – 62 – CCB Contributor.
Conwell Cougars Blog student Columnist Y. Hiraldo spoke with students and staff about how they enjoy the warmer months!
Editor’s note: If you are interested in creating a student column, email gdungan@philasd.org.
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Video report by A. Vega – 82 CCB Photographer
Article by L. Colon – 62 CCB Contributor
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.
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by A. Peralta – 83 – CCB Lead Reporter
The PA Ballet program ran through September to May, ultimately ending with a final performance on May 5, 2023. Conwell Middle School students were taught three dances to practice, Jazz Dance, Bachata and The Finale Dance. The final dance, There were nine different other schools, all dressed in different colors while Conwell was dressed in green.
“Just the thought of them performing in front of lots of people, makes it all worth it,” Ms. Maria, Conwell School Secretary and After School All Stars coordinator for the school, said.
Ms. Maria has stated that the students learn discipline, cooperation and also learn how to be precise. One of the performers had also received a scholarship to a dance school, however they are going to receive this recognition later during the 8th grade award ceremony.
Ms. Maria also looks forward to more participation in the next school year and she encourages everyone to join, male and female, dancer or not, she still encourages everyone to join.
Check out the above video to see the 2022-2023 Conwell PA Ballet dancers in action, during their performance at the Cherry St. Pier on May 5.
Editor’s Note – Footage from the recital courtesy of Ms. Maria and Conwell Parent Ms. Palmer.
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by A. Vega – CCB Videographer
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.
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By CCB Staff
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.
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Photo Gallery by K. Miller – 72
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.
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By CCB Staff
The late afternoon of April 13 turned out to be beautiful weather for Conwell Middle 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.
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By E. Vega-82 – CCB Editorial Staff
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
by A. Snowden – 62 – CCB Reporter
Conwell Middle Magnet School hosted a live Zoom event on Feb. 28 in celebration of Black History Month. The event included five Conwell Cougars.Blog produced interviews by Conwell students and staff about their African heritage.
The event was created by Conwell’s Black History Month Committee, and featured:
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:
Editor’s Note: Videos were produced by members of the CCB Graphic Arts Team: K. Velasquez-83, A. Vega-82, and A. Peralta – 83.
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By S. Hogan – 62 – CCB Correspondent
Lead videography edit by K. Velasquez-82-CCB Staff with footage by Mr. Dungan-CCB co-advisor and CC Turco-62-CCB Contributor.
Conwell Middle Magnet school has many musical instruments for its students, but today I will tell you about the violin and the many kinds of people that love instruments and today we will talk about one lovely person who teaches it.
“I think [the violin] helps the class get more active,” A. Snowden-62, a Conwell violin student said.
She was explaining that music is something that can get people to be more active, rather than sitting down on some sort of electronic device. Ms.Manuela, Conwell’s violin teacher, is one of the best violin teachers to learn from, A. Snowden said.
According to Ms. Manuela, when she was nine years old, she loved the idea of teaching. By the time she was the age of 17, Ms. Manuela loved seeing her students succeed in life and go on to inspire others to discover their own ability to play music.
“I have loved playing the violin since the age of nine and now I’m a violin teacher,”
Ms. Manuela said. “I love to teach my students how to play and after all these years I still love what I do.”
Ms. Manuela said that when she first started teaching, she just thought it would be a cool experience. But, it’s different now.
“I now know this is what I was born to do,” she said. “And I love this with all the kind loving students I teach!”
Editor’s Note:
S. Hogan is also a member of Ms. Manuella’s violin class. Ms. Manuella holds classes every Monday. To enroll in her class, please talk to your homeroom teacher or see Ms. Maria in the main office.
Posted by CCB Staff.
by:X Rollins 62
Check out the latest digital composition by X. Rollins of Section 62, a.k.a. “Nocturnal”
Hi! This is how I made my newest song, MISSING_ASSETS. I use Fl Studio 20 for all my music, and this was no exception. The first thing I did was use the plugin Sytrus for the weird alien acid-like sound you hear. (The preset is called Acid 3 so take that as you will.) I made them Major Chords, and made them go down for the first three chords and then take them up on the last. Then I used SimSynth, And just copied the chords and pasted them in SimSynth.
Next was the Hi-Hats and Kicks. At the start of the song you can probably hear “ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts tts ts ts” I used them for the kicks as well which you can hear at the end of the song when the Hi-Hats were removed. Next was the Drum Loop that I just found on the Internet so not much to add here. Now the Vocals, I made most of them up by myself but two of them are taken from the song this song is based off of, Recovered_Project.
At 16 Seconds, you can hear a reference to Recovered Project at this Part (This Link should take you straight to that timestamp: https://youtu.be/gi45-19UPQE?t=16 And at 1:04 Seconds, You can Hear a reference to the part at 40 seconds in Recovered Project. https://youtu.be/gi45-19UPQE?t=40. To make the Visualizer, I Used ZGameVisualizer.
The effects I used are, Linear, (The Waveform in the back, Youlean TextDraw (To add the text), and Youlean Time Stamp for the time stamp in the corner.
That’s Basically How I made the song. Thanks for Listening! Here’s my Youtube if you wanna see more of the music, and other content I do: Nocturnal – YouTube.
edited by A diggs speach, CCB Editor
by N. Champion-62 and J. Cruz-62, CCB Staff
This is a video created to show how to use the stairs the right way and also shows how our safety patrol helps students.
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