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![Transforming Futures for 50 Years: Benchmark School in the 2000s]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1620146390/benchmarkschoolorg/iuevmixhyt12gsoavrvo/2000sstillwithplay.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1620146390/benchmarkschoolorg/iuevmixhyt12gsoavrvo/2000sstillwithplay.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1620146390/benchmarkschoolorg/iuevmixhyt12gsoavrvo/2000sstillwithplay.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1620146390/benchmarkschoolorg/iuevmixhyt12gsoavrvo/2000sstillwithplay.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1620146390/benchmarkschoolorg/iuevmixhyt12gsoavrvo/2000sstillwithplay.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1620146390/benchmarkschoolorg/iuevmixhyt12gsoavrvo/2000sstillwithplay.jpg","width":1920}])
Our video celebration of Benchmark's 50th Anniversary continues!
!["Coming Out of COVID: What Parents Need to Know About Supporting Kids Emerging from the Pandemic School Year"]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1620069287/benchmarkschoolorg/rs0gnkvit5uuyvsxfzmy/BenchmarkPresentsSMsquare42921.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1620069287/benchmarkschoolorg/rs0gnkvit5uuyvsxfzmy/BenchmarkPresentsSMsquare42921.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1620069287/benchmarkschoolorg/rs0gnkvit5uuyvsxfzmy/BenchmarkPresentsSMsquare42921.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1620069287/benchmarkschoolorg/rs0gnkvit5uuyvsxfzmy/BenchmarkPresentsSMsquare42921.png","width":1080}])
Join us at a lunchtime webinar on Thursday, May 27, 12-1 p.m. to learn about how to help children thrive emotionally and academically as we move into this summer and the next school year.
![Elementary Student Diversity Day]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1619117450/benchmarkschoolorg/w6v8i1jm4meq2fthizth/Scott6.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1619117450/benchmarkschoolorg/w6v8i1jm4meq2fthizth/Scott6.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1619117450/benchmarkschoolorg/w6v8i1jm4meq2fthizth/Scott6.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1619117450/benchmarkschoolorg/w6v8i1jm4meq2fthizth/Scott6.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1619117450/benchmarkschoolorg/w6v8i1jm4meq2fthizth/Scott6.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1619117450/benchmarkschoolorg/w6v8i1jm4meq2fthizth/Scott6.jpg","width":2200}])
Benchmark School is a member of the Greater Philadelphia Diversity Collaborative (GPDC), which convened an Elementary Student Diversity Day on Friday, April 16.
![Transforming Futures for 50 Years: Benchmark School in the 1990s]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1619117170/benchmarkschoolorg/capher3vv47su5i2zvtw/1990svideostill.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1619117170/benchmarkschoolorg/capher3vv47su5i2zvtw/1990svideostill.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1619117170/benchmarkschoolorg/capher3vv47su5i2zvtw/1990svideostill.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1619117170/benchmarkschoolorg/capher3vv47su5i2zvtw/1990svideostill.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1619117170/benchmarkschoolorg/capher3vv47su5i2zvtw/1990svideostill.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1619117170/benchmarkschoolorg/capher3vv47su5i2zvtw/1990svideostill.jpg","width":1920}])
In our decade-focused celebrations of our history, we reflect on the 1990s in this video, looking back at the maturation of our program, the arts enhancements, and the expansion of our middle school.
![Transforming Futures for 50 Years: Benchmark School in the 1980s]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1615224655/benchmarkschoolorg/ncoup4hts5sdl8vxcpyi/1980sthumbnail.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1615224655/benchmarkschoolorg/ncoup4hts5sdl8vxcpyi/1980sthumbnail.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1615224655/benchmarkschoolorg/ncoup4hts5sdl8vxcpyi/1980sthumbnail.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1615224655/benchmarkschoolorg/ncoup4hts5sdl8vxcpyi/1980sthumbnail.png","width":1044}])
We are thrilled to share our next milestone in the celebration of our 50th Anniversary year: a retrospective of Benchmark in the 1980s.
![Getting Creative with Design Sprints]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1615224330/benchmarkschoolorg/zxs1yvnzlkdinqa8ittz/designsprints.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1615224330/benchmarkschoolorg/zxs1yvnzlkdinqa8ittz/designsprints.jpg","width":480}])
Students in the Pfautz/Regan cohort have been engaging in design sprints that call upon their empathetic thinking skills.
![Finding Refuge: Jackie Brodo’s Family's Journey]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1614264959/benchmarkschoolorg/tsk5kgyjzznq6nd1ekjk/brodo2.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1614264959/benchmarkschoolorg/tsk5kgyjzznq6nd1ekjk/brodo2.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1614264959/benchmarkschoolorg/tsk5kgyjzznq6nd1ekjk/brodo2.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1614264959/benchmarkschoolorg/tsk5kgyjzznq6nd1ekjk/brodo2.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1614264959/benchmarkschoolorg/tsk5kgyjzznq6nd1ekjk/brodo2.png","width":1438}])
To help enrich our 8th grade students’ study of identity, and to add empathetic richness to Jesse North’s class’s reading of Elie Wiesel’s Night, Mrs. Brodo shared the story of her family’s narrow escape from the Holocaust.
![Bringing the World Online]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1613686738/benchmarkschoolorg/ipgdb8wcwa1ahe1cgd5u/canney1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1613686738/benchmarkschoolorg/ipgdb8wcwa1ahe1cgd5u/canney1.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1613686738/benchmarkschoolorg/ipgdb8wcwa1ahe1cgd5u/canney1.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1613686738/benchmarkschoolorg/ipgdb8wcwa1ahe1cgd5u/canney1.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1613686738/benchmarkschoolorg/ipgdb8wcwa1ahe1cgd5u/canney1.png","width":1588}])
How do you flip a totally hands-on project in virtual learning times? Kevin Canney and his social studies classes got creative, innovating new ways to study one of humanity’s most basic needs: shelter.
![Superstars of Black History]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1613575959/benchmarkschoolorg/oszzf94pqtrtczkgrhpo/jackson.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1613575959/benchmarkschoolorg/oszzf94pqtrtczkgrhpo/jackson.jpg","width":389}])
Benchmark librarian Leslie Komarnicki authors a series for Black History Month in the Delco Times.
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