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Partnership formed
UPenn, the School District and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers begin planning the then-unnamed school at 42nd and Locust Streets in Spruce Hill. Photo courtesy of UPenn Archives -
Groundbreaking
Construction of the site began in Spring of 2001, with local names in attendance. 3rd District Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell (center) and Mayor John Street (3rd from left) partake in the ceremonial dig. Photo courtesy of UPenn Archives -
Construction
Construction begins for the Penn Alexander School, on the former site of UPenn's Divinity School, seen from Spruce Street. Photo courtesy of UPenn Archives -
Building plans
The Parent Infant Center connects to St. Andrews Chapel on the site of Penn Alexander School. Photo courtesy of UPenn Archives -
Ribbon Cutting and Naming
Adminstrators, including Principal Sheila Sydnor (5th from right) and community leaders attend the ribbon cutting and naming ceremony of the Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander University of Pennsylvania Partnership School. Photo courtesy of UPenn Archives -
Contract renewed until 2021
Penn Alexander School's contract renews every ten years with approval from UPenn, the School District and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers. -
Waiting for days
Parents begin resorting to lining up days ahead to register their children for kindergarten at Penn Alexander School, sometimes on the coldest days of the year. Photo courtesy of UPenn Archives -
Capacity reached
Penn Alexander begins turning away students in its catchment zone because of overcrowding or the first time. 553 students are registered for the 2011-2012 school year. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia School District -
Kindergarten expanded
The School Reform Commission and UPenn agrees to a fourth kindergarten class at Penn Alexander, to ease the school's bulging kindergarten registration. Photo courtesy of WestPhillyLocal -
Lottery announced
Daily Pennsylvanian</a>The School District announces that Penn Alexander's kindergarten waitlist will chage to a lottery system. The deadline for registration at non-catchment schools had passed on Nov. 30. Photo by Amanda Suarez, the Daily Pennsylvanian -
Waitlist woes
Penn Alexander School's waitlist for grades first thru eight will no longer rollover year on year. Parents must re-register after June 30 to get children into the upper grades of the school, with no sibling preference. Photo by Antoni Gierczak, the Daily Pennsylvanian
