2019 Holiday Giving Drive
2019 Holiday Giving Drive is now live!
November 26 - December 31, 2019
Proceeds will go towards transformative improvements to the school library.
Donations will be matched dollar for dollar by a Neubauer Family Foundation grant
(up to $12,500)
Learn more – and check out this charming video featuring Hackett young readers here.
November 26 - December 31, 2019
Proceeds will go towards transformative improvements to the school library.
Donations will be matched dollar for dollar by a Neubauer Family Foundation grant
(up to $12,500)
Learn more – and check out this charming video featuring Hackett young readers here.
makerspace @ Hackett
This Fall a new makerspace opened at Hackett -- read more about this intiative here.
2018 EAGLES PLAYGROUND BUILD
May 20th 2018: Hackett schoolyard was Eagles 20th playground build and their only Super Bowl Champion playground build to date. We feel fortunate that Hackett was chosen to be the site of this year’s build. We do believe though that all of the groundwork that Friends of Hackett and the Hackett Schoolyard Steering Committee laid over the past five years put Hackett in a great position to be chosen. We think the Eagles were particularly attracted to the inclusive design of our playground which was a requirement from our perspective from day one of our own planning. Having play equipment specified already probably also helped with the Eagles dealing with their longest season in franchise history. Finally, and maybe most importantly, we had some advocates within the school district that we have been working with very closely over the past five years as we have worked our way through the design phase of our schoolyard plan. The yard isn’t finished, there are more phases to come, but this is a huge step toward fulfilling the vision that the community created for this space back in October of 2013.
May 20th 2018: Hackett schoolyard was Eagles 20th playground build and their only Super Bowl Champion playground build to date. We feel fortunate that Hackett was chosen to be the site of this year’s build. We do believe though that all of the groundwork that Friends of Hackett and the Hackett Schoolyard Steering Committee laid over the past five years put Hackett in a great position to be chosen. We think the Eagles were particularly attracted to the inclusive design of our playground which was a requirement from our perspective from day one of our own planning. Having play equipment specified already probably also helped with the Eagles dealing with their longest season in franchise history. Finally, and maybe most importantly, we had some advocates within the school district that we have been working with very closely over the past five years as we have worked our way through the design phase of our schoolyard plan. The yard isn’t finished, there are more phases to come, but this is a huge step toward fulfilling the vision that the community created for this space back in October of 2013.
ON-GOING SCHOOLYARD PLANS
Friends of Hackett is helping to raise $1.4 million to build a new community schoolyard at Horatio B. Hackett Elementary School. Once an acre of barren asphalt, our new community schoolyard will feature one of the largest underground stormwater management systems in the city, an outdoor classroom, a fully ADA accessible playground, and sensory learning gardens. The new facility will be open to the public during non-school hours and provide a state of the art area for play, learning, and community building.
The Horatio B. Hackett Elementary School and the Friends of Hackett have more plans to revitalize the Hackett Schoolyard with the following partners: the School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Water Department (PWD), New Kensington CDC, and the Community Design Collaborative. This initiative will introduce innovative stormwater strategies led by PWD, combined with a new outdoor educational and play environment.
Friends of Hackett is helping to raise $1.4 million to build a new community schoolyard at Horatio B. Hackett Elementary School. Once an acre of barren asphalt, our new community schoolyard will feature one of the largest underground stormwater management systems in the city, an outdoor classroom, a fully ADA accessible playground, and sensory learning gardens. The new facility will be open to the public during non-school hours and provide a state of the art area for play, learning, and community building.
The Horatio B. Hackett Elementary School and the Friends of Hackett have more plans to revitalize the Hackett Schoolyard with the following partners: the School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Water Department (PWD), New Kensington CDC, and the Community Design Collaborative. This initiative will introduce innovative stormwater strategies led by PWD, combined with a new outdoor educational and play environment.
Visit our Calendar of Events to find upcoming programs.
PANDA PRIDE FOR HACKETT
$15 Donation
100% of proceeds go towards a new schoolyard at Hackett Elementary School.
Buy yours today and put it up in your window to show the Riverwards that you support Hackett. Available at: Barefoot Community Acupuncture, 3 Mama Llamas, and The Spirit. Thank you Abby Ryan Design for our cute Panda!
The mission of the Friends of Horatio B. Hackett Elementary School is to provide support to all current and future Hackett students, teachers, staff, and parents in order to maintain a safe and academically engaging environment both in school and within the community. Our goal is to support Hackett students to become educated, responsible, contributing citizens of the City of Philadelphia.
