Foundation Events
Current Events
Team up for CCSA
April 28, 2023 | 6:00 - 9:00
Looking for a fun night out? Want a chance to experience the VIP suite of your local MLS team? Intrigued to learn more about CCSA and our mission to provide an outstanding, arts-integrated education option to the students of Chester Upland School District? Join us on Friday, April 28 from 6 - 9pm for a cocktail party that will provide all of this and more!
Event will feature a student art gallery, a debut video from our first college graduate and words from Gregg Holgate, Senior Vice President of Sales of Lincoln Financial Group and Board member of the Philadelphia Union Foundation.
Team up for CCSA is being made possible by our generous event sponsors!
Past Events
Fall Food and Art Fest
October 29, 2021
Chester Charter Scholars Academy (CCSA) welcomed guests to our Fall Food & Art Fest, featuring a variety of local food trucks, live music, and great art.
Attendees had the chance to wonder through our gallery with original student artwork displayed alongside works by renowned Chester artist Andrew Turner.
The evening also featured live music performed by local artist Danie Ocean, CCSA students & staff.
CCSA STRONG: Countdown to Graduation Challenge
June 7 - 16, 2021
During the ten days leading up to graduation ceremonies on June 16, 44 donors came together to secure a dollar-for-dollar match made possible by a small group of generous individuals. Together our strong community of supporters raised $36,289 in honor of the Class of 2021!
THANK YOU for providing critical support for CCSA's high-quality academic program to ensure that future classes have access to the resources needed to follow in the footsteps of our 2021 graduates.
Step Into Our Studio Virtual Event Series
The Step Into Our Studio Virtual Event Series was comprised of 3 creative workshops – visual arts, music, and poetry – taught by CCSA teachers and demonstrated by CCSA scholars. The event was a great opportunity to experience CCSA's approach to arts-integrated virtual learning.
Workshop 1: Perspective Drawing
CCSA Visual Arts teacher Kelly Nicholson lead participants in drawing a city block while CCSA student architects demonstrated the creation of their own urban masterpieces. This lesson exemplified how perspective plays a role in every aspect of art and life, not limited to drawing.
Click here to watch the lesson from Workshop 1: Perspective Drawing
Workshop 2: Digital Audio Composition
Commemorating Black History Month, CCSA high school students and their music teacher, Frank Hosking, demonstrated how they used digital software to create remastered compositions of Billie Holiday's iconic song, "Strange Fruit". Following this event, we encouraged participants to access a free version of the digital composition app, Soundtrap, to compose their own mix.
Click here to watch the lesson from Workshop 2: Digital Audio Composition.
Workshop 3: Blackout Poetry
In preparation for National Poetry Month in April, CCSA middle school students and their teacher Cherron Hamm lead participants through a lesson in blackout poetry.
Working from the groundbreaking bestseller, Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You, students demonstrated how the arts can help to “find the language” to effectively talk about race in America. Workshop 3 explored how CCSA incorporates critical conversations about race and social justice into the core of our arts-integrated curriculum.
Click here to watch the lesson from Workshop 3: Blackout Poetry.
Art is Empowering
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Our first virtual live event invited guests to join us for a conversation with school leadership and view the creative artwork of students at Chester Charter Scholars Academy (CCSA). Watch the video presentation to see how CCSA’s arts-integrated curriculum is empowering 695 students in grades K-12 to realize their best selves, and employ their intellectual and creative power to succeed personally and to enrich their community.
