Di’anna Thomas-Palmer grew up in Mt. Airy then moved to Northeast while in elementary school. Di’anna (known by “Dee” among her PYB colleague s) went went attend Fox Chase Elementary and Wilson Middle School before transferring to William Penn...
On Saturday, April 14th, 2018, twenty teams from throughout Greater Philadelphia filled the Palestra to play in PYB’s 3rd Annual April Madness Tournament. With city-wide bragging rights on the line teams competed hard, but in the end the true winners were the...
Two weeks ago the PYB board of directors and staff team gathered for an evening retreat. We took a fairly deep dive together into a few inter-related strategy issues โ the Theory of Change and desired outcomes of our programs, the creation of a holistic youth...
Year 3 of the Middle School Partnership Program (MSPP) concluded last month. We were delighted with the level of participation at each school site, the energy in the school’s gymnasiums and classrooms, the engagement during the off-court, educational modules,...
Over the course of the past few weeks, the powers of the next generations and its leaders have been making their voice heard. A moving conglomerate of passionate individuals have spoken out on deemed “hot button” items that some individuals shy away. Last...
Not long ago, PYB’s HoopHers program was announced and in it’s first run expectations were hopeful to what the program could eventually become. A couple weeks later, the program wrapped up its very successful, inaugural season with a March Madness style...
For those people who believe that democracy is a contact sport to be played by active, engaged citizens, we are living in a transformative moment in our country’s history. Social progress is moving at a rapid pace as more people from various corners of our...
Monday, March 19th 9:15 — Arrive at PYB office located in Center City 9:30 — Catch up with everyone in the office and see how their weekends turned out. 9:45 Staff Meeting — Begin to game plan what the workweek will look like with all of the staff....
HoopHers, please leave your responses in the comment section below! What is the NCAA Clearinghouse and why is it important? What academic requirements do you need to qualify for DI or DII sports? How many official and unofficial visit is a student athlete allowed to...
HoopHers, please leave your responses in the comment section below! What is one word that describes your future? What is one sentence that describes how you are going to #GetIT? #IAmPYB #HoopHers #ALeagueOfHerOwn #SheGotNext
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