Welcome to the Student Success Block (SSB) Blog!

What is the Student Success Block??

The Basics:

• The SSB is a two-block class that meets every day at Parkway West HS.

• The class is for Parkway seniors during 7th & 8th period and is their internship class.

• The SSB has TWO main focuses:

• College Access

                     and

•  Community Arts

• SSB is co-taught by the Parkway West HS/Bryn Mawr College Partnership Coordinator (Zanny Alter) and over 20 Bryn Mawr and Haverford College students who serve as facilitators of the class and mentors.

• The high school and college students will be focused on collaborating on a Philadelphia Mural Arts Program Mural, which will be painted on Health Center 4, two blocks from Parkway (44th & Haverford). 

• The high school and college students will also focus on visioning and planning for their future, as it relates to college and career plans.