The 4th Speak Up event for students at Carver happened on Wednesday October 15th. Students were able to come together either as a peer leader or as someone who wanted to be a part of a session. It gave students who feel unheard a chance to talk about their feelings and thoughts with peers they relate to

.As the 2025 school year starts off, the School District of Philadelphia implemented AI into the school system. George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science is adapting to the development of access to Google's Gemini AI. 

At Carver, there has always been a phone policy, but at the start of last year, this policy became stricter due to students losing focus and not doing their work in class. This has affected multiple students, and some teachers may disagree with the policy. 

8th grade students in Philadelphia are currently in the process of high school selection from September through February.

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There are a lot of misconstrued and misunderstood ideas when it comes to free speech. This year, students at Carver have been facing problems with what they believe can and cannot be said regarding their first amendment right in school.

The budget cuts within the Philadelphia School District have raised concerns for many, which has had a negative impact on both students & staff. This has been an issue since 2013 and has become major in 2025, due to loss of relief funds, rising costs of salary, and benefits.

It's been 5 years since the height of the pandemic, and students at Carver E&S High School continue to feel the lining mental health impact of lock-down, issues that have been exacerbated by social media, they say. 

Tensions are rising among teenagers in America about the war between Gaza and Israel, leading to increased arguments and hostile feelings towards friends. For some, friendships have ended over their disagreements.

As Philadelphia prepares to welcome spring in the coming weeks, community advocates at the local park are cleaning the area in the hopes of improving neighbors' mental health. The FDR Park Plan creates many different play areas with the addition of a trail. Including this can make it better for the people in the community by having easily accessible fields, courts, etc.

Students at Carver are complaining about the water fountains and are claiming that most are defective. They complain about broken water fountains and the inconvenience they cause, which often forces students to travel to other floors in search of functional ones.

As violence on SEPTA lines has risen in 2024 and 2025, many Philadelphia students who rely on public transportation share their thoughts on using it to get to and from school, workers foe SEPTA also share how they’ve worked to improve SEPTA lines.

8th grade students at Carver E&S participate in morning yoga pathways led by instructor Liz Seaden every wednesday , who helps them become more relaxed and energized with various exercises, preparing them for the school day. 

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Carvers Student entrepreneurs go unappreciated as a lot of their work goes under the radar. Recently there has been a lack of awareness of business at George Washington Carver of Engineering and Science.

Basic hardware issues and improper care lead to broken and unusable Chromebooks. Students continue to mistreat these school-issued devices daily. 

Students are leaving behind large amounts of trash at Carver HSES in places like the cafeteria, commons, and courtyard causing staff to begin threatening detentions. 

Carver hosted its 5th annual SpeakUp! event on November 14, 2024. Students, staff, and family members partook in conversations on numerous given topics such as work over stimulation, teen representation, and mental health issues. By opening up about their thoughts, views, and feelings it allowed students and staff to build trust and create a safe space within schools.

As temperatures drop, George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science is experiencing a surge in illnesses, sparking worries about the potential for widespread sickness. The school's security team has built up their vigilance, putting measures in place to protect the campus. This ongoing issue underscores the difficulties in curbing the transmission of illness, particularly as many people are neglecting essential health precautions. 

Carver’s yearly budget has decreased due to lower middle school enrollment, a trend happening since Covid. More efforts are needed to uplift and expand Carver’s middle school community.

Social media has become a big part in most teenagers' lives, influencing how we stay in touch with friends and share new experiences. While it is very much fun and interesting, it also has bad parts. Constantly looking at other people's perfect lives, cyberbullying, and feeling peer pressured are the bad parts of social media. 

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Last Year, Carver’s celebration of Hispanic heritage month consisted of Hispanic speakers in stem, daily morning announcements highlighting different hispanic figures in history, and posters representing the cultures of students in the Hispanic Student Alliance (HSA). This year only posters remain. The disconnect between this year’s celebration and last year’s is being questioned by students, wondering where the inclusivity in Carver’s motto has gone. 

The fictional trope of rich businessmen demolishing beloved areas to build their own property may become a reality in Philadelphia, thanks to Mayor Cherelle Parker approving of and endorsing the construction of 76 Place, which would be an arena that primarily housed the 76ers basketball team in the city's Chinatown neighborhood.

Teachers in the SDP have been self-funding their classrooms for a few years now. This is happening because of low wages and the school district not giving supplies for the teachers. This is the case for some teachers at George Washington Carver.

Some High School student-athletes in Carver E&S, are experiencing drastic changes in their everyday mental health and education. One common factor is Concussions. 

On Sep 9, 2024, around 3:00 pm a heated argument sprung into a shooting on Cecil B Moore Ave outside of Dunkin Donuts, where some of our Carver students were getting an after-school snack.

Some students at Carver HSES are clueless as to what academic programs are available to them ahead of the 2024-2025 school year class selection process. This cluelessness comes from the fact that they fail to seek out resources that are easily accessible to them.

PHILADELPHIA - Teachers at Carver are currently facing backlash due to a number of students not receiving the grades administration expects from them. This could be the start of a major dispute between teachers, students, and administration if a resolution isn't established immediately. 

From writing on the walls to clogged toilets, it’s an issue that has raised constant concern as another school year comes to a close. But, art students and students a part of the GSA (Gender Sexuality Alliance) are now looking to change that with a new painting that aims to beautify the spaces.

As the final year of high school approaches for seniors around the country many students find themselves facing a common enemy: senioritis. This condition can sneak up on even the most dedicated students. But with the right strategies, you can overcome senioritis.

Students’ all over the country are having more trouble than ever staying focused. Both teachers and students at Carver believe it is because of technology.

Cyberbullying on Prom Pages: The Hidden Dangers of Anonymous Social Media

Social media gives you a platform to say whatever you want and no one knows it’s you. This allows people to bully others with no repercussions. This can be very damaging to students as evidenced by prom pages where students are critiqued and judged.

Social media algorithms use personal data to keep individuals on their apps by using the data to feed into the users interests. Carver students answer questions related to the topic, what they think about it, and how it's influenced them. 

The flipped classroom is an alternative learning method to traditional learning. At Carver, Math and Science teachers are converting to a flipped classroom and are seeing positive results.

Philadelphia is notorious for its littering problem but a small group of students at Carver are working to beautify their school.   

Littering and illegal dumping is more than just an environmental or public safety issue, it also contributes to the defiling of aesthetics which can negatively affect the mental state of students trying to go to school. 

PHILADELPHIA – PFT has long been butting heads with the School District of Philadelphia’s Administration. However, the absence policy has been raising concerns among teachers, as it limits the amount of sick days teachers can take.   

George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science, located in north Philadelphia has a large Hispanic and black student population. However, the diversity of the teachers does not match, with only 15% of its teachers being black and 6% Hispanic.

Carver students have joined the Temple Heights program to learn about opportunities with colleges and occupations they could have in the future. Heights is a program that has helped high school students gain the support they need to get into college.

With Carver seniors preparing for college students are having a plethora of concerns regarding student debt having an impact on their upcoming decisions. 

Many seniors are completing and filling out their college applications along with dealing with FASFA. However, with the help of teachers from Senior Seminar, students are still worried about how student debt may influence their actions. 

On Tuesday, September 26th, 2023, over 50 people were arrested after mobs ransacked Philadelphia stores.

The Municipal Judge, Wendy Pew, decided to dismiss murder and other charges against the Philadelphia police officer, Mark Dial, who shot and killed the driver, Eddie Irizarry, through a rolled-up window on August 14th.

As a result of Carver students using their phones in class, a new phone policy was put in place on February 12, 2024, as an attempt to limit distractions in class.

Carver Records presented “ Carver Got Talent “ to E&S. The talent show was on Tuesday April 25th after school from 3-5. The event allowed students to show off all of their talents to their peers. It was filled with excitement, energy, and school spirit.

Young entrepreneurs at Carver had the opportunity to showcase their products at the Carver Pop-up shop! The event was on March 30th at E&S the whole school day. This event allowed students to get exposure and received all of the profit that they got.

Class of 2026 students here at carver are continuously finding ways to adjust and navigate the newly implemented lottery system by The school district of Philadelphia in 2022.

After school detentions are common in almost every school.There are many different ways you can earn one. If you are out of class without a pass, in unauthorized places like the lunchroom or gym, on your electronic device at unauthorized times and the most common, out of uniform. 

The holidays go on but do the traditions?

  By: Jennifer Kaing

    January 23rd, 2023

Before COVID-19 occurred, everything about the holidays was normal although after the outbreak of the virus all of the “normal” changed. On March 13, 2020 everyone was required to go into quarantine for months isolated away from families and friends. During this time people were even traveling across the world and weren’t able to come home because of this huge lockdown. Many holidays and birthdays were ruined because of this tragedy. As months went by we all had our hopes of COVID-19 ending by the winter holidays, but unfortunately the virus was getting worse. Although we’ve been put through difficult circumstances we’d always like to flashback to where things were just “normal”.

Students at Carver are being fined for losing and forgetting their IDs, but what's the true cost of that simple fine?

Students have not been fined for anything personally other than missing books and sports jerseys that weren't returned in past three years. So it surprised many seniors when they received a bill for how many days they forgot their ID.

As college application season is rolling around, it's becoming apparent that our high school seniors are oftentimes dismissing community college as an actual option. The effect of the college ranking system and its flaws play a big part of this, but also the common stigma around community college is another primary factor. 

Thousands of students are surprised to hear that they might not be able to graduate. Act 158 is a new act created by the State of Pennsylvania's education program. Here is some new information and a valuable lesson for students to learn.

Last year, ninth grader Lael Dwyer was applying for high schools right after coming back from a full year of online learning. She knew as a student she had to decide the best high school for her and her family because this would determine the future of her education. But she came upon so much additional stress due to the School District of Philadelphia continuously changing the process.

After 2 long,dreadful years , Carver is fully functioning. The mask mandate has been lifted but the Covid cases are rising even after the 4th booster. The school has been persistent with updates about what’s happening around the building and the neighborhood .

Careers and college majors have always been a systematic way of measuring ones worth, and future. For example how successful someone would be, or how secure will their lives be financially in the long run. This fact alone could have more than likely convinced many graduating high school seniors to leave behind a more “ambiguous” college dream, like Visual Arts Majors, for a more “secure” major like STEM.

“ All District schools will be closed starting Monday, March 16, 2020 through Friday, March 27, 2020.” announced the School District of Philadelphia. Since then, for the past year and a half, schools here in Philadelphia, and schools worldwide have been shut down and have gone virtual. How have teachers dealt with the effects of this pandemic? They had to readjust ...

In the year of 2020 our world was introduced to a highly spread disease known as the coronavirus,affecting the lives of many people. On March 15, 2020 the United States proceeded to shut down resulting in businesses, schools, and public activities to end. Since schools were forced to close down students only access to learning were through online assignments and virtual calls with their teachers and fellow classmates

Many Netflix subscribers are leaving Netflix as they are starting to up their prices due to them losing subscribers because of password sharing. As they are upping their prices they are also removing some of their more popular Netflix shows and many people are leaving Netflix because of this. How are subscribers feeling as their favorite shows are leaving and prices rising ? 

Engineering and Science along with many other schools in the Philadelphia School District has lead in their water.  According to available data. Of schools with published testing data, lead was detected at 61 percent of fountains and other taps, and 98 percent of these schools found lead in the water at one or more outlets.  But what makes our situation different from other schools?

As a student you're going to be in school for 7 - 8 hours a day, five days a week which would total to about 35 - 40 hours a week at school. That's the same amount of time you would clock in at a 9-5 job if you're not including the weekends. 

Throughout the past two year it has been required in large public settings with a lot of people that they have a mask on and even that they have their Covid shots. But As Covid metrics have dropped in the city of Philadelphia, the health department dropped the  mask mandate on March 9, 2022 in schools and city buildings. 

 Most magnet high schools don't have a uniform policy to follow but Caver does. Is having a uniform infecting academic progress, behavior, suspensions, lateness, etc, or no?

School shootings are a worldwide crisis that has taken place for many years. In the United States last year, there have been a total of 34 incidents that have occurred. It is a traumatic event that affects the school community, parents, faculty, and especially students.

During this school year of 2021-2022 in the city of Philadelphia, George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science on December 6, 2021, was alarmed by a school shooting threat via a post shared on the social media network “Instagram.” Principal Dr. Darryl Johnson as leader of the school went straight into action by contacting higher officials about the matter at hand.

The understaffing at Caver during the 2021-2022 school year has been due to Covid-19 and other obstacles. 

Ever since in person school started we wanted to gather our staffs and students thoughts on how they feel about the food being distributed at Carver High School. We noticed many students would not participate in getting school lunches and decided to find the reason behind it. 

One reason October is one of the best months of the year is not because it's fall season but because the 31st of October is Halloween, the spookiest day to dress up as anything, go trick or treating, give out candy, and have fun with your family and friends. On a normal Halloween, we  have to be cautious since people wear masks, you don’t know their identity and you get candy from strangers. However, especially now, in a whole pandemic, we have to be a little bit more safe to avoid Covid. Right now in Pennsylvania there is 3,114 Covid cases not too bad compared to other states, I feel Pennsylvania is doing pretty good with Covid the amount of cases keeps increasing and decreasing but it's more so decreasing now. We just hope it keeps decreasing as 2021 is coming to end and 2022 is just around the corner. 

Philly Schools have been re-opening ever since March 22nd of 2021. Since then people have had much to say about the new "hybrid learning plan". Many people are concerned for the health of students and teachers alike, while others are just excited to be able to see their friends again. In an effort to alleviate some of those concerns tthe district has promised that they have found a system of cleaning and sanitizing that will allow everyone to remain safe. Will it really be possible for their plan to live up to everyones expectations?

Early in the morning, on Monday, February 8, Philadelphia teachers prepared for their first classes of the week. However, instead of logging in from their home offices, kitchen tables, or living rooms, they bundled up and travelled all over the city to teach from the parking lots and front yards of Philadelphia Elementary Schools, protesting the School District of Philadelphia’s mandate for K-2 teachers and students to return to buildings for in-person learning. Though the District has promised rigorous safety measures, Jerry Jordan, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President, claims that the District has not met the necessary ventilation requirements. 

When you think of the year 2020, what comes to mind? For most of us at Carver E&S, along with people around the world, 2020 was a memorable year and not necessarily for all of the right reasons. Life as we knew it completely shifted—We began quarantining due to a global pandemic, many folks found themselves without jobs, and most students and teachers across the world began doing school remotely.  But now that 2020 has ended, we can look toward what comes next.  To uplift us in a time when positivity is something so desperately needed, students and teachers from the Carver community reflect on 2020 and share their hopes for 2021.

As we approach the end of our senior year and start our adventure into adulthood are we really prepared for what is to come next? After what feels like a short lived childhood and the 4 years of high school flying by, in a few months we we’ll be allowed to dictate our own futures and write or own narratives and what will yours say?

Carver students, along with many students across the US, have been working remotely since March of 2020. They’ve learned how to send eloquent emails to teachers because of the limited time that they spend together in class as well as balancing school work with their home lives. However, students miss going to school and interacting with people. It was a way for students to get out of their comfort zone, be more vocal, and make new friends. Now, students are staying home and looking at screens all day. But how is it affecting them now that everything is virtual? 

As students at Carver began this school year, already marked by uncertainty, they were met by a brand new schedule. This schedule lengthened class time and split days into A, B, and C, each day relying on its own arrangement of classes. While students didn’t get a say in this new schedule, they understood that this school year would be full of new changes and challenges. Abruptly, on Monday, September 21, just 4 weeks into the school year, that schedule shifted. Students were left asking why and more importantly, whether they would have a say in any future decisions that would affect their daily lives. 

On the first day of school, there was no line to enter the building, no missed busses or late trolleys, no need to check the weather, no hugs or handshakes as students spotted their friends after a long, summer break, no sound of lockers slamming or bells ringing. On the first day of school, after we each rolled out bed and made our way to our "classrooms," we found ourselves in uniquely different spaces, much different from the Carver E&S building. 

The Carver Times writers set out to discover what life has been like for students during this first month of a school year like no other. Here's what they found. 

The E&S School Community is spread all over the city right now as we embrace virtual learning and our new quarantined lives. Students and teachers at E&S share their quarantine experiences. What is life like right now? How are we coping? What are we discovering? What do we hope the future will bring? 

No matter what time, and no matter who it is, trolling always occurs. For those who are not aware of this term, trolling defines as the act of intentionally upsetting people on the internet, from behind their screens. While the internet continues to grow bigger and bigger, trolling just doesn’t seem to go away. No one knows what these trollers get from doing these things.  A recent act of trolling was displayed at our very own HSES’s school parade, down in the comments of the zoom call. 

We all remember the significant day of March 13 2020. Where we, humans; social beings of nature had to adapt to a life of virtual. Specifically when it came to education, when Kindergarten through college-age students had to adjust their learning experience from a classroom to in a virtual square. Chemistry teachers at Carver E&S took this adjustment period as an opportunity to reinterpret their curriculum offering learning experiences that relied not just on students’ chemistry knowledge, but also on their digital editing and creative skills. 

In September 2021, at E&S, since our first year back they have introduced new procedures and safety protocols for Covid-19: indoor masking required, social distancing, nurses, covid vax, etc....following with more hand sanitizers in the hallway. 

According to the CDC, “two-thirds of people with diagnosable mental disorders do not seek treatment. Treatment is individualized and may include counseling, psychotherapy, medication therapy, rehabilitation, and attention to other mental and psychosocial problems.”