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High-quality curriculum materials can support meaningful, multidisciplinary learning. The organizations below provide resources and models that influence the work we do in our makerspace.

Thank you to the following organizations and individuals who have provide time, expertise, and/or resources to support the Wildcat Workshop!

• Marian Anderson Administration, Staff, Paraprofessionals, and Teachers

• MANAS, formerly Friends of Chester Arthur (FoCA)

• Mr. Franklin, founder of the Wildcat Workshop

• Mr. Habib, Mr. Shamir, Mr. J, Mr. Davis, Mr. Green, Mr. McKeon, and the AmeriCorps Digital Service Fellows program 

• Mr. Ben, Ms. Brianna, Mr. Dawud, Mr. Trent, Mr. Dre, and the WHYY Media Labs Program

• Ms. Cassidy, Ms. Lawrence-Primus, Ms. Jefferson with Penn Engineering, UPenn NSBE, and Temple NSBE for supporting our NSBE jr. chapter

• Ms. Gordon, Ms. Sterling, Ms. Walker, Ms. Springart, Mr. Findley, MANAS, Penn Engineers, Neubauer Fellowship, Lori and Mark Fife Foundation, and donors to this Donors Choose project for supporting the robotics teams (2024-25)

• Ms. Kessler, Mr. Findley, Ms. Springart, Penn Engineers, Lori and Mark Fife Foundation, donors to this Donors Choose project, and the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition for supporting the robotics teams (2023-24)

• Parent Volunteers, Ms. Shapiro, Ms. Khaler, Ms. Weiner, Teacher Frank, Ms. Walker, Penn Engineers, and Lori and Mark Fife Foundation for supporting after school Scratch coding (2022-24)

• Mr. Miller-Uueda for supporting STEAM across the School District of Philadelphia

• Ms. Amy (for supporting our grade 2 shadow puppet stories project, 2022-25)

• Dr. Hennessy Elliott and the DragonsTeach program at Drexel University

• Ms. Burlando, Ms. Fleurette, Ms. Pennypacker, and Ms. Schulz (for supporting our 2023 grade 4 soft circuit project)

• Ms. Emma and Ms. Ruth from the Penn GSE Literacy Studies program (for supporting our fall 2024 WHYY Media Lab program)

• Educators at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (for our 2023 and 2024 grade 7 field trips)

• Rangers at the Heinz National Wildlife Refuge (for supporting our 2021-22 grade 8 project)

• Rangers at Independence National Historical Park (for supporting our 2021-22 grade 6 project)

• Mr. Wolf for transporting Chromebook carts, being a guest speaker, and other support

• The Schulz Family (for lumber)

• Mr. Katz (for help with podcasting)

• Mr. Sweeney (for 3D printer filament and Makey Makey kits)

• Philadelphia Writing Project teacher consultant Ms. Buchanan (for Kid Writing support)

• Penn-Alexander librarian and Philadelphia Writing Project teacher consultant  Ms. Ross (for curriculum feedback and ideas)

• Academy at Palumbo teacher Ms. Wang (for curriculum feedback and ideas)

• Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow Alumni: Ms. Cornelison, Ms. Hoppe, Ms. Stambaugh, Dr. Teisan, and Dr. Vieyra (for curriculum feedback and ideas)

• Ms. O'Neil from Central Michigan University's Center for Excellence in STEM Education (for curriculum feedback and ideas)

• Library of Congress Center for Learning, Literacy, and Engagement

• Faculty and students affiliated with the following education research groups at Northwestern University: TIDAL, Next Generation Science Storylines, Learning Through Youth Community Tinkering Project, FUSE Studios, Center for Connected Learning and Computer-based Modeling, and tiilt lab.