Girls Achieve - a school day program to empower adolescent girls

School District of Philadelphia, PA

  • Roberto Clemente
  • Samuel H. Daroff
  • Robert E. Lamberton
  • Olney East High School
  • Olney West High School


William Penn School District in Delaware County, PA

  • Penn Wood Middle School

"Girls Achieve is an outgrowth of the tenor of the times. Crafted through the visionary lens of founder Elleanor Jean Hendley, this extraordinary in-school program has begun addressing the serious social needs of today's teenage girls. As a major curriculum support program, Girls Achieve fills a significant void in today's secondary schools allowing for students to receive a full-service education."

– Jan Gillespie-Walton
Asst. Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction, Camden, NJ Public Schools (Retired);
Regional Superintendent, School District of Philadelphia, PA (1996-2002)