Great Day To Be a Quaker
Great Day to Be a Quaker Is March 12!
Great Day Blog
Are you ready for a fun-filled way to celebrate excellence at Penn Charter?
Great Day to Be a Penn Charter Quaker, our annual interactive day of giving, returns on Thursday, March 12!
This celebration of educational excellence and the student experience returns for a fifth year and will be jam-packed with ways everyone can participate in the activity and impact the school in a big way.
Join in the fun online, on campus, across Philadelphia, and make a gift on March 12, to support Penn Charter! Your participation will help make it a Great Day to Be a Quaker.
Return here, penncharter.com/greatday, to see videos and posts about the fun leading up to, and on, the day.
What do you love about Penn Charter? How have Penn Charter teachers made a difference in your life, or your child's life?
Share your favorite memories, moments and photos with #GreatDayPC on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, or email greatday@penncharter.com.
Join us on March 12. Share. Participate. Give.
Don't want to wait until March 12 to make a gift? Visit penncharter.com/give. Thank you for helping Penn Charter power the student experience and plan for the future.
- Annual Fund
- Development
- Great Day To Be a Quaker
- News
On Thursday, March 12, 2020 join us online and on social media to tell us what you love about PC and see what others are sharing. Share your memories of PC with us, get a peek into current campus life and make a gift to support the Penn Charter Annual Fund.
How do I participate?
Check out this page throughout the day to see a few new videos, progress toward our goals, and memories and photos sent in by other OPCs and parents!
Share your stories with us by posting a comment on this moderated blog, or via social media or email. Tag @PennCharter or use #GreatDayPC on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. (Your account must be public for us to see your posts, but you can share privately with your friends, too.)
Make a gift to Penn Charter on March 12 to help us reach our Annual Fund goals. Each donation, from $5 to $5,000, supports powerful experiences of learning, friendship and discovery at Penn Charter.
What is Great Day?
A day to celebrate all that we love about Penn Charter and to support our school. Our community will come together to tell stories of a favorite teacher, a joyful moment seeing your child thrive, a raucous bus ride home from a big sports win or a proud achievement from your years with PC.
As you fondly recall Old Penn Charter, help power the student experience at Penn Charter today and plan for the future with a gift to the Annual Fund.
- Annual Fund Appeal
- Development
- Great Day To Be a Quaker
Great Day 2019
Watch a video overview of all the Great Day to Be a Quaker fun from campus, and stay tuned tonight online.
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Penn Charter campus seen from above.
OPCs and friends based in the West, we need you! Help us close out Great Day to Be a Quaker.
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Banish your 2:00 PM snoozies with this upbeat Great Day video! Sound (and dancing shoes) on!
![Large bell within the cupola of Penn Charter's clock tower, view high above East Falls]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1549464285/penn/ftgtgzhqutmnicgqmydj/bellinclocktower.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1549464285/penn/ftgtgzhqutmnicgqmydj/bellinclocktower.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1549464285/penn/ftgtgzhqutmnicgqmydj/bellinclocktower.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1549464285/penn/ftgtgzhqutmnicgqmydj/bellinclocktower.jpg","width":819}])
Take a tour inside the Clock Tower! So popular, we're re-releasing the video for 2019!
Jack Rogers Hon. 1689 announces that we've met the match and there is a BIG new participation challenge.
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It is March 15 and today is a Great Day to Be a Quaker! Watch a video from PC Parent Community leaders about all that is happening today.
![Blue square with Great Day to Be a Quaker branding reads: One Great Day!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1551812071/penn/pc7dggqqpyurwllbyjzd/GDTBQonegreatdaySquare.jpg","width":180}])
All the details on the matches and challenges that will maximize your Great Day gift to the Annual Fund.
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Great Day event details for OPCs and parents. Friday, March 15!
![Blue square with words Great Day to Be a Quaker]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1551391303/penn/pqpdtzo9dawgnjeicasa/GDTBQsquareLoRes.jpg","width":180}])