Residents, mentors, site directors, families, friends, and supporters gathered at Fleisher Art Memorial on June 17th, to celebrate the completion of Philadelphia Teacher Residency's inaugural cohort.
Representatives from the School District of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers offered congratulatory remarks and thanked the residents for committing to Philadelphia public school students. 
The nine residents, (including Fei Jia, pictured right), have spent the past school year teaching full-time while working to complete a Master's of Education degree from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. In the fall, all of the residents will be teaching in their own classrooms.
The next cohort of Residents are scheduled to begin their residency this summer.
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A special thanks to Fleisher Art Memorial for hosting the evening's reception.
