Events

Our second pre-national tournament of the year. For more information or to register, contact scrabble@phillyasap.org or 215-607-2069.

This interactive training is sure to excite new and returning club leaders as they learn strategies for teaching the fundamentals of Scrabble to youth, as well as tips for having a successful and engaged club. All ASAP materials, trainings, and events are always free of charge. Training will be held virtually on Zoom. To register, […]

Pennsylvania High School Speech League hosts the 2023 State Championship at Bloomsburg University. PHSSL gives Pennsylvania high school students an opportunity to understand and appreciate all areas of speech and debate through weekend-long competitions.

This interactive training is sure to excite new and returning club leaders as they learn strategies for teaching the fundamentals of Scrabble to youth, as well as tips for having a successful and engaged club. All ASAP materials, trainings, and events are always free of charge. Training will be held virtually on Zoom. To register, […]

ASAP Drama's teaching artist, Leah Cohen, multi-hyphenate actress, singer, and dancer will facilitate a one hour Musical Theatre dance workshop at Old Pine Community Center.

If you'd like to learn how to run a debate club, join this training!  Co-led by expert debaters from Penn For Youth Debate.  RSVP here!  You must RSVP to receive the Zoom link.  This training is only eligible for clubs within the city of Philadelphia.  Contact debate@phillyasap.org for more info. 

Middle school debate clubs from all over Philadelphia compete in a monthly tournament where students participate in three rounds of public forum debate ending with a fun award ceremony. The tournament is located at a different high school each month.     To register, please get in touch with debate@phillyasap.org for more info. 

On an off-day in between Sixers home games, he hosted “Melton’s Make Your Move, ”a chess tournament for students in a collaborative effort with the After School Activities Partnership. Melton said that he started playing the game in high school, observing how others were playing in study hall. Once he got the movement of the […]

If you'd like to learn how to run a debate club, join this training!  Co-led by expert debaters from Penn For Youth Debate.  RSVP here!  You must RSVP to receive the Zoom link.  This training is only eligible for clubs within the city of Philadelphia.  Contact debate@phillyasap.org for more info. 

ASAP is traveling to Washingston DC to take on the rest of the country in the K-12 Scholastic National Chess Championships. At the Washington Hilton, our students will be playing in 7 rounds of swisssys style tournament play with G/90 d/10. Wish us luck!

ASAP will be participating in the North American School Scrabble Championship from April 1st to April 2nd, at the Planet Word Museum in Washington, D.C.! Elementary- and middle-school students (Championship Division) play in teams of two. High-school students (High School Division) play one-against-one. All teams in the Championship Division play eight games followed by a […]

This interactive training is sure to excite new and returning club leaders as they learn strategies for teaching the fundamentals of Scrabble to youth, as well as tips for having a successful and engaged club. All ASAP materials, trainings, and events are always free of charge. Training will be held virtually on Zoom. To register, […]