The Philadelphia Scholastic Chess League is an 8 round swiss sys style tournament for public and charter schools in Philadelphia. This event is broken up over four different league matches and into three separate leagues for elementary, middle and high school grade levels. Join us at St Joe's University for a competitive and fun event! […]

Public and charter high school debate teams from all over Philadelphia compete in a 7-match season from November through March in The Philadelphia Scholastic Debate League. The season culminates in a final match and award ceremony at The University of Pennsylvania in March.

This is the second match in the 24-25 Phila. Scholastic Scrabble League season. The younger Scrabblers from schools across the city will meet and compete in two rounds of Scrabble at The School District of Phila.'s Headquarters on Thursday, January 16th,2025, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Public and charter high school debate teams from all over Philadelphia compete in a 7-match season from November through March in The Philadelphia Scholastic Debate League. The season culminates in a final match and award ceremony at The University of Pennsylvania in March.

Our top schools from the league are moving on! our 3rd - 6th place teams face off for a chance to play against our current top 2 teams in the semifinals!

Please join us at ASAP’s General Volunteer Orientation. At this session, we will give a background of ASAP, dive into our 4 initiatives (Chess, Debate, Drama, and Scrabble), explain our current volunteer opportunities, detail how to get clearances to work with children, and get more information about your availability to help match you with a […]

Our top schools from ES, MS, and HS, faceoff in match-play for their chance to either make to the finals or a spot for 3rd place. G60 d/5.

ASAP's top schools, go head to head in match play to see who will go home as the coveted Scholastic Chess Champions!

Public and charter high school debate teams from all over Philadelphia compete in a 7-match season from November through March in The Philadelphia Scholastic Debate League. The season culminates in a final match and award ceremony at The University of Pennsylvania in March.

This is the third match in the 24-25 Phila. Scholastic Scrabble League season. The younger Scrabblers from schools across the city will meet and compete in two rounds of Scrabble at The School District of Phila.’s Headquarters on Thursday, February 13th, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Public and Charter 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. Each month, the tournament is held at a different high school. To register, please get in touch with debate@phillyasap.org for more info.

Public and charter high school debate teams from all over Philadelphia compete in a 7 match season from November through March in The Philadelphia Scholastic Debate League. The season culminates in a final match and award ceremony at The University of Pennsylvania in March.