Phillies & School District of Philadelphia RingTheBell for New School Year

School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Tony B. Watlington, Sr., Ed.D., will be joined by Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, Board of Education President Joyce Wilkerson, Philadelphia Phillies 2008 World Series Champion Hitting Coach and 1993 National League Champion Milt Thompson and Ambassador Scott Palmer, as well as the Phillie Phanatic and Phillies Ballgirls, for a special back-to-school event as part of the District’s annual Ring the Bell PHL campaign. In addition to sharing updates as the first day of school nears, Dr. Watlington and others will celebrate a pair of students from George Washington High School who recently represented Philadelphia at the National Unified Champion Schools Conference in Detroit earlier this month.

Photos by Miles Kennedy/Philadelphia Phillies