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Back to School 2022

September 1, 2022

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STEM Panel Discussion

May 19, 2022

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Healthy Minds and Bodies

April 21, 2022

Twin Doctors McDonald and Wardlaw will be hosting events for our HASA students entitled:
Healthy Minds and Bodies with Harambee Institute Charter School.

THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP!

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Philabundance Food Drive

April 5, 2022

The Harambee “Black Shirts”, our Middle School Leadership Ambassadors, showed their Ujima/Collective Work and Responsibility as they organized and executed a canned food drive for Philabundance.  We donated 1,370 pounds of food to combat hunger in the West Philadelphia area and across the Delaware Valley as a school.

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Visit by Stephon Fitzpatrick

April 2, 2022

Today, Harambee was visited by Mr. Stephon Fitzpatrick, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Commission for Agriculture. Mr. Fitzpatrick toured our school, visited our urban garden, and read a book about farming to 2nd grade students in Mama Jasmine’s class as we celebrate agriculture literacy week. This momentous event was filmed by CBS 3 and will appear on their news feed today.

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Cameron Brickle

March 21, 2022

Standing nearly six feet, four inches tall and weighing in at 260 pounds, Cameron Brickle II is quite the accomplished athlete.  Cameron, or “BIG C” as he is affectionately referred to at Harambee is the number one rated defensive football player in Pennsylvania and a top ten rated player in the United States.

Recently, Cameron was invited and played in an All-Star football game which highlighted the skills and talents of the top middle school players in the country.  During that game, Cameron’s skills were so dominate that it has already garnered college football scholarship opportunities from some of the best football programs in the country including the SEC, ACC and Big 10!

Beyond his athletic prowess, Cameron is an outstanding student maintaining a 3.0 grade point average.  Even more impressive is his character as he carries himself as a gentleman and model student with a strong moral compass. He also demonstrates strong leadership skills as he is part of our student leadership program affectionately known as “The Black Shirts”.

Cameron Brickle, a true example of Harambee’s core value of GREATNESS!

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While at Harambee, standing nearly six feet, two inches tall and weighing in at 260 pounds, Cameron Brickle II is quite the accomplished athlete. Cameron, or “BIG C” as he was affectionately referred to at Harambee was the number one rated defensive football player in Pennsylvania and a top ten rated player in the United States.

While at Harambee, Cameron was invited and played in an All-Star football game which highlighted the skills and talents of the top middle school players in the country. During that game, Cameron’s skills were so dominate he garnered college football scholarship opportunities from some of the top football programs in the country including the SEC, ACC and Big 10!

More importantly, beyond his athletic prowess, Cameron was an outstanding student maintaining a 3.0 grade point average. Even more impressive was his character as he carried himself as a gentleman and model student with a strong moral compass. He also demonstrated strong leadership skills as he is part of our student leadership program affectionately known as “The Black Shirts”.

Today, as one of Pennsylvania's top junior defensive linemen, he will be heading to the Sunshine State for his senior campaign and is an outstanding Harambee alumni.

2026 4-star defensive stalwart Cameron Brickle II announced on X he will be transferring from Malvern Prep (Pennsylvania) to IMG Academy (Florida). Brickle II has Power 4 offers from many universities including: Alabama, Georgia, Miami (FL), Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Texas and a host of others.

On Saturday, July 12, 2025, defensive line coach Larry Johnson’s hot streak on the recruiting trail continued when three-star defensive lineman Cameron Brickle committed to The Ohio State University.

Brickle is considered a top defensive player in Florida and in the country. He first got his offer from The Buckeyes in October 2024 and chose Ohio State over Maryland, Florida State and Penn State.

Cameron Brickle, a true example of Harambee’s core value of GREATNESS!