The Workshop School

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The Workshop School
Founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Founders Simon Hauger, Michael Clapper, Matthew Riggan, Ann Cohen, Aiden Downey
Headquarters221 S Hanson St, Philadelphia, PA 19139
Website www.workshopschool.org

The Workshop School is a project based school in the city of Philadelphia and one of the ten Citywide Admission school of The School District of Philadelphia [1]

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