Girls First

Girls First Girls First (formerly St. Augustine Academy), located in Norristown, PA, is an independent tuition-fr

05/29/2026

We did it🎉

Its's been a whirlwind end of year for us at Girls First. This year more bittersweet than ever before.

We want to extend a thank you to , for hosting our crew of artists (young and older) in an unforgettable messy canvas splatter art experience.There was paint and smiles everywhere! We couldn't have asked for a better final field trip👩🏽‍🎨.

Also we held our final student showcase and graduation to end the year. The weather was sadly not on our side, but the Girls First Community was. As usual, they showed up and endured the sprinkles...turned rain...to reinforce to these girls that they are ALWAYS worth showing up for!

Our final monthly theme is CELEBRATION, and we did our best to persevere and honor our 1st through 3rd graders on completing their year while also congratulating our 4th graders for officially graduating from Girls First!

Some of our graduates started out in 1st grade and made it all the way through 4th. Coming back year after year more kind, silly brave, thoughtful, open to new experiences and challenges, and sharing their light with us.

We also want to thank our teachers who chose to share their creativity, passions, and love for the arts with these young girls, you're impact is invaluable here and will be wherever else you go!

And lastly, we end this program year thanking everyone who shared their time and talents with us. It meant a lot, so Thank You💜

" How [blessed] I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard."

-Winnie the Pooh

Happy Friday 🙂

One of our Girls First students, Bianca, will be unable to join us for our End-of-Year Celebration because she is curren...
05/18/2026

One of our Girls First students, Bianca, will be unable to join us for our End-of-Year Celebration because she is currently being EXTREMELY brave and is preparing to undergo surgery for a bone marrow transplant next week.

We were blessed to be able to spend some time with Bianca and her bubbly, inquisitive, and thoughful personality these past few weeks before her recent re-admittance to the hospital.

Bianca has been doing well since her last hospitalization in the Fall, and the doctors are still working towards helping her fight her most recent bout of challenges with her rare, life-threatening disease called Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SIJA).

Please keep Bianca and her family in your thoughts and prayers, and if you can spare some extra monetary support, it will definitely be appreciated and go a long way.

Below is the link to the family's GoFundMe if you'd be able to support in that capacity.

Thank you for helping us support Bianca and her family during this time 💜

https://gofund.me/13502637d

05/16/2026

This week we really tapped into our theme of CELEBRATION for May with the always festive " Girls First Spirit Week" to balance our hard work preparing for our final Student Showcase.

The girls (and teachers!) joined in for some whimsical and fancy fun throughout the week. One of our student alum volunteers, returning for her 2nd year, even proudly adding her artistic talent to our Tea Party welcome sign.

Its hard to believe our Showcase is next week, that time absolutely flew by, and we plan to take advantage of every last moment we have together💜



05/08/2026

This week we started our final monthly theme: CELEBRATION🎉.

And in true fashion, we started and ended the week with birthday celebrations, celebrated being "uniquely us," and celebrated our Girls First Teachers who show up each day to teach the arts to these girls and help make lasting memories.

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to all the teachers and educators out there; Thank you for all you do💜!



05/01/2026

Our last week of April concluded our month long theme: KINDNESS.

To kick off our last week of Kindess related content, we were thankfully chosen to be the recipient of an act of kindness by who had an amazing team donate their time on Saturday to help make our program space on all 3 floors more organized and open....starting from the very entrance of the building!

The girls definitely noticed when they returned on Monday and were thrilled to see the changes. We can't thank Victory Church enough for helping to usher us into our last month of program with a bit of a refresh🌸

We want to also thank for their wonderful Claymobile program. Their Teaching Artists made the trek to Norristown to bring the art of clay to our students, making it fun and accessible to all of them no matter their age. Not to mention some of the educational and entertaining conversations we had during our classes made the time fly by. Thank you for the creative outlet you provided for us; it really made an impact!

And lastly, we finished off our week with a much-earned Spots of Kindness Counts ice cream party 🥳.

The girls enjoyed loading up their bowls with toppings galore and just hanging out in the beautiful spring weather.

We couldn't have asked for a better way to end our week.

Happy Friday 💜



04/17/2026

Please enjoy a peek into our week ☀️

Happy Friday!




04/10/2026

This week was our first week back from Spring Break and we sure did miss the girls🤗.

We got to hear the tales of what they did over Spring Break. For many of them, it sounded like getting sleep and sun was a highlight... an important balance at any age!

We resumed our arts club lessons, kicked off our April monthly theme: KINDNESS, and also started our annual Kindness Counts Challenge. We also ended the week with some new squishy friends, which was a generous donation from a previous Girls First teacher!

We're glad to be back at it again and hope you have a good weekend ☀️

"If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours." - Dolly Parton



Two weeks until the 17th Annual Girl Power Gala — and tickets and sponsorship opportunities are still available!This is ...
04/09/2026

Two weeks until the 17th Annual Girl Power Gala — and tickets and sponsorship opportunities are still available!

This is your chance to align your brand with a mission that's transforming the lives of girls across Norristown, Chester, and Philadelphia through trauma-informed arts education.
Our sponsorship tiers are designed to meet you where you are:

Every ticket purchase and sponsorship level makes a direct impact on the students we serve - and gets your organization in front of a room full of community leaders who care about the same things you do.

Reach out today to secure your spot before it's too late!

"What would you do if you were in her shoes?"That's the kind of question our 4th graders explore every week in Drama cla...
04/08/2026

"What would you do if you were in her shoes?"

That's the kind of question our 4th graders explore every week in Drama class. Through the Artsee© curriculum, they dive deep into empathy by brainstorming characters, exploring conflict, and writing scenes about real-world situations that require understanding and resolution.

Acting out different perspectives in a safe, supportive space gives our girls a powerful tool: the ability to see the world through someone else's eyes. It's collaborative. It's creative. And it stays with them long after the scene ends.

When girls rise, communities thrive. Your donation helps us bring this kind of transformative programming to more girls who need it.

https://www.girlsfirst.org/

We are thrilled to welcome Sun East Foundation as a sponsor of the 17th Annual Girl Power Gala!Sun East Foundation is th...
04/03/2026

We are thrilled to welcome Sun East Foundation as a sponsor of the 17th Annual Girl Power Gala!

Sun East Foundation is the charitable arm of Sun East Federal Credit Union, dedicated to promoting education, health, and human services across the Greater Brandywine Valley. Their "People Helping People" philosophy aligns perfectly with our belief that when you invest in a girl, you invest in an entire community.

Through partners like Sun East Foundation, we're able to continue providing trauma-informed arts education to girls in Norristown, Chester, and Philadelphia — giving them the tools to build confidence, empathy, and resilience through our Artsee© curriculum.

Thank you, Sun East Foundation, for believing in the power of girls and the arts. We can't wait to celebrate together on April 23rd at St. Davids Golf Club!

Sponsorship opportunities are still available for this year's Gala. If your organization is ready to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
When girls rise, communities thrive. 💜

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