Philadelphia high school robotics team achieves remarkable milestone
William Bodine High School's robotics team is one of a few schools in the area set to represent Philadelphia at the FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship in Texas.
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William Bodine High School's robotics team is one of a few schools in the area set to represent Philadelphia at the FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship in Texas.
William Bodine High School is one of a few schools from the area set to represent Philadelphia next week at the FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship in Houston, Texas. Wakisha Bailey reports.
Two Bucks County girls wrestling medal winners are hopeful more young women will get involved in the male-dominated sport.
High school wrestling titleholders Conwell-Egan sophomore Julia Horger and Neshaminy sophomore Grace Nesbitt are making history on the mat. Horger won a gold medal at the PIAA State Tournament while Nesbitt won the silver. Now, as Wakisha Bailey highlights in Focusing on the Future, Horger and Nesbitt are ready for more young women to join the sport.
Students in Philadelphia's Law Pathway program are learning more about a possible legal career with help from Penn's law school and the Troutman Pepper law firm.
The School District of Philadelphia's Law Pathway program teamed up with Penn and Troutman Pepper law firm to get Philly students a chance to learn what it's like to be a lawyer.
Mercy Career and Technical High School senior Taylor Houseman was one of two students selected to give a SEPTA bus a brand new look.
Coming soon to the streets of Philadelphia are newly designed SEPTA buses. Wakisha Bailey introduces you to the Philadelphia high school student behind the design.
On this week's Focusing on the Future and the first day of Women's History Month, CBS Philadelphia talked with one high school senior who is making history.
Students at Philadelphia's Fanny Coppin school sing theme song for new PBS series "Lyla in the Loop." Plus, a young South Jersey fashion designer's out-of-the-box creations are being seen on some of the most elite runways.
A young Philadelphia scientist is looking to help people deal with anxiety in one of the most prestigious science competitions in the country. Wakisha Bailey reports.
At Cherokee High School, its Chiefs United basketball team is proving that lasting bonds go well beyond the court.
CBS News Philadelphia reporter Wakisha Bailey catches up with the Cherokee High School Chiefs, a basketball team that proves lasting bonds go beyond the court.
Meet the Fanny Jackson Coppin School students who voice the theme song for the new PBS Kids series "Lyla in the Loop."
The PBS Kids series Lyla in the Loop is off to a great start. CBS News Philadelphia Wakisha Bailey introduces you to the kids who voice the characters in this week's Focusing on the Future.
In this Focusing on the Future a group of Villanova students is traveling the world creating documentaries highlighting societal issues and A young South Jersey fashion designer's out-of-the-box creations are being seen on some of the most elite runways.
For Mercy Career and Technical High School, esports offers students "endless" opportunities beyond just playing video games.
On this week’s Focusing on the Future, CBS Philadelphia reporter Wakisha Bailey goes head-to-head with some exceptional gamers inside Mercy Career and Technical High School.
A Philadelphia private school has a group of young entrepreneurs who believe opening a business is more than a paycheck.
On this week's Focusing on the Future, Wakisha Bailey visits Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, where these young business owners say opening a business is more than a paycheck.
Aston Ragsdale of Pleasantville, N.J. has designed clothes featured at New York Fashion Week.
South Jersey native Aston Ragsdale aka Aston Lanet, has been featured at New York Fashion Week. Wakisha Bailey chats with her in this Focusing on the Future.
In December, drama students at Parkway Center City Middle College in Philadelphia put on the school's first-ever talent show to raise money for their spring play.
To raise money for the drama program and spring play, students at Philadelphia's Parkway Center City Middle College had the idea to raise money by hosting the school's first-ever talent show.
18 students at Villanova followed community leaders and several others around their communities to tell stories that will turn into two 25-minute documentaries.