Happy days at Tacony Charter School

The seventh graders at Tacony Charter perform the school mascot song, which they wrote themselves this year.

School spirit: Local representatives and school officials cut the ribbon at the new addition to Tacony Charter School, a brand new gymnasium. PHOTOS BY MARIA POUCHNIKOVA

At the end of the opening ceremony, balloons dropped from the ceiling in celebration.

The school hired mummers to perform at the ceremony.

The Phillie Phanatic stopped by to celebrate the occasion.

Local representatives and school officials cut the ribbon at the new addition to Tacony Charter School, a brand new gymnasium. MARIA POUCHNIKOVA / TIMES PHOTOS