The Promise Academy at Roberts Vaux High School (commonly referred to as the Roberts Vaux Promise Academy) is an historic, American high school building that is located in the North Central neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Named for American jurist, abolitionist, and philanthropist Roberts Vaux (1786-1836), it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

[1] Designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built between 1936 and 1938,[2] this historic structure is a four-story, twenty-three-bay, U-shaped, yellow brick building that was created in a Moderne/Art Deco style.

It features projecting end pavilions, terra cotta decorative work, and a two-story, stone, Tudor-arched entryway.

During his tenure, White reformed the institute and became the leading figure in the field of urban education in Philadelphia.