Science Leadership Academy is a magnet public high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which opened in September 2006.

Science Leadership Academy was created by the board of the Franklin Institute and founding principal, Christopher Lehmann.

"[2] The school has received speeches from a number of distinguished individuals over the years, including Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who spoke to the students of SLA on Thursday, April 29, 2010 [3] and Steven Squyres, lead researcher on the Mars Land-Rover project who first visited the school in 2007 and was SLA's keynote speaker at their first graduation on June 15, 2010.

[10] The school's academic model is built around its five core values of inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation and reflection.

[citation needed] The location of the school building was decided upon its proximity to the Franklin Institute, as well as being in the heart of Downtown Philadelphia.

[13] SLA@Beeber is now the only occupant of the building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its significance to educational architecture.

The founding principal is Timothy Boyle and the school was housed in the Dornsife Center on 35th and Spring Garden Sts.