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Backpack drive sets up students for success
In Montgomery County, organizations come together to make sure all students are equipped for the upcoming school year. The "Cut-Loose Cares Supply Success Backpack Drive" was held at the Tri-County Area YWCA in Pottstown. Families lined up outside the gym. Kids in grades kindergarten to second grade got to pick...
Dr. Benjamin Hammond named Cheltenham High School’s interim principal for 2024-25
Cheltenham School District announced that Dr. Benjamin Hammond has been named interim principal at Cheltenham High School for the 2024-25 academic year. After two days of interviews with highly qualified candidates for the principal position, the district decided to postpone the search process until this winter break. “Naming Dr. Hammond...
25 questions entering 2024 PA high school football season in Bucks County area
It's almost time. Heat acclimatization for most Pennsylvania high school football teams in the Bucks County area begins Monday, Aug. 5, with scrimmages Aug. 16 or 17 and the first PIAA games scheduled for Friday, Aug. 23. Here are 25 questions with the start of the season 32 days away....
Nation’s Oldest HBCU, Cheyney University In Philadelphia Is Reaccredited
In a recent announcement, officials at Philadelphia’s Cheyney University, the nation’s oldest HBCU, said the school’s accreditation was restored on June 27 and Cheyney is no longer on probation. This means the Middle States Commission on Higher Education has lifted Cheyney’s controversial 10-year probationary status, which was...
High school graduate paving the way for a future in nursing
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Now that school is out, many students are looking for summer jobs. On this week's Focusing on the Future, one recent high school graduate says his temporary position at a local clinic is the pathway to a full-time career. Recent high school graduate Sylvain Farrell invites us into his workplace, Unity Clinic part of Villanova in South Philadelphia. Sylvain's primary responsibility includes registering patients."It kind of controls who is in the building and who is not in the building also to really advocate for walk-in patients," Sylvain said. Many of the patients only speak Indonesian, which is...
UArts Faces Unfair Labor Practices Complaint from Shuttered School’s Union
A union representing faculty and staff members at the University of the Arts has filed an unfair labor practices complaint against the Philadelphia art school, which abruptly shuttered earlier this summer.Rubens Sketch Returns 80 Years After Theft, Ontario Rejects Plan to Build Spa on Modernist Island Complex, and More: Morning Links for June 24, 2024 The complaint, filed with the National Labor Relations Board, alleges that the school declined to “furnish information” following attempts the negotiate severance pay and other matters in the wake of the school’s closure this past June. News of the complaint was first reported by Artnet News...
Holy Family breaks ground on Athletic Fieldhouse
A new era of Holy Family University athletics has just begun. On July 11, the school broke ground on a new fieldhouse facility that is scheduled for completion by the end of the year. The project is the first major addition for the school’s Northeast Philadelphia campus since 2005. The...
The Decision of A Lifetime.
Doylestown’s Chase Harlan Is One Of Many American High School Graduates With Perhaps the Biggest Decision of His Life Right In Front of Him. Each July, just over 600 young men at the peak of athletic perfection and ascending baseball careers face a once in a lifetime decision. Pursue a college experience and education that will reap benefits for both one’s career development and formative adult years — or capitalize on the once and a lifetime chance to play major league baseball.
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