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Community demands oversight from Great Valley schools after students lewdly impersonated teachers on TikTok
Teachers and parents packed a school board meeting in Malvern on Monday demanding more oversight and education in social media use after it came to light that middle school students impersonated nearly two dozen of their teachers on TikTok.
1 Delaware County School District Is in the Top 10 for Entire Nation
A Delaware County school district has made a list of the top 10 best school districts in America. A school district in Delaware County is back on top in a Niche ranking of the best school districts in America, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. Radnor Township School District...
Abington schools hire Dr. Carmen Lesesne as new Equity Officer
The Abington School District announced that Dr. Carmen Lesesne has been hired as the district’s new Equity Officer. Dr. Lesesne, who was appointed at the February 27 meeting of the Board of School Directors, comes to Abington after previously serving as an assistant professor at Lincoln University in the graduate school of education.
La Salle grads Kathy and Ward Fitzgerald named recipients of 2024 St. Charles Borromeo Award
La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor announced that Kathy and Ward Fitzgerald, Class of 1981, have been named recipients of this year’s Saint Charles Borromeo Award, an annual honor which recognizes those who lead lives of deeply impactful service to others with humility. Most Reverend Nelson J. Pérez,...
Former Pottstown Student Among 67 Graduates of Adult Diploma Program
Mohamed Elbahwati who dropped out of Pottstown High in 2019, just two months before graduation, got his diploma at Helms Academy. Mohamed Elbahwati dropped out of Pottstown High in 2019, just two months before graduation, writes Kristen A. Graham for The Philadelphia Inquirer. He was struggling with depression, anxiety, and...
YWCA Education Center Receives Dollar General Support
POTTSTOWN PA – An $8,000 grant given to the YWCA Tri-County Area will support the local non-profit’s adult literacy education program, it reported Thursday (July 11, 2024). The grant benefits curriculum, supplemental reading materials, student workbooks and texts, and instruction at the YWCA’s Pottstown center, 724 N. Adams...
Upper Moreland Senior Little League wins state championship, advances to East Region Tournament
The Upper Moreland Senior Little League team defeated Hollidaysburg Little League 7-2 on Saturday, July 13 to claim the Pennsylvania state championship. The boys defeated Dubois Little League 9-6 on Thursday, July 11 to advance to the final round. They now move on to the Senior East Region Tournament which...
McDevitt’s 1966 XC team to be inducted into Belmont Plateau Cross Country Hall of Fame
Bishop McDevitt High School’s 1966 cross country team will be inducted into the Belmont Plateau Cross Country Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 24, Friends of Bishop McDevitt announced. The ceremony will take at the Belmont Plateau Park in Philadelphia. More about the ceremony and the team’s accomplishments can...
High School Football: 2024 Great Lakes Region Top RBs
Who are the top high school football players heading into the 2024 season? This is the latest article in a series cataloging the top prep players in the Great Lakes Region. Athletes from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are eligible for recognition. All players mentioned are also eligible to make @EFrantMP’s Annual Preseason All-Great Lakes Football Teams, which will be released in August.
Webinar: Redesigning Democracy – Jul 30
We know our democracy doesn’t work for everyone. National frustration with the US political system and with each other is causing people to turn away. Young people especially are disillusioned and unlikely to vote this fall or participate in other democratic practices. This is where higher education can intervene. Colleges and universities can help by creating opportunities for critical conversations to take place—in the classroom and on campus—about the future of democracy.
Discover Global Flavors at Swarthmore College i20 Club’s Fall Fest
Community is at the heart of Swarthmore College, and this sense of community is evident right from the First Collection ceremony at the Amphitheater, with all peers from your class year. This spirit of togetherness is also reflected in all other clubs and affinity groups on Swarthmore’s campus. While I believe the glue that holds club members together is the shared sense of value and respect, the shared meals are definitely a plus.
Webinar Recording: MUJ Dialogue Series: Public Scholarship for Innovative Practice
Guest editors and authors of Metropolitan Universities journal, Vol. 35 No. 1 (2024): Productive Tensions and Uncomfortable Conversations recently joined Editor Patrick M. Green for a conversation on the role of higher education institutions in fostering epistemic justice. Panelists: Guest editors: Jennifer Britton, Drexel University; Matthew Durington, Towson University; Katherine...
Nominations still open for Jenkintown Alumni Hall of Fame Award, district launches new website
The Jenkintown School District announced that it is still accepting nominations for the annual Alumni Hall of Fame Award which honors “distinguished alumni who have made significant contributions professionally or publicly, positively impacting their workplaces or the broader community,” the district said. Recipients will be inducted during the...
2024 PACIE Conference: Foundations for a Global-Ready Future – Oct 25-26
For more than 50 years, the Pennsylvania Council for International Education (PACIE) has worked to strengthen international education across the state. Join us in Philadelphia at Temple University for the 2024 PACIE Conference: Foundations for a Global-Ready Future, October 25-26, 2024, to network, share resources, and enhance your skills, all towards advancing global learning throughout the Commonwealth.
Research Associate / Project Manager | Philadelphia, USA | EMLab
The EMLab at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design is seeking applications for a full-time research associate as part of its role in the Natural Infrastructure Innovation Project (NIIP) funded through the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Engineering with Nature (EWN) Program. The Environmental Modeling Lab (EMLab) is an applied research unit of the Weitzman School of Design’s McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, specializing in the analysis, simulation, design, and visualization of environmental systems. The EMLab is positioned to work productively with both academic and private-sector partners to expand the role of sensing, simulation, and modeling within contemporary landscape architecture practice, in addition to serving as a bridge between the design fields and infrastructural and ecological engineering.
Brown: SJU President Dr. Cheryl McConnell tapped by Mayor Cherelle Parker to serve on ‘Eds and Meds Roundtable’
The news was released on June 12 that Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker has formed “Roundtables,” comprising a dozen groups of leaders to advise on major Philadelphia sectors. According to a July 2 news item, Saint Joseph’s University President Cheryl A. McConnell, PhD, was invited to participate by Mayor...
PA All-State guard Gabe Tanner announces Temple offer
Rising senior guard Gabe Tanner of The Perkiomen School in Pennsburg, Pa., announced Saturday on social media that he has received a scholarship offer from Temple. The 6-4 combo guard's profile has risen and he has received several offers following his standout performance at the Mid-Atlantic Independent School Team Camp at Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J., two weeks ago.
VSP Vision Awards Six Scholarships at 2024 National Optometric Association Convention
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.—VSP Vision announced that it had recognized six optometry students during the annual National Optometric Student Association Scholarship ceremony, part of the four-day National Optometric Association (NOA) convention held recently in Philadelphia. The celebration honored each students’ leadership and service to the optometric profession. Five students were awarded the Dr. Marvin R. Poston Leadership Award, provided in partnership with NOA in honor of Dr. Poston, the first Black optometrist on the West Coast and co-founder of VSP Vision.
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