Education
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Landenberg Teen, Flute Virtuoso Continues His Studies at Nation’s Gold Standard for Music Programs
Following a lifelong dream, 18-year-old David Lemper of New Garden Township has enrolled in the Interlochen Center for the Arts, a renowned institution in Michigan that is perhaps the gold standard for music programs. Jen Samuel played out the details of this flute virtuoso for the Daily Local News. Lemper moved with his family to…
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North Penn School District Advances Health Clinic Site, Serving Hilltown, New Britain Twp. Educators
The North Penn School District has received a green light from its school board to proceed with a planned health clinic and pharmacy for employees and families. The health service may also extend to students, reports Toni Di Domizio for North Penn Now. The facility’s construction budget is $800,000; however, half of that is expected…
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Pennridge School District Parents Push Back on Book Removal Policies
A group of Pennridge School District parents are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to the reading choices offered to their children. Emily Rizzo reported a grassroots effort to counter the choices that are — and aren’t — available in school libraries. The district finds itself amid divergent viewpoints on appropriate reading…
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Fort Washington Elementary Welcomes Back Students for First Time After Tornado Damaged School Building
Fort Washington Elementary School welcomed students back on Wednesday for the first time after a tornado damaged the school building, reports Deanna Durante for NBC10 Philadelphia. This was technically the kids’ second day inside the school. They attended classes on September 1, but later that day a tornado touched down and tore apart areas all…
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Green Family Foundation and Firstrust Bank Eagerly Anticipate Receipt of College Scholarship Applications from Class of 2022
For the past 53 years, the Green Family Foundation has supported local high schoolers in pursuit of college degrees. It has done so in collaboration with Firstrust Bank, overseeing a scholarship program with far-reaching implications. The charitable outreach is again committing to help area students gain an advanced degree from which to launch a lucrative…
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Drexel Hill Native Bequests ‘Half of What I Have,’ $1 Million, to La Salle University
A Drexel Hill native has made a bequest of more than $1 million to La Salle University in Philadelphia toward its men’s basketball and men’s golf program, states a release from La Salle University at lasalle.edu. John J. Connors, ’who graduated in 1976, now heads a national accounting practice. Connors played on the Explorers men’s…
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Pa. Forum on Educational Funding Shows Bucks County As Scholastic Land of Haves and Have Nots
Karen Downer, president of NAACP Bucks County, shared her observations of disparities in educational funding on a local level, particularly in two Lower Bucks school districts. Samantha Bambino instructed Lower Bucks Times readers on Downer’s assertions. Downer voiced her opinion on the status of school finances at a virtual rally for fair education. Her comments…
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A New You In ’22: Start With a Desales University One Credit Workshop
Give yourself a new start in January of ‘22, enroll in a DeSales University’s 1-credit course today! The DeSales University MBA program is proud to announce its next series of 1-credit courses geared toward the working professional. “Voice of the Customer” will teach you how to capture, analyze and report on customer feedback – expectations,…
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Perkasie Teacher of the Year Earns Honors for Work with English-as-Second-Language Students
TESOL International Association — formerly the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages — has named Meg Eubank from Perkasie its 2022 Teacher of the Year. Fares J. Jaram covered the announcement and Eubank’s backstory for TESOL Connections. Eubank is currently a professor at Bucks County Community College (BCCC). For the past 11 years…
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Central Bucks School District Calls for Substitute Teachers, Waiving Past-Experience Requirements
Central Bucks School District, in dire need of substitutes, is now turning to its community for classroom coverage. Emily Rizzo of WHYY went through the ABCs of how this unusual hiring stance became necessary. This third-largest Pa. district (17,000+ students) found itself caught off guard owing to staff absences and thinning of substitute ranks. COVID-19…
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Join Perkiomen School at Its January 19 Open House
Perkiomen School creates possibilities. Its community is a celebration of individuals, the space is transformative by design, and its impact is future focused. The leadership knows that experience is the best teacher and that the challenges of life can be solved only by digging in, taking part, and pushing through. Since 1875, Perkiomen School has…
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Bucks County’s Reputation for Being Politically ‘Purple’ Now Reflects Local Partisanship Bruising
Once upon a time, Bucks County politics was a known for being amicably purple, a collaborative blend of Republican red and Democrat blue. And, even more granular, the humdrum agenda for school board meetings meant few attendees other than perhaps some parents and locals interested in educational issues. Those days are no more, especially in…
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Bucks County’s First-Generation College Students Dig Deep for Postsecondary Degrees
Bucks County institutions of higher learning have a special subset of their student bodies: those whose pursuit of an advanced degree represents an educational threshold none of their forebears have reached before them. Ashley R. Williams covered these unique seekers of a sheepskin for the Bucks County Courier Times. When Justin Briggs left his home…
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Local Lawmakers Collaborate to Ratchet Up Funding for Technical Trade Education in Bucks County
Technical trade education in Bucks County got a high-octane shot of fuel as county lawmakers secured nearly $100,000 in state funding, according to an item in the Doylestown Observer. State Reps. Perry Warren, John Galloway, and Tina Davis — as well as state Sen. Steve Santarsiero — secured the infusion of capital from through Pennsylvania…
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Villanova University Sees Huge Endowment Gains Despite Pandemic Woes
The pandemic may have created a financial crisis at local colleges and universities, but a year later you’d never know it, as favorable markets and large donations saw endowment gains of 20% at eight universities, writes Kennedy Rose for Philadelphia Business Journal. Villanova University did the best, with endowments increasing 41 percent year over year,…
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Perkiomen School: Exploring the Mental Health Crisis in Teenagers
Anxiety in teenagers is a concern in a world in which COVID-19 is still dominant. A raging pandemic led nearly everyone to experience levels of worry, but the stresses on high school-aged students are a serious concern. Academic pressure has always impacted the lives of teenagers. High school students often feel overworked or unable to…
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DeSales University to Offer Four-Year BSN-DNP Nurse Practitioner Tracks in the Lehigh Valley
With the upcoming launch of three new BSN-DNP Nurse Practitioner (NP) track options at DeSales University, nurses with their bachelor’s degrees will be able to advance their careers and earn a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree in just under four years. The DNP program boasts three new BSN-DNP NP track options — more than…
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Pennsbury School District Censorship Ruling May Ripple Through Other Districts as Well
The fallout of the federal court order against Pennsbury School District may have implications for neighboring educational systems, and perhaps further than that. Maddie Hanna addressed the development for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The order came from U.S. District Judge Gene Pratter, responding to an Oct. 1 suit filed by four residents in the Pennsbury School…
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