Education
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Gov. Wolf to End to School Mask Mandates, But Some Bucks County Districts Would Rather Wait and See
The announcement from Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf of a January 17, 2022, statewide end school mask mandates has several Bucks County School Districts ready to comply and others planning a cautious second semester. Alicia Roberts covered the different reactions for CBS Philly. Citing the past logistics of getting students to respond to ongoing policy changes,…
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Chestnut Hill College Students Gain Business Expertise From Vanguard’s Former CEO
Chestnut Hill College offers for its Business Students, both traditional (SUS) and nontraditional (Accelerated Adult Degree Program), the ability to participate in its Business Lecture Series. Recently, Bill McNabb, former CEO, Vanguard, spoke to a packed room of business students and discussed financial literacy and the ABCs of investing. “He discussed leadership skills and the…
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Join Jenkintown’s Manor College Virtual Gala Honoring Leslie Turner, Esq.
Join Jenkintown’s Manor College for an Evening with Manor, Virtual Gala as they honor Leslie Turner, Esq. You won’t want to miss this exciting virtual event that includes fabulous entertainment; a cocktail-making demonstration; a chance to win fabulous raffle baskets, and more! Follow the live-streaming event here. Leslie Turner, Esq., is the honoree, as she is a…
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Mensa International Admits Quakertown Five-Year-Old to Its Worldwide Rank of High-IQ Smarties
Mensa International, the global society for high-IQ individuals, has recognized the outstanding intelligence of five-year-old Kipton Hardcastle from Quakertown. Ashley Johnson covered this remarkable kindergartener’s achievement for 6abc. Hardcastle earned his way into this elite organization by surpassing its threshold IQ test (130) by eight points. The U.S. is well represented in Mensa, with more…
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Nationally Syndicated Cartoonist Inspires Area Students with His Story of Risk-Taking, Resilience
When Church Farm School administrators Margaret van Steenwyk and Chet Blair were pondering a speaker for Parents’ Weekend, they thought back to some of the most impactful speakers they had ever heard. Robb Armstrong, creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip JumpStart, immediately came to mind as both van Steenwyk and Blair had listened to…
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Council Rock School District Among Region’s Leaders in Number of Granted Mask Exemptions
The scholastic mask debate continues to play out in the region’s schools, where Council Rock School District is among the leaders for the number of granted exemptions. Maddie Hanna uncovered the details for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Council Rock district granted exceptions to nearly 20 percent of its 10,500 students. The allowances amounted to more than…
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‘Women Bike Dtown’ Riders Use Cycles, Not Brooms, for Bewitching Fundraiser
Bicycling and witches may only be linked by the memory of The Wizard of Oz, in which Dorothy’s nemesis, the prim Miss Gulch (and her distinct theme music), morph into a cackling, black-hatted broom pilot. But for the sixth year in a row, a coven of witches on bikes recently flew down State Street in…
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Academic/Professional Label as ‘Other’ Guides Dr. Anne Prisco at Holy Family University
Dr. Anne Prisco, new president of Holy Family University, continues to work to make her students and staff safe from the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. But she’s also prioritizing other initiatives, reports Nigel Thompson of Al Día News. Prisco mandated vaccines and masks campus wide, positioning them as in step with the school’s mission and values.…
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In a State Where Locals Can Spell Schuylkill and Conshohocken, Pa.’s Most Commonly Misspelled Word Is Surprising
When it comes to locations, Pennsylvanians can navigate spelling names that would stop most Americans in their tracks: Passyunk. Monongahela. Punxsutawney. But a real toughie in the Keystone State is the proper spelling of sauerkraut. Google Trends came up with a state-by-state list of words whose correct spellings were searched online. Pennsylvania’s turned out to…
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U.S. News: Villanova University Makes List of Best Global Universities
Villanova University has made the U.S. News and World Report 2022 Best Global University list, coming in ninth among 10 total Pennsylvania universities on the list, writes Pat Ralph for Philly Voice. It was one of five in the Philadelphia region to make the list, joining the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Drexel University, and…
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Truman High School Health/Phys Ed Teacher Wins National Award for Remote Instruction
Harry S. Truman High School health/physical-education instructor Suzanne Denny was one of six educators nationwide recognized for teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. The honor came from Instructure, a Salt Lake City supplier of education technology. Instructure recognizes “outstanding U.S. educators working to embrace remote learning, prepare students for the workforce, and support student success and…
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Chestnut Hill College Celebrates 35 New Doctors in Clinical Psychology in Official Hooding Ceremony
On Sunday, October 3rd, Chestnut Hill College formally celebrated the hooding of 35 students who had received their Doctors in Clinical Psychology in the years 2020 and 2021, with half of them attending the in-person ceremony. Two of the graduates; Paula Cortes-Daryanani and Janeé Stevenson even traveled a long distance from Hawaii and Texas respectively…
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Devilish Effort to Halt Central Bucks School District Face-Covering Policy Links Masks With Satanism
Four Bucks County families have turned to the federal court system to halt the mask mandate of Central Bucks School District. Most of their objections are standard for people who find the policies an overreach. One, however, dials up the heated rhetoric with a mention of Satanism. Victor Fiorillo peered into that darkness for Philadelphia…
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Doylestown Venture Capitalist Paul Martino Funds $500,000 Effort to Ensure Pandemic-Related School Closings Don’t Happen Again
Paul Martino, a venture capitalist parent from Doylestown, started the “Back to School PA” advocacy group in response to statewide closures of public schools because of COVID-19 concerns. The move to virtual classrooms disappointed the father of two Central Bucks School District students. And his organization is designed to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Maddie…
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Chestnut Hill College Celebrates Special Golden Griffins Ceremony
At Chestnut Hill College, their alumni are the heartbeat of our institution. Every year, it is the great pleasure of the College to celebrate and honor a very special group of alumni, their Golden Griffins. Golden Griffins are alumni who have graduated from the College 50 years ago or more, and each year, a new class is…
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Manor College Student Riley Baltimore Studying Pre-Nursing Remotely
Riley Baltimore admits that she prefers learning in person. There’s just a different element sitting in a classroom to write notes and learn from the professors, she says. But when the call came to serve her country during Summer 2020, virtual learning became necessary to complete her degree at Manor College. Baltimore deployed for the…
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Chestnut Hill College Receives PSMLA Award For Excellence in World Languages
In celebration of a fervent commitment to the study of world languages, Chestnut Hill Chestnut is proud to be the recipient of the 2021 Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association (PSMLA) Merit Award. Given annually, the PSMLA Merit Award recognizes the dedication of individuals and institutions who have provided exceptional service in promoting and supporting the…
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TikTok Challenges, Social Media Stirring Up Concerns at Local School Districts
School districts like Ridley and Upper Darby are facing a new problem in social media — TikTok challenges, writes Maddie Hanna and Kristen A. Graham for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Ridley was hit with multiple incidents of toilets being clogged with paper towels. “That’s when we started to find out that there’s this little challenge going…
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