Education

School supply lists seem to get longer each year, and when you have more than one child to shop for, it can really add up. So it’s no surprise that just about everyone is looking for ways to shop smarter. In the most recent Back-to-School Shopping Forecast survey from PriceGrabber, 95 percent of shoppers...
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Secretary of Banking Steve Kaplan recently congratulated 2 local Pennsylvania high school students who were recently awarded college scholarships by the Charles Schwab Foundation in recognition of their achievements in the National Financial Capability Challenge, an annual online competition sponsored by the U.S. departments of Education and Treasury. The two students are De-Anna Real,...
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The TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to feature tri-county area school district superintendents as the keynote presentation at the first Membership Breakfast of the 2010-2011 program year. Presentations will focus on education plans and strategies within the tri-county area.  The Membership Breakfast will be held on Thursday, September 9, 2010 from 7...
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The image to the left shows what Pottstown and surrounding would look like as of June 15, 2010 if it were centered on 19464. An explosion on the BP operated Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed eleven crew members on April 20, 2010, sparking the greatest environmental disaster in United States history. In combination with...
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Dozens of school districts across Pennsylvania will get a funding boost for a wide range of new construction projects, with attractive financing that will save hundreds of millions of dollars, Governor Edward G. Rendell announced today. Governor Rendell said 46 school districts will receive more than $600 million in bonds made possible through the...
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The Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School in Norristown, Pa announced the graduation of the 2009-2010 high school class with 150 graduates from 43 counties in Pennsylvania. “Today is a special milestone in the lives of our graduates,” said Sheldon Thorpe, President of the Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School Board of Trustees and a pioneer PAVCS parent...
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Immaculata University students who merit inclusion in the Spring 2010 Dean’s List are listed below. To attain Dean’s List status, a student must achieve a grade point average of a 3.7 on a scale of 4.0. Students in the Montgomery County area who made the list include: Angelica Webster ’10 of Pottstown, PA Christopher...
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Devon Preparatory School recently presented several area middle school students with athletic awards during the annual Middle School Sports Banquet held in the school’s athletic facility. Students were honored with Most Valuable Player (MVP), Spirit and Sportsmanship Awards for Basketball, Baseball and Soccer. Those students honored include: BASKETBALL: Eighth Grader Zachary Schellenger of Coatesville...
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Believing that we must recognize and encourage the impressive commitment of our high school students who most excel in and outside the classroom, Congressman Joe Sestak held his fourth-annual Congressional Scholar-Athlete Program Awards Ceremony. The program honors one male and one female senior student from local high schools which 7th District students attend who...
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A Pennsylvania school district that was at the center of a highly publicized “sexting” case was sued Thursday by a teenager who claims her principal confiscated her cell phone, found nude images she had taken of herself and turned it over to prosecutors. Tunkhannock Area High School Principal Gregory Ellsworth illegally searched the 17-year-old’s...
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