Education
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Mancini Sisters From Media Give Cross Country a Run for Its Money
If you’re at a La Salle University cross country track meet and you’re looking for the Mancini sisters, look toward the front of the pack, writes Mike Jensen for The Philadelphia Inquirer. El Mancini is a sophomore. She has a twin sister, Liz. There’s Grace, a senior. And now Christine, a freshman. The sisters, who…
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Annual Blessing of the Animals Event at Neumann University Set Sunday, Sept. 29
The Blessing of the Animals, a popular annual event for pet owners in Delaware County, will take place on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 4 p.m. in the St. John Neumann Circle at Neumann University. This celebration is held yearly to commemorate St. Francis of Assisi’s love for creation an d for all of God’s creatures.…
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Prendie’s Been Sold: Former High School Clears Another Hurdle Toward Becoming a College Campus
The former Archbishop Prendergast High School building, which started out as an orphanage before being converted to a prominent Catholic high school, now seems destined to be a new community college campus. Delaware County Community College and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia have signed an agreement of sale for the building at Garrett Road and Lansdowne…
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He Took Biology on a Dare. Now’s He’s Got Video of a Giant Squid
Sönke Johnsen chose to study physics at Swarthmore College in the 1980s because it was close to a family friend’s hardware store. That’s just one of many paths for Johnsen that led him to help capture the first video of a giant squid in U.S. waters, writes Carter Forinash for The Chronicle. His physics dream…
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Students From West Chester Bond With Chester Kids in Memory of a Fellow Teen
The loving memory of a 17-year-old has brought students from West Chester and Chester together, writes Beill Rettew for the Daily Times. Henderson High School student volunteers have developed relationships with hundreds of Chester youth, offering tutoring and swimming lessons to pick-up games and arts and crafts. Andrew Hicks had started the tradition 10 years…
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For WilmU’s Transfer Students, a Degree Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
By David Bernard You can’t really describe an incoming class at Wilmington University as new students. Every year, most of the newest students to arrive at WilmU aren’t new to college classrooms or coursework at all, and they’re not starting their studies from square one. In fact, for many incoming students, and for many reasons,…
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Columnist: Independent Colleges Contribute $24 Billion to Pennsylvania Economy
Delaware County’s independent colleges make a substantial contribution to the state’s economy and serve as community anchors, writes Tom Foley, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Pa, in a guest column for the Daily Times. In Southeast Pennsylvania alone, 36 independent schools – including Delaware County’s Cabrini, Eastern, Harcum, Haverford, Neumann,…
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Penn Wood High Athletes Learn About Sports Jobs That Go Beyond the Field
Penn Wood High athletes in Lansdowne are discovering alternative sports careers beyond playing or coaching, thanks to a sports broadcasting partnership at the high school, writes Aaron Carter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Ari Bluestein, owner of the Sports Fan Base Network, called in March looking to broadcast Penn Wood athletic events for SFBN, an online…
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Three Public High Schools in Delaware County Among Philadelphia Magazine’s Top 40
When it comes to academic performance and learning environment, three public schools in Delaware County rise above the rest, according to an article on the 40 Best Public High Schools in Philadelphia and the Suburbs by Philadelphia Magazine. To determine the best 40 public high schools in Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia Magazine used the latest data…
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Life at Villanova’s Commons: Dorm Life Was Never Like This
Villanova’s new dorms, The Commons, offer more than just living space. There’s two fitness centers and in 2020, the 200-seat Refectory restaurant will open, along with the Parliament Expresso & Coffee Bar, writes Melissa Jacobs for Main Line Today. A performing arts center and a five-level parking garage will follow. Villanova’s once-modest Lancaster Avenue entrance…
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Swarthmore College Captures Number Three Spot in Nation for Best Liberal Arts College
Swarthmore College was ranked the third best liberal arts college in the nation by U.S. News and World Reports, receiving a score of 93 out of 100, according to its performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Here’s other rankings for Swarthmore College. 4th in Best Values School. 9th in Undergraduate Teaching,…
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Color Blind: Student Video Captures Life-Changing Moment
A simple act of kindness, captured on camera in December at Neumann University, has become the pivotal moment in a student-produced video that is now nominated for a national award. “Jake Loburak: The Colorblind Videographer,” a 90-second video produced by communications and digital media (CDM) majors Sean Spence and Jake Loburak, is one of four…
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New Classrooms, Gym, Labs and More Greet Students at Expanded Aston DCIU Facility
The education center at the Aston campus of the Delaware County Intermediate Unit has expanded and modernized, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. The center now has two new wings of classrooms, therapeutic rooms, conference and meeting space, a new gym, playgrounds and upgrade, state-of-the-art career and technical education labs and classrooms.…
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Gov. Wolf’s Vow to Restructure Charter School Sector Could Benefit School Districts Like Chester-Upland
Gov. Tom Wolf has vowed to restructure Pennsylvania’s charter school sector, a move that could end up benefitting the Chester-Upland School District in the long run, writes Valerie Strauss for The Washington Post. Three years ago, the state’s auditor general referred to the state charter law as the worst in the nation. Charter schools are…
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New Springfield High School Starts to Take Shape; Scheduled to Open September 2020
A new state-of-the-art high school in Springfield is starting to take shape as the 2019-20 school year gets underway, writes Susan L. Serbin for the Delaware County News Network. The new school on South Rolling Road at the SEPTA rail line was a decade in the making. The process included five town hall meetings…
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Table Shows a Wide Income Range Between Delco’s Wealthiest School Districts…and Its Poorest
Several of the region’s wealthiest to poorest school districts exist under Delaware County’s umbrella, writes Kennedy Rose and Ethan Lott for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Journal looked at school districts in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, ranking them by median household incomes. The data is based on five-year estimates from the U.S.…
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‘Eye on Caring’ the Theme for Harcum College’s 2019-20 Lecture Series
Harcum College’s annual lecture series returns with the theme “Eye on Caring” – a slate of four free events with topics related to caring. The first event, “The Business of Caring,” takes place Thursday, Sept. 26, at 3 PM in the Strauss Family Rotunda of the Trout Library. The speakers include three women in leadership…
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Great Value for Your College Tuition Dollar
By David W. Clark, Ed.M. An evening program for college-bound high school students and parents: Become a savvy college consumer. So little time, so many choices. This workshop will include strategies for making the college search work for you and help in de-mystifying paying for college. Sept. 9 at 7 PM: Newtown Public Library (201…
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