Education
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Where Does Valley Forge Military Academy Rank Among Nation’s Best Military Academies?
Valley Forge Military Academy & College in Wayne ranks eighth on Newsmax’s recently published list of the 10 Best Military Academies in America. The schools that made it onto the list are mostly male-only institutions, and they all provide a rigid environment that instills leadership responsibilities, self-confidence, and very high values in students. In addition…
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Yoga Helps Glen Mills Students Reduce Stress, Manage Anger, Improve Sleep
Students at the Glen Mills Schools are enjoying a new experience – instruction in yoga, reports Trish Hartman for 6ABC. The yoga class is being offered at the residential school for court-adjudicated youth by the nonprofit Transformation Yoga Project. “Research backs that the tools of yoga can be incredible for your own self-regulation, anger management,…
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Cardinal O’Hara Hosts Service to Celebrate Life of Longtime Teacher, Basketball Coach
The life of Harrison “Buddy” Gardler, whose teaching and coaching career spanned five decades, mostly at Cardinal O’Hara High School, was celebrated recently with a funeral service at O’Hara, writes John Knebels for CatholicPhilly.com. Gardler, 72, of Springfield, was an English and history teacher, as well as the boys basketball coach at O’Hara for 32…
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First-Year Students at Neumann University Provide Day of Service to the Community
One day after they moved into residence halls, more than 300 first-year students at Neumann University flooded local organizations, schools, and charities to provide a day of service to the community. At 8:30 AM last Friday, students packed the Mirenda Center to learn their destinations, meet their faculty/staff facilitators, and load buses and vans for…
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South Korean Students Learn About American Culture During Visit to Penn State Brandywine
Seven students from South Korea visited Penn State Brandywine for three weeks as part of the school’s unique educational partnerships with two universities from the Asian nation, writes Haleigh Swansen for Penn State News. The visit comes a year after the Brandywine students visited Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul for five weeks as part of the…
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Faith-Based Group to No Longer Give Sex-Ed Lectures at Strath Haven High School
The Wallingford-Swarthmore School District will no longer invite a faith-based group in Drexel Hill to give sex-ed lectures to students in health class at Strath Haven High School, after a senior alleged that its teachings were not factually accurate, writes Kathy Boccella for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Superintendent Lisa Palmer sent an e-mail to parents stating…
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Delco D.A. on Teacher Safety Workshop: ‘We Don’t Have Luxury of Living in an Ivory Tower’
A two-day workshop for classroom teachers and other school employees that offered training in conflict management, self-defense, classroom security, and how to stop bleeding was held recently at Penn State Brandywine, writes Kathleen Carey for the Delaware County News Network. The program – “Teacher Safety Workshop: Protecting Those Who Protect Our Children” – was sponsored…
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Neumann University Bucks National Trend with 22 Percent Increase in Freshmen
Maintaining student enrollment has been difficult for colleges in many parts of America during the last several years. Overall college enrollment in the U.S. declined for the sixth straight year in 2017 with institutions in the Midwest and Northeast being hit the hardest. Private colleges and universities are feeling the most pressure with more than…
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Average Student Debt in Pennsylvania the Highest in the Nation
The average student debt in Pennsylvania is the highest in the nation, checking in at more than $35,000 per student for the second consecutive year, write Alison Burdo and Craig Ey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Even more troubling is the debt carried by those who earn a bachelor’s degree from the state’s public universities.…
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Caddie Academy Arrives at Newtown Square’s Aronimink Golf Club
The Western Golf Association Caddie Academy started a new chapter this summer in the Philadelphia area called Eastern Caddie Academy, writes Donald Hunt for The Philadelphia Tribune. This is the first time that local students have a chance to learn caddying at local country clubs like Newtown Square’s Aronimink Golf Club, the site of the…
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Student Flourishes at Delaware County Community College to Become Family’s First Grad
When Yesenia Diaz Lopez graduated in May, she wore two hats: her commencement cap and, atop that, a small sombrero. The sombrero was emblazoned with the name of her home country of Mexico. Her graduation cap was decorated with the words “My Family’s 1st Grad.” The tradition of cap decorating allows graduates to share a…
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New Study Ranks Local Colleges by Value
Niche.com has published its rankings of the Best Value Colleges in Greater Philadelphia, a list that focus on what a degree from each school can do for a student’s future career and earning potential, writes Clara Lefton for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Some of the factors taken into account were average earnings two and six…
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Delaware County Home to Five of State’s Top 50 Public High Schools
Five high schools in Delaware County are among the Top 50 public high schools in Pennsylvania for 2019, according to a list recently published by Niche.com. The rankings are based on rigorous analysis of data on academic and student life, as well as test scores, college data, and ratings from millions of users. Radnor checked…
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Neumann University Nursing Major from Lansdowne Creates Foundation to Improve Children’s Health
Laura Bien-Aime, a junior majoring in nursing at Neumann University, has a mission to teach children simple strategies to live healthier lifestyles. This is the basis of a nonprofit foundation she created called Laura’s Children Foundation (LCF). The Lansdowne native has firsthand experience of what it means to live a healthy lifestyle. Through changing her…
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Contracts Worth $71 Million Awarded for Construction of New Springfield High School
The Springfield School District has awarded close to $71 million in contracts as part of Phase One of its master plan to build a new high school, writes Susan Serbin for Springfield Press. The contracts cover work specific to both the new high school and portions of the stadium at the Saxer Avenue and South…
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Garnet Valley High School’s Hybrid Approach to Learning Seen as the Future of Education
Garnet Valley High School is pioneering a new format for courses by offering students the opportunity to learn at home, school, or a combination of the two, writes Kathy Boccella for the Philadelphia Inquirer. This new hybrid approach to learning is seen by the school district as the future of education. This is why Garnet…
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Neumann to the Rescue! University Salvages Wedding Reception of Aston Couple
Gabrielle Porter and Zachary Edwards married on Saturday, July 21. It was a day their families had eagerly anticipated for months, until the week before the wedding, when a very gloomy weather forecast threatened their plans. The Aston couple had arranged to hold their reception outdoors, at the home of an aunt who lives in…
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Cheyney University to Partner with Thomas Jefferson, Starbucks as Part of New Business Model
Cheyney University is planning to partner with Thomas Jefferson University and Starbucks as part of its new business model, writes Susan Snyder for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The goal is to create a new institute focused on African-Americans promoting the school’s legacy as the oldest historically black college in the nation. The Cheyney University Institute for…
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