$1
Million PECO and Exelon Foundation Donation to Support Youth Education in
Chester
What: PECO and the Exelon Foundation will announce a grant of $1
million to Widener University to expand educational opportunities for students
at the Widener Partnership Charter School in Chester.
The grant -- $750,000 from PECO and
$250,000 from the Exelon Foundation -- will help the school improve
science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education resources as the
school expands to serve seventh and eighth graders over the next two
years. The grant also will fund new programs to encourage parental
involvement and a feasibility study of school expansion options.
Who: Denis O’Brien, senior executive vice president of
PECO’s parent company Exelon and CEO of Exelon Utilities, and Widener
University President James T. Harris III will be joined by Widener
Partnership Charter School President and CEO Rosemaria McNeil-Sampson,
and
State Senator Dominic Pileggi in
making the announcement. Widener Partnership Charter School students will also
be in attendance to celebrate the establishment of the new program.
When: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
11:30-1:30 p.m.
Remarks will begin promptly at Noon
Where: Widener Partnership Charter School
1450 Edgmont Avenue,
1450 Edgmont Avenue,
Chester, PA 19013
Background: With a principal focus on math, science and environmental
education, PECO supports programs which encourage students from all backgrounds
to stay in school, develop their talents and continue their education beyond
high school. Since 1969, PECO has sponsored the Philadelphia Academies’ Academy
of Applied Electrical Science. As part of its mission, the Exelon Foundation
supports innovative math and science education programs in the communities the
Exelon family of companies serves.
In
2011, PECO invested $1 million in a similar collaboration with Drexel
University to enhance STEM resources at schools in the Mantua/Powelton Village
communities.
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