A lost dog was
found yesterday at PPL Park around lunch time. The gentleman who was looking
for him did not leave any contact information. PPL wants to spread the word to
the community to see if they could reconnect the dog with his owner! If you
know anyone who lost their dog yesterday around PPL Park, call: 610-859-3126.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Chester Community Empowerment Summit
February 28th
11:00
am-4:00 pm
St. Luke
Christian Church
320
Tilghman St, Chester, PA 19013
Join us for
5 panels of HOT topics:
Law Enforcement
Education:
Earl Carter
and Daniel Paticca
Entrepreneurship/Job
Readiness/Financial Literacy
Penny Johnson-Church
Prison
Reentry:
(Tracey
Fisher, Jonathan King, Ryan Bradley and Keith Isam Smith)
Youth Only
Panel
(What
adults need to know)
Moderators:
Natosha Warner & Keith Beauford
Food and
giveaways provided! Sign up today!
Contact
Darren at: 484 483-3436 or email:
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Widener Partnership Charter School Accepting Application for Enrollment
Chester, Pa.—The Widener Partnership
Charter School, the state’s first university-based charter school, is accepting
applications for enrollment for the 2015-2016 school year for kindergarten and
open spaces in first through eighth grades.
The deadline for enrollment
applications is Friday, March 20, 2015. To apply, a parent or legal
guardian must come to the school in person to complete an application and
provide the required documentation for identity and residency described on the
website at http://widenerpartnershipcharterschool.org/admissions-2.
The school is located at 1450 Edgmont Avenue in Chester.
All new applicants are
placed into a lottery database, and no discrimination is made based on race,
religion, gender or disability. The school can only accept applications from
families living in the Chester Upland School District.
Widener Partnership
Charter School, which serves K-8 students, has a student body capacity of 450
and a low student-to-teacher ratio. The school provides a holistic approach to
teaching and learning with a focus on critical thinking and hands-on learning.
In addition, the school provides placement counseling for seventh and eighth
graders as they decide where to attend high school.
Widener University
opened the school in 2006 as the first university-based charter school in
Pennsylvania. Widener shares faculty expertise, administrative support, student
interns, and technology resources with the school in a dynamic partnership that
promotes the long-term success of the students. The university has created the Widener Hope
Scholarships to provide up to $100,000 over four years in tuition assistance
for eligible charter school students to attend Widener for undergraduate study.
Monday, February 23, 2015
College Access Center Receives $25,000 Grant from TD Charitable Foundation for Senior Academy
Julani
Ghana (left), director of the College Access Center of Delaware County,
discusses the center’s Senior Academy with TD Bank representatives Thomas A.
Shoemaker and Rachel M. Wilner.
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Chester, Pa.—The College Access
Center of Delaware County has received a $25,000 grant from the TD Charitable
Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America’s most convenient
bank®, to help fund the center’s Senior Academy.
The Senior Academy is a program for
high school seniors who are enrolled in any of the center’s pre-college, career
or academic support programs. Through the program, high school seniors are
provided specialized and individual assistance with their college process
including one-on-one college or career exploration, college application
submissions, essay development, career interest development, financial aid and
scholarship exploration, resume creation and interview preparation. The Senior
Academy currently serves more than 20 students.
In December 2013, TD Charitable
Foundation contributed $52,500 to fund the center’s signature Road Map to
College Program, bringing total contributions to the center to $77,500.
“The TD Charitable Foundation and TD
Bank have been very generous supporters of the College Access Center and the
programming we provide,” said Julani Ghana, director of the College Access
Center. “Their generosity goes far beyond helping support our programs; it
helps to make the dreams of a college education a reality for many of our
students.”
Thomas A. Shoemaker, market
president for the Pennsylvania market for TD Bank; and Rachel M. Wilner, senior
vice president and regional vice president for commercial lending, presented
the check during a ceremony at the center.
“The communities we serve are the
same communities that our employees and customers live in, so it’s important to
keep them vibrant,” Shoemaker said. “The College Access Center of Delaware
County is doing very impressive work in the community and we are extremely
proud to support them.”
The College Access Center of
Delaware County provides free college preparation services to high school students
and adults. Services range from college and career awareness, study skills
development, tutoring, mentoring and assisting high school seniors and their
parents with the college financial aid process.
The center was founded by the
Chester Higher Education Council, a nonprofit organization formed by the
presidents of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Delaware County Community
College, Neumann College, Penn State Brandywine, Swarthmore College and Widener
University to address the educational needs of residents in Chester.
A staunch commitment to
active involvement in the local community is a vital element of the TD Bank
philosophy. TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank® and the TD
Charitable Foundation provide support to affordable housing, financial literacy
and education and environmental initiatives, many of which focus on improving
the welfare of children and families.
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