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April Showers bring hugs and smiles at Upper Darby High School event
14+ hour, 25+ min ago (427+ words) The Autistic Support and Life Skills Programs at Upper Darby High School held its annual April Showers/Rain Rally Olympics Fundraiser & Awareness Drive on Thursday morning. Under a brilliant blue sky, students had a chance to run, dance, skip and…...
International student takes role of Widener's President for a Day
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1675+ words) CHESTER " A 20-year-old international student who first saw the Widener University campus the day she moved in " after leaving behind her country, family, language and culture and traveling to Pennsylvania from Angola in southern Africa " spent Tuesday, April 21 as the…...
Superintendents" forum: A key way to ensure students" future success
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (517+ words) Daniel Boone Area School District Every few weeks, a local superintendent is asked to write about a topic in education. There are plenty of directions to go " state funding, staffing shortages, test scores, etc. Despite the many options, I keep…...
Haverford High School teacher named National Teacher of the Year
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (670+ words) Haverford High School's Leon Smith has been named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year. On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education announced Smith was named 2026 National Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief State School Officers. This is…...
Supreme Court will hear from religious preschools challenging exclusion from taxpayer-funded program
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (200+ words) The court agreed on Monday to take up the appeal from St. Mary Catholic Parish, which is supported by the Republican Trump administration. Joined by the Archdiocese of Denver, the facilities argue it's unconstitutional to bar them from a taxpayer-funded…...
Education students paint murals at Stonehurst Hills Elementary
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (899+ words) Equipped with paintbrushes and containers of paint, dozens of college and high school students took to the halls and schoolyard of Stonehurst Hills Elementary School on Saturday to add color to brighten the students" time there. "I wanted to help…...
Semper Fi: Paths of Delaware County natives converge in Marine Corps
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1338+ words) Two Delaware County natives who began their Marine Corps careers years apart at the same recruiting station now serve together in leadership roles, an unlikely convergence shaped by decades of dedication to service. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Sean Gallagher, a native…...
Rose Tree considering 3. 5% tax hike, eminent domain on building project
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1122+ words) Rose Tree Media School District is considering a proposed 3. 5 percent real estate tax increase for the coming school year. The proposed budget is $137. 6 million, with the district considering spending $4. 6 million from fund balances. At the April 9 workshop meeting, which went…...
Meet the teachers being honored at the FMFCU Celebration
1+ week, 5+ day ago (848+ words) Greatest teaching satisfaction: Opening students" minds to new ideas, new interests, goals for themselves; working with a student and seeing that light bulb moment; being someone that a student knows is in their corner no matter what. School: Great Valley…...
Kids Kampus Daycare adds a second location
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (569+ words) For the Daily Times Sitting at a C-shaped table and surrounded by coloring materials, Teresa Sweeney has reason to smile. The Folsom native ran a Kids Kampus Daycare for the past 30 years out of Clifton Heights and just opened a…...