PSU Brandywine Hosts Travel to Barcelona, Rome, China

Penn State Brandywine Global Programs has released its upcoming study abroad lineup for the 2013-14 academic year.

Who's Speaking at Commencement?

Find out who'll give the addresses at local college graduations for the Class of 2013.

Here are the Class of 2013 undergraduate commencement speakers for some Philadelphia-area colleges, in chronological order. Information is obtained by the schools' websites unless otherwise noted. Valley Forge Christian College, Friday, May 3: Pastor Mark Batterson  Penn State Brandywine, Saturday, May 4: David H. Lipson Jr., a 1978 Penn State graduate and the president of the company that publishes Philadelphia Magazine St. Joseph's University, Saturday, May 11: Elisabeth A. Hagen, a 1991 graduate and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Undersecretary for Food Safety Chestnut Hill College, Saturday, May 11: Mary Louise Quinlan, author of “The God Box: Sharing My Mother’s Gift of Faith, Love, and Letting Go”  Rosemont College, Saturday, …

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Teacher Spotlight: Media Elementary's Tracey Fritch

This Media Elementary reading specialist started her career in business but knew teaching is what she really want to do with her life.

Teacher Spotlight is where we will feature a local teacher who deserves recognition. Teachers give a lot to their students, schools and studies and we'd like to recognize them and say a simple, thank you, for all that they do. This Media Elementary School reading specialist teacher has the opportunity to help all of the students in the school. She says the Media Elementary students are just awesome.   Teacher: Tracey Fritch School: Media Elementary School Grade/Subject: Reading Specialist for Kindergarten through 5th grades Years in the industry: 17 years Teaching History: Fritch has spent most of her teaching career in the Rose Tree Media School District, starting as a second grade teacher and then a reading teacher at Glenwood Elementary…

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Newsweek Ranks Penncrest Among US High Schools

The magazine's 2013 rankings came out Monday.

On mobile? You can see interactive map here.   Newsweek has ranked Penncrest High School as the #549 high school in the country. In Pennsylvania, Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia received the highest ranking of #56. Locally, Conestoga High School in Berwyn was ranked #124, Harriton High School #219, Radnor High School #255, Strath Haven High School #291, Lower Merion High School #321, Springfield High School #648, Haverford High School #742 and Marple Newtown High School #1096. For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the U.S., with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013. You can see the details about Penncrest High School's ranking, and every other ranked high …

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Susan

10:17 am on Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Scott, I encourage you to attend the RTM School Board Committee Meetings. You can hear for yourself how the current members of the school board (including 2 who are up for reelection, Nancy Mackrides and Linda Kinsler-Fox) justify the per pupil expenditures and spin the performance of RTM schools in light of the $20,000 figure. Private industry would come to a different cost/benefit assessment.   more ›

PSU Brandywine Graduates 129 Students

The Class of 2013 graduated from the school on Saturday.

Penn State Brandywine honored its Class of 2013 in its Spring Commencement ceremony on Saturday. The class' 129 students accepted their degrees, including 68 from Delaware County, according to the Delaware County Daily Times. During the campus tradition of allowing each student to speak during the ceremony, Bethanne Seufert, of Media, thanked her “fantastic professors” and her three children and husband for “being there through it all," according to the Delco Times.  Read more about the ceremony including Chancellor Sophia Wisniewska's remarks to her final graduation class as she also moves on from her role as chancellor here on the Delaware County Daily Times. 

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$66K Raised for PSU Brandywine Students

Penn State Brandywine’s annual Spring Soiree semi-formal fundraiser raised $66,000 for students at the campus.

Penncrest Football Team Commits to 26 Acts of Kindness

In response to the Sandy Hook massacre that shocked the nation, the Penncrest High School Football Team committed to the 26 Acts of Kindness Campaign, to undertake one act of kindness for each of the 26 innocent lives that were lost.

RTM School Board Proposes $84M Budget

The final budget adoption is expected to take place at the May 23 meeting.

The Rose Tree Media School Board proposed the 2013-2014 general fund budget at a special meeting on April 9. The final budget adoption is expected to take place at the May 23 meeting. If approved, the proposed $84,335,989 budget would bring a tax increase of 1.7 percent for a millage rate of 22.9913, according to the April 9 meeting minutes. A 1.7 percent increase equates to an annual increase of $77 for the average home assessment of $204,941, according to RTM Director of Management Services Grace Eves. "The proposed budget is a work in progress and may change before final adoption," Eves said in an email message. "The administration will continue to review revenues and expenditures until the final budget adoption on May 23." In January, …

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Bart

7:21 am on Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Unfortunately, the annual raises have outpaced the cost of living so it keeps adding up. Plus, the 70% of us who don't utilize the schools are tired if funding those who do. If funds were managed better, it may not be a big deal but when we read things like the District getting into the natural gas industry for minimal return on investment, it tends to raise the hair on our necks. We could do …   more ›