South of South St. from River to River
Chester Arthur and Stanton Elementary aren’t the only schools seeing improvements to their outdoor spaces. Upgrades will be coming this summer to the John H. Taggart schoolyard, located at 400 W. Porter St. in Whitman.
Continue readingSouthwark Elementary isn’t the only area school seeing some big improvements. Vare-Washington, located at 1198 S. 5th St., has been chosen as a location for the United Way Day of Service in September. With the honor of hosting this service
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Friends of Kirkbride Elementary School at 7th and Dickinson will be hosting the first-ever fundraising event for the friends group on Friday, May 20. A Night Out For Kirkbride will be a silent auction, with money going towards improvements to
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Friends of Chester Arthur, the community group working to improve the school at 20th and Catharine, just raised a pretty big chunk of money. At their recent Friends Night Out fundraising auction, $55,000 was raised to contribute towards the improvements
Continue readingAt a recent School Reform Commission meeting, principal of Southwark Elementary, Andrew Lukov, sat on a board to discuss the effective use of School Advisory Councils. Southwark Elementary is one of the schools setting an example, with the use of
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