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The former Germantown High School as seen in 2023.
Education

Education: Germantown Pride Persists a Decade After School Closures Wounded the Community

May 11, 2023Elizabeth DeOrnellas

Germantown Pride Persists a Decade After School Closures Wounded the Community

Vaux Community Building
Education

Education: Nonprofits Provide Opportunities for Philadelphia Youths

May 11, 2023Ella Lathan

Nonprofits Provide Opportunities for Philadelphia Youths

Kristen Clark
Education

Education: The School Closures Were Traumatic

May 11, 2023Ella Lathan

Kristen Clark said that the school closures of 2012 and 2013 were traumatic.

Fulton Elementary
Education

Education: The Lasting Effects of the 2013 School Closures

May 11, 2023Elizabeth DeOrnellas, Ella Lathan, Michala J Butler, Kendra E Franklin and George W. Miller

Ten years after the School District of Philadelphia closed 24 public schools, the impact looms large.

Inquiry Charter School
Education

Education: Schools Were Closed … but then Returned as Schools

May 11, 2023Ella Lathan

Schools closed in 2013 have been reborn as schools.

Education

Lower Moyamensing: Boosting Literacy Starts Early with Family Storytime at this Library

May 3, 2023Saleh A. Alobaid

In Lower Moyamensing, the benefits — and fun — of fostering young readers is on display at the Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr. Library.

Amateur Sports

Amateur Sports: Philadelphia Catholic League Has Traditions That Extend Beyond the Court. But Can It Continue? 

April 26, 2023Cayden M Steele

For 103 years, the Philadelphia Catholic League (PCL) has influenced generations of basketball players and coaches. That history is rivaled by few, if any, high school basketball leagues across the nation

Amateur Sports

Sports: An AED’s Importance at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School

January 13, 2023Emilie Rae Cochrane

Plymouth Whitmarsh High School prioritizes the health of its students, especially their hearts. With multiple AEDs around the school, the medical and athletic staff are entirely prepared to save anyone who might suffer a cardiac arrest.

Crime

Crime: Heal The Hurt and Value Young Lives

November 28, 2022Haajrah Gilani, George W. Miller and Natalie Elizabeth Kerr

Heal The Hurt and Value Young Lives

Education

Kensington: Building Community at the Al-Aqsa Islamic Day School

June 1, 2022Khauryah Bahman

Al-Aqsa Eman Mustafa is a teacher at Al-Aqsa School, a private Islamic day school that is part of Al-Aqsa Islamic Society mosque at 1501 Germantown Ave. Al-Aqsa is an important center for many Philadelphia muslims, hosting religious services, a halal grocery store, and an Islamic school.

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