Education

https://vimeo.com/29303089] At the start of each school year, teachers at George W. Nebinger struggle to get their class to follow new rules set by new teachers. But Megan Conley’s fourth-grade class already knew what was [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/29234084] Before she found the Germantown Restoration CDC’s food service training program, Chatel Royster was struggling. This time last year, Royster was a victim of the poor economy. After getting laid off from her job [continue reading…]

Located a block away from the heart of El Centro de Oro, the Latino community between Lehigh and Indiana avenues, one will find the Lillian Marrero Branch of Philadelphia’s Free Library system. Several staff members [continue reading…]

A valuable after-school program, Rock to the Future, is giving children and teens in the Kensington area the skills they need to flourish musically and academically. Students from 9 to 14 years old use leased [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/29046810] Ly Nguyen’s classroom on the fourth floor of George W. Nebinger School is a place where students can come, plug into their headphones and recognize something familiar: computers. Nguyen’s classroom is currently the only [continue reading…]

A week ago, students at Germantown High School stepped foot into the classroom for the first time this school year. This year, a few of their school days just got a little longer. Starting on [continue reading…]

Back to school mayhem has begun but teachers at Leslie Pinckney Hill Elementary School are ready for the new year. “I am very excited, I love shopping for school supplies,” said Geralyn McGinty, a second-grade [continue reading…]

Alongside her younger siblings and parents, Monica Rios sat patiently on a wooden bench waiting to be called into the office of George W. Nebinger School to register for her first day of school in [continue reading…]