Whitehall Elementary joined Eisenhower and Stewart middle schools on the Department of Education's list of poor performers. Students at those schools may now be eligible to receive up to $15,000 in scholarship aid to attend a different school.
Whitehall Elementary joined Eisenhower and Stewart middle schools on the Department of Education's list of poor performers. Students at those schools may now be eligible to receive up to $15,000 in scholarship aid to attend a different school.
Three schools from the Norristown Area School District have once again appeared on the Pennsylvania Department of Education's list of low-achieving schools. Eisenhower Middle School, Stewart Middle School, and Whitehall Elementary School each ranked in the bottom 15% of aggregated Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) math and reading test results for the 2011-12 school year. Both Eisenhower and Stewart appeared on last year's list as well. For students living in areas served by those schools, the "low-achieving" designation could mean eligibility to take advantage of the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program (OSTCP). The program offers up to $15,000 to attend a non-public school or a public school in a district where they …
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ASTM International empployees accompanied Whitehall students on a trip to the Riverbend Environmental Education Center in Gladwyne Today.
According to a release issued by ASTM International, the West Conshohocken-based company sponsored a field trip for third-graders from Whitehall Elementary on Thursday, May 3. The students travelled to Woodmont, a private estate near Riverbend Environmental Education Center in Gladwyne. The educational class trip featured a Watershed lesson and model as well as activities in Woodmont’s ponds and streams. ASTM International sponsors several field trips a year to Riverbend for local elementary schools in the Norristown, Colonial and Upper Merion school districts. The field trips are part of the children’s classroom science and environment lessons. Riverbend’s mission is to "teach environmental principles to children in Southeastern …
Students raised $2500 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
According to 6ABC Action News, the students at Whitehall Elementary School recently presented a check for $2,554.81 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help people suffering with the diseases. "I wanted to really help the people who have cancer," 8-year-old Bryanna Skipwith told the reporter from Action News who covered the story. "When I was raising money, I asked my mom for all the money in my piggy bank." The children were bolstered when 3rd-grade teacher, Gina Walsh, told them how she lost her brother, Tony Ciaccio Jr., to leukemia at age 30. The children raised $2,054.81 themselves and the Tony Ciaccio Jr. Foundation added an additional $500 (and $1000 for the Ronald McDonald House.) See Action News' coverage in the video above …
9:07 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
With so many sad stories in the new this week about kids and school shootings, it's wonderful to see children show compassion and empathy for kids who are sick with cancer. What a great job they did! more ›
The $7,000 grant from Target is being administered by Young Audiences of New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania.
Whitehall Elementary School recently received a $7,000 grant to develop additional arts and cultural workshops for students of the school. “The grant is funded through Target and Young Audiences of New Jersey and (Eastern) Pennsylvania,” said music teacher Rosalie Hetrick. “Young Audiences has a portfolio of performers you can seek out for assembly programs. In these times of budget cuts, we have not had a lot of quality assembly programs. When I saw the grant was up for grabs, I asked my principal if she would author it with me.” Whitehall applied for the grant in September and received notification that it was a finalist in October. There were approximately 120 applicants for the grant, but only seven recipients, according to Hetrick. …
Whitehall held a dance-a-thon to help kids study for the PSSAs.
Third- and fourth-graders at Whitehall Elementary School recently participated in a Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) dance-a-thon. Students danced until the music stopped and then answered PSSA-type reading or math questions using letter cards. The students had fun and prepared for the PSSA test at the same time.
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10:56 am on Monday, February 11, 2013
Lol I wish my son went to one of those schools I would try my best to get my kids out to a better school..it's not the teaches fault it's the parents fault from birth and the problem kids who don't want to learn and rather watch tv,play video games which there parents let them do for hours a day since birth. I have 4 kids. One in Marshall elementary who is in enrichment/discovery classes and in … more ›