Monday, May 21, 2012
Wissahickon senior Matthew Schulman was awarded the William F. Dannehower Memorial Scholarship for his athletic abilities, academics, and a 900-mile, two-month hike on the Appalachian Trail to raise money for Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Wissahickon High School’s Matthew Schulman was awarded the William F. Dannehower Memorial Scholarship by the Triangle Club of Montgomery County because of his athletic abilities, academics, and a 900-mile, two-month hike on the Appalachian Trail to raise money for Make-A-Wish Foundation. The hike, which Schulman told the Times Herald fulfilled his childhood dream as well as helped a potentially terminally ill girl fulfill her dream as well. At Wissahickon, Schulman played tennis, baseball, soccer and cross country, as well as played baseball on the Wissahickon Junior Legion team He’s active in the high school’s newspaper’ is a STARS tutor, co-president of the National Honor Society and plays saxophone in the jazz band. Schulman was awarded…
Friday, May 18, 2012
A total of 1,563 students received their degrees and certificates from Montgomery County Community College on Thursday evening.
Montgomery County Community College graduated their largest class in school history on Thursday evening, as family and friends packed the Blue Bell campus to see the1,563 students receive their degrees and certificates. The graduating class represents an increase of more than 18-percent from last year, which also includes the highest amount of west-campus graduates in a given year at 293. This year's class also boasted 11 Honors Program participants, 44 students with a 3.9 GPA or higher, and 49 foreign students from 23 countries. Keynote speaker William Truehart, who serves as president and CEO for "Achieving the Dream", spoke to students regarding the importance of a college education in our society, and Montgomery County Commissioner …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
If you can't make it to tonight's MCCC graduation ceremony, you can watch live from your computer or mobile device.
Tonight, Montgomery County Community College will graduate its largest class in the school’s history tonight at 7 p.m. at the Central Campus in Blue Bell. The College is warning students and guests that traffic around the college can get extremely congested and to allow for extra travel time to get to the campus. If you cannot make it to the campus for graduation, the College is live streaming the event beginning at 6:30 p.m. on their website. To view the live webcast of the MCCC graduation, click here.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The Wissahickon School Board will vote on the final proposed budget for the 2012-13 school year, which includes no tax increases for residents.
With the Wissahickon School Board preparing to vote on Monday, June 11 on the final proposed 2012-13 budget, which includes no tax increase to residents, a new report by the PA Independent has ranked the district 18th in the state in terms of its uncommitted general fund balance, which stood at about $19.05 million last June 30, when the numbers were compiled. According to budget documents published by the district, Wissahickon’s fund balance is estimated to have $17.71 million at the beginning of the 2012-13 school year. Across Pennsylvania, the PA Independent estimates that school districts are sitting on about $3.2 billion in savings. Declining property values have pinched school district finances across the country over the past few …
A fact finding hearing, where both the WEA and the Wissahickon School District presented the issues, was held last week.
The Wissahickon Education Alliance support staff contracts are currently under negotiations, and the WEA has filed for Fact Finding. Wisshickon School Board Solicitor Scott Wolpert presented the procedures of the fact finding at Monday night’s Board meeting. Wolpert told the board that negotiations for the support staff began on January 6 for 267 WEA members and approximately 30 hourly positions. The past two contracts have been three-year contracts and Wolpert said he expects another three-year contract to be negotiated. The fact finding hearing, which considers the issues that are in dispute between the two parties, was held on May 10. The hearing is not open to the public. A confidential report is filed and both sides have the …
Stony Creek teachers turned out the the school board meeting on Monday to remind the Board that the elementary school's staff is full of talented professionals.
Stony Creek Elementary teachers turned out in force on Monday night to the Wissahickon School Board meeting to talk about the recent comments made at other board meetings and in the press about Stony Creek. Former Stony Creek teacher, Wissahickon Education Alliance Co-President, and current 6th grade teacher, Joann Groark, said, “To make disparaging and totally inaccurate statements about a school whose staff has done nothing but give tirelessly to their students everyday is truly disheartening.” Patricia Reardon, a 3rd grade teacher at Stony Creek, said the school has been insulted and demoralized by public comments at public board meetings and by comments in the newspaper. Frank Deruosi, 5th grade at Blue Bell Elementary and former …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
New regulations say students must take a fruit or vegetable with lunch.
Skip Daino, representative from Chartwells, presented the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 and Wissahickon’s plan to implement the act to the school board on Monday. The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act must be implemented for the 2012-13 school year, and the biggest change to school lunches is that students must take a fruit or a vegetable for the district to be reimbursed. Daino said more often than not, students at the middle and high school don’t take a fruit or vegetable with their meals. The biggest obstacle will be making students, parents and the cafeteria staff aware that all students must have a fruit or vegetable on their trays before they arrive at the cashier. He said they have thought about combining entrees and vegetables …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Class of 2012 at Montgomery County Community College is the largest in the school's history. Dr. William E. Trueheart will deliver the commencement speech.
The following information about Thursday's Montgomery County Community College Commencement was submitted by Alana J. Mauger, representing the college. Montgomery County Community College will hold its 45th Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 17 at 7 p.m. at its Central Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell for the largest graduating class in the College’s history. Dr. William E. Trueheart, president and chief executive officer of Achieving the Dream, Inc. will deliver the 2012 Commencement keynote address A total of 1,563 students will receive associate’s degrees and certificates during the College’s 45th Commencement exercises, which return to the College’s Central Campus in Blue Bell after being held in Valley Forge for the past two …
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Miss Daisy, Wissahickon High School's FIRST Robotics team, has a 76-8-1 for the season.
With between 65 and 75 students on the Wissahickon High School FIRST Robotics team, named Miss Daisy, Wissahickon has by far, one of the largest teams at FIRST competitions. Each student on the team has a specific responsibility to the robot the team builds, whether it’s a part in designing the robot, building the parts of the robot, or on the media team and spreading the teams news, everyone has a part to play. The students on the team are wide and varied, encompassing athletes, marching band members, dancers, academics and more. The students build an entirely new robot each year to meet the requirements of the FIRST Competition game. This year, the game was to have your robot shoot basketballs through a net. The rounds last for two …
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Wissahickon is ranked 28th out of 500 school districts in the state in PSSA performance
The Wissahickon School District has been ranked 28th out of 500 school districts in the state in performance on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment Exams (PSSA) by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The district moved up from 2011, when it ranked 31st in the survey. In 2010, it ranked 46th. The rankings are based on three years of students' PSSA results, with the most recent year given the most weight. Five school districts in the greater Philadelphia region were ranked in the top ten. They were: Nearby, the Colonial School District was ranked 25th, while Upper Dublin ranked 16th and North Penn ranked 33rd. For the seventh straight year, the top-ranked school district in the state was Upper St. Clair School District in Allegheny …
Chris Butler
7:06 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Oh Shawn, Didn't you see the article regarding Wissahickon being the 18th wealthiest district in PA? With a 19 million dollar fund balance, the board can afford to pay its support staff just a smidgen more. You are right, however, some businesses have suffered financial set backs and losses, Wissahickon isn't one of those businesses. It continues to remain in the black, without raising anyone's … more ›