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News & Opinions
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The Center for Afterschool Education at Foundations Inc., an organization that offers professional development, technical assistance, tools and publications to thousands of practitioners and leaders in the out-of-school time field, has received a grant of $2.3 million to improve the educational quality of out-of-school time programs serving children and youth by training educators for the particular demands of afterschool. |
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Foundations, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a three-year $294,800 grant from The William Penn Foundation to support the Job Resource and Development Center (JRDC) at Martin Luther King High School in Northwest Philadelphia. |
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Teenagers from Foundations' Martin Luther King High School help convert a barren field into a flourishing garden. |
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Monday, June 16, 2008
New urban gardening and marketplace initiative helps students grow academic, business and citizenship skills |
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Monday, June 16, 2008
The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program has collaborated with the students and staff of Foundations’ Kinsey Elementary School and the School District of Philadelphia to create a magnificent exterior mural at the school. |
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
In the May 7th issue of Education Week, Rhonda H. Lauer, Chief Executive Officer of Foundations, Inc., offers practical suggestions for helping children meet important 3rd grade reading milestones, using examples drawn from three urban elementary schools in the School District of Philadelphia. |
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Monday, March 24, 2008
Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church and Martin Luther King High School are pleased to announce the creation of a unique learning initiative, Seeds for Learning: Urban Gardening at Martin Luther King High School. This urban gardening initiative, sponsored by Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, in partnership with Weavers Way Co-op and the Awbury Arboretum, will make it possible for students to plant, cultivate, harvest, and sell wholesome agricultural products and learn valuable academic, business, social, and citizenship skills. |
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Monday, March 17, 2008
The Lenfest Foundation has awarded Foundations, Inc. a $2 million grant to fund a new, three-year mentoring and youth development program, called the Northwest University Scholars Project. The program includes school-based youth mentoring provided by newly recruited “coaches,” in addition to afterschool programming, and summer programs for up to 250 students entering 7th, 8th, and 9th grade next September in four Northwest Philadelphia schools: West Oak Lane Charter School, John L. Kinsey Elementary School, Francis P. Pastorius Elementary School, and Martin Luther King High School. |
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Monday, February 18, 2008
Dr. Maya Angelou, world renowned poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist and producer kicked off the 11th Annual Beyond School Hours® Conference (BSH) on February 15 with an inspiring keynote address that captivated the capacity audience of afterschool educators and distinguished guests that filled the Hyatt Regency Riverfront Hotel in Jacksonville, Florida. |
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
A Harmonious Platform for the Engagement and Enrichment of Northwest Philadelphia’s Citizens |
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Thursday, December 6, 2007
Philadelphia police officers memorialized with plaques at Foundations' John L. Kinsey Elementary School in Northwest Philadelphia |
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
In November 2007 students, staff and the community gathered at Martin Luther King High School to dedicate a beautiful exterior mural painted at the school this past summer by a group of MLK High School students and artists from the Mural Arts Program in Philadelphia. Representatives acknowledged and thanked the artists and students who created the mural, shared the story of its meaning, and reviewed the artistic development process with the school and surrounding community. |
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