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Education

  • Carpentry students "start strong, finish strong"

    Danny Armstrong's carpentry class at the Chester County Career Center has set a precedent for future classes to maintain. Ten young men took on a project to build a house and set their own deadline to complete it before their Christmas break which began when they left school on Friday.
    “They set the goal at the beginning of the year,” Armstrong said. “I'm elated they finished it and finished it on time like they said they would.”

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  • Thompson: "Being here instills that love of reading"

    In Kristina Thompson's Pre-kindergarten class at Chester Park School of Inquiry, her students proudly displayed their knowledge of the letter “G.” On a recent fall day, not only did these students recognize the letter but knew the sounds the letter made and easily recalled words that began with that letter.
    “What are some words that begin with the letter G?” Thompson asked.
    Immediately the students raised their hands and offered answers that included “gift” and “golf.”

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  • D.A.R.E. graduates celebrate success at CMS

    A recent graduation at Chester Middle School was extra special because it commenced the first one of its kind in more than a decade. The D.A.R.E. program was discontinued in the county schools in the 1990s, said Chester County Sheriff Richard Smith. He was pleased to have the students of Beth Bridges' Exceptional Children's class become the first graduates of the revamped program at Chester Middle School on Friday, he said.

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  • Adult Education-a place to improve skills, increase work-based knowledge

    The new director of Chester County Adult Education is excited about the possibilities his tenure will bring, he said. N'Gai (pronounced Guy) Gaither wants to work with Chester to improve Chester.
    “Adult Education is a great part of the community,” he said. “It is a program I want to see become more influential in the community.”

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  • Taylor: "We can tell the difference"

    It's easy to identify the difference a Pre-kindergarten education makes in a young child's life, said Robin Taylor, assistant principal at Great Falls Elementary School.
    “The main thing about our Pre-K program is we can tell the difference between children that have attended a Pre-K program and those who have not,” Taylor said. “Children who attend a Pre-K program in Chester County are well prepared for kindergarten.”
    This “preparation” is exhibited in many forms of the student's progress, Taylor said.

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  • Pre-K program improving literacy

    In the Pre-kindergarten class at Lewisville Elementary School, students learn not only to identify letters but how to read those letters as words and complete sentences. The school has a total of 36 Pre-K students divided into half-day morning and afternoon classes, but there is a waiting list for dozens more were the classes available, said LES Principal Wanda Frederick.

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  • Deadline nears for Cindy/Mackie awards

    The deadline for applying for the Cindy/Mackie Foundation Awards is only three weeks away.
    The CindyMackie Foundation offers scholarships and grants to students at all ranges. The deadline to apply for an award is Friday, Dec. 30, at midnight.
    Dr. Cynthia “Cindy” Jean Furr was a professor at Winthrop University and the minister of music at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church.
    On April 4, 2009, Furr and her daughter, McAllister “Mackie” Grier Furr Price, were on their way to church when they were fatally killed in a vehicle accident.

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  • Beverley: "Use technology to do more with less"

    The Chester County School District's media specialists and one guidance counselor met at Chester High School on Tuesday to learn how to better profile their schools using their district website. David Beverley of S.C. Educational Television, also known for his column, Jesus Freak/Computer Geek, published in The News & Reporter, lead the discussion focused on the public television station's Educational Broadband Service (EBS).
    “My department at ETV is here to assist you when you don't understand,” Beverly told the group.

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  • Meet Luanne James, the new library director

    Luanne James has loved libraries since childhood though she never quite expected to be in charge of one, she said.
    “My dad died when I was young and mom raised us as a single parent,” James said. “Our form of entertainment was libraries. I took my little brother to the library. I loved going there but I never thought I'd run a library.”
    On Nov. 21, James began as the director of the Chester County Library and she's enjoying her new surroundings.

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  • BREAKING NEWS: Board votes to offer superintendent job to Slayman

    The Chester County Board of School Trustees voted 7-0 on Monday to offer its vacant superintendent of education position to Dr. Agnes Slayman, executive director of secondary education for the Kershaw County School District.
    “I'd like to let the people of Chester know I'm honored and very proud to be selected to work with the community and help make these schools better and better,” Slayman said on Tuesday. “I am thrilled, I'm really thrilled!”

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