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Sixers Youth Foundation Presents the New Coaching Café at Harding

December 13, 2016.  The Sixers Youth Foundation in partnership with the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Civic Engagement & Volunteer Service launched a new after-school program at Warren G. Harding Middle School. This is an early evening program modeled after Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Cities of Service initiative called the “Homework Diner”.  The goal of the Coaching Café is to engage parents and caregivers in their child’s academic achievement.  Read the details at the link below.

Source: Sixers Youth Foundation Presents the New Coaching Café Program in Frankford | Philadelphia 76ers

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Stearne Elementary School Held Back by Hold Harmless

Education funding in Philadelphia is arguably the most hotly debated topic in the city. For local Frankford schools, it has been a crippling issue.  Find out why rising enrollment at Stearne has turned out not so good for the finances.  Read about it at the link below.

Source: Frankford: Hold Harmless Policy is Holding Back Education Funding for Frankford Schools | Philadelphia Neighborhoods

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Frankford Friends School Feathers Its NEST

Students at Frankford Friends School know what it means to be innovative, especially in the subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

These areas of study, coined as STEM, are the new focuses of Frankford Friends’ proposed NEST center, an area on the school’s campus that will allow students to experiment with these subjects through a Media Studio, an Innovation Workshop and a Nature Learning Lab.

The NEST is that new facility that looks like a garden on the corner of Griscom and Orthodox Streets.  That, plus the former parsonage building of the Central United Methodist Church, are what’s happening.

Get the details from the story by Sienna Vance and Shannon Senour at PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com at the link below.

Source: Frankford: Quaker School Prioritizes STEM Education for Students | Philadelphia Neighborhoods