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Kerrie Tonet-Berlin was recognized as one of 17 Global Educators this spring by the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association. She is the advisor for Franklin Regional’s Global Scholars program.
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Gov. Tom Wolf speaks to reporters in Reading in April. A group of Western Pa. superintendents called on the state legislature to back Wolf’s proposal for large-scale education spending in next year’s budget.
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If the $1.3 billion investment in education comes through that Gov. Tom Wolf included in his proposed state budget, it would just about make up for the increased costs Pennsylvania schools are set to absorb between this and next school year, according to Jamie Baxter, policy director for nonprofit Allies for Children, formerly Child Watch of Pittsburgh.
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Export officials are looking to re-evaluate and possibly revamp their annual summer playground program after participation declined the past few years.
“Last year we had only about three kids for three volunteers by the end of the year,” Councilwoman Melanie Litz said. “Participation has been waning the past two or three years.”
The annual summer playground program has offered parents a partial day of child care for only $1 per day. It’s been available for children from kindergarten through sixth grade at the borough’s playground three days per week from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Franklin Regional students Maria Mento, Paige Klinger and Ethan Leicht rehearse for the spring production of “Into the Woods” on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021.
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Franklin Regional Senior High School students rehearse for the spring production of “Into the Woods” on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021.
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Franklin Regional Senior High School students rehearse for the spring production of “Into the Woods” on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021.
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Franklin Regional Senior High School students might be performing Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods,” but when it comes to health and safety, they certainly aren’t out of the woods yet.
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A group of hikers makes their way through the Caywood Reserve at Murrysville Community Park on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Murrysville Recreation Department officials have engaged entrepreneurship students at Franklin Regional Senior High School to help promote events through social media and videos.
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The splash pad at Murrysville Community Park on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. Murrysville Recreation Department officials have engaged entrepreneurship students at Franklin Regional Senior High School to help promote its events through social media and videos.
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