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A study of parents and libraries found that 76% of lower income parents rank free programs at the library as “very important” compared to 58% of parents (earning $50,000/year or more). This data shows it is relevant to host summer lunch in the library because it is already valued and trusted in the community.
In 1928, this all girls high school was the first Catholic school to be approved by the Middle States Association accrediting agency. [1] In response to the growth of the school and evolving educational needs, the Mount moved in 1961 to its present site, just outside the community of Chestnut Hill near Philadelphia. Since relocation to the new ...
By 1929, summer reading programs were sometimes themed. [3] In the 1940s, professional publications began including prevention of summer reading loss as a goal of summer reading programs. [3] As of 2014, 95% of public libraries in the United States offer a summer reading program. [1] Summer reading programs are common in Canada as well. [4]
The school is located in a century old brick building which originally housed a mill. [3] The 60,000 sq. feet interior was designed and technologically enhanced in 2012 and includes classrooms, science labs, art studios, Global Resource Center, and an EEG Lab for in-school research partnerships including with the Haskins Global Literacy Hub. [4]
The center section of the Ridgeway Library building. CAPA was founded in 1978 by John R. Vannoni. [3] The school was originally located in the Atlantic Building at Broad and Spruce Streets where it shared space with the Philadelphia College of the Arts (formerly the University of the Arts).
St. Joseph's Preparatory School, known as "St. Joe’s Prep" or simply "The Prep", is an urban, private, Catholic, college preparatory school run by the Society of Jesus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The school was founded in 1851 from the Old St. Joseph's Church in the city's Society Hill neighborhood. [3]
The Free Library of Philadelphia is a non-Mayoral agency of the City of Philadelphia governed by an independent Board of Trustees as per the Charter of the City of Philadelphia. [4] The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation is a separate 501(c)(3) non-profit with its own board of directors and serves to support the mission of the Free Library ...
Friends' Central School (FCS) is a Quaker, independent, coeducational, college-preparatory day school for students in Nursery though grade 12. It is located on 41 acres across two campuses in Wynnewood , a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.