Auditor General Eugene DePasquale Is recommending strengthening PA law on bullying in schools.
It’s been a tough year for the county’s graduating seniors. But local seniors have dug in, completed assignments online and even gone the extra mile
A social entrepreneurial enterprise built on pivoting the power of the pen to influence the world, Ghost Writer established the contest to provide a creative outlet for young people and to support local businesses
Education Secretary Pedro Rivera said a few months of review and enrichment by districts such as Chambersburg’s is not enough to make sure kids are prepared for the next academic year, however.
By Christen Smith | The Center Square Pennsylvania school districts want public education officials to suspend cyber charter school enrollment during the coronavirus shutdown over concerns
Secretary of Education Pedro A. Rivera said his decision to close all schools for the additional period aligns with the governor’s stay-at-home directive announced.
Franklin County schools will remain closed into April as state officials battle a spreading Coronavirus threat. The numbers of new cases of COVID-19 are rising rapidly across the state.
State legislators representing various parts of. Franklin County announced Wednesday that school safety grants will go to six local school districts, plus Franklin County Career and Technology Center.
Cathy Dusman was “extremely surprised” to hear her contract with Chambersburg Area School District was not going to be renewed when first told about it a few days before it appeared on a school board agenda last month.
On the one year anniversary of the Safe2Say program, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said “Safe2Say Something PA” has reached over 40,000 tips from across the Commonwealth.
Current ninth-grade students seeking to develop leadership skills and learn about their community can apply for Leadership Franklin County’s Youth class of 2020-2021.
The Greater Chambersburg Chamber Foundation’s High School Business Challenge is back for 2020!
A Leadership Academy for Logistics is coming to Franklin County. The academy is a partnership between the Community Education Coalition/Employability, the Partnership for Career Development/SCPaWorks (PCD) and Penn State Mont Alto.
Attention, young mathematicians. Penn State Mont Alto is hosting the American Mathematics Competitions in February. You are invited. You could go far, perhaps all the way to national completion.
College students from Wilson and Penn State Mont Alto will pitch their ideas for business startups next month in a low-stakes version of a popular television show.
Shippensburg University students, faculty and staff joined the larger community last Thursday at Shippensburg Station unity rally.
Shippensburg University President Laurie A. Carter announced a gift of $2 million for the construction of a new SU football locker room. It will be built at the rear of Seth Grove Stadium.
Mount Aloysius College invites prospective students and their families to visit the 193-acre campus for an Open House on Sunday, Sept. 29th.
Dr. Dion Betts has a goal this month. It’s Literacy Month, so he wants to read to every Chambersburg Area School District kindergarten child, all 750 of them.
School starts in less than a week, meaning school buses on the county’s roads.
CASD Customized Cyber (C3) Learning will be holding an Information Night on Thursday, August 1, 2019 from 6:30-8:00 PM at 435 Stanley Avenue.
United Way of Franklin County is about halfway through its 7th annual Stuff the Bus drive to collect school supplies for local classrooms.
Mount Aloysius College is holding a summer open house on Friday, July 19, at 10 a.m. in their Wolf-Kuhn Gallery. The event is open to all new, transfer, and returning adult students and their families.
In a new special report released today, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Pennsylvania taxpayers are still spending tens of millions of dollars every year on the Keystone Exams, which have not been federally required for four years.
Eight recent high-school graduates with plans to pursue careers in health care were awarded the Medical Staff Scholarship Award at the annual Chambersburg Hospital and Waynesboro Hospital medical staff meeting.
Mount Aloysius College is proud to release the Dean’s List for Spring Semester, 2019. The Dean’s List is issued each semester.
Three area residents graduated from Mount Aloysius College during Commencement Exercises May 11.
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) this week announced grants to be used in improving school safety and security as well as preventing violence in communities
Students operate a live greenhouse and work cooperatively with the school’s marketing program to operate a retail facility.
Working to ensure Pennsylvania students have a diverse array of career paths from which to choose, the state House overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan package of bills designed to boost career and technical education (CTE) at schools across the Commonwealth.
Franklin County Commissioners will offer six $2,500 scholarships to local high school seniors who want to pursue a career in nursing.
Don’t miss CAMS South drama club’s presentation of Seussical Jr. this weekend in the school auditorium at 1151 E. McKinley St.
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