Yoga, painting, gardening and storytime await home-schooled youngsters at a new program in Vandergrift.
The Homeschool Co-op class meets every Friday in the lower level hall at The Center on Franklin Avenue in Vandergrift.
It’s two hours of creative and nontechnology focused activities for children who are home-schooled. It’s taught by The Center owner, educator and coordinator Chloe Kruse.
Kruse said the concept was born out of covid-19 conditions last fall.
Her children previously were enrolled in the Kiski Area School District, but when the pandemic hit, she sought educational options.
“I was trying to gather other like-minded families, ones that are young in age and wanting to do a lot of hands-on, noncomputer/nontechnology learning,” Kruse said. “That’s what brought us all together. The public school system switched to virtual learning, and we didn’t want our children learning on computers.”
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Kiski Area School District officials continue to be concerned about significant drops in student progress compared to last school year at every educational level. Principals at each school building have been reporting how students are faring during this pandemic school year at recent school board meetings. Students who have not
Which Pa. schools had the largest number of arrests in 2019-20?
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s annual Safe Schools report for the 2019-20 school year showed a noticeable drop in reported arrests.
Districts are required to submit their misconduct reports, both criminal and academic infractions, to the state every year. Reporting sometimes changes from year-to-year, but no changes were made last school year.
Last year, the top three criminal reasons why students were in trouble statewide were:
Possession, use, or sale of tobacco or vaping 8.34 percent
Fighting 8.14 percent
Minor altercation 5.42 percent
Here’s a list of the schools that had the largest number of arrests, and the crime that was most common at each school.
East Vandergrift
March 21: Our Lady, Queen of Peace Parish is selling raffle tickets for a Half A Cow raffle. Winner will receive half a cow, a 20-cubic feet freezer, $200 gift card to Naser’s Foods, $200 gift card to Rukas Beverage and a $100 gift card to Lackey’s Dairy Queen. The winning number will be the 7 p.m. March 21 Pa. Daily Pick 3 number. Cost: $10 for two numbers.
Tickets: Deborah, 724-859-3186, after Sunday Mass in the church vestibule and the church office, 400 Kennedy Ave.
Fox Chapel
February: Fox Chapel Area High School will host a community blood drive during February at the Vitalant Harmar/Fox Chapel Donor Center, 2585 Freeport Road, suite 207. Appointments are recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. Donors must be at least 16 years old and will be tested for antibodies to covid-19 for free.