Education news from Warren, Northampton and Lehigh counties.
The Diocese of Allentown Office of Education will open the first Northampton County location of its Aquinas Learning Support Program for elementary students at St. Anne's School of Bethlehem at the beginning of the 2017-18 school year.
St. Anne's School will host an open house for prospective students and will introduce the program to the community 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20..
The Aquinas Learning Support Program offers a Christ-centered, academic education for students with diagnosed learning disabilities at the elementary and secondary levels.
The ALSP is currently available local high school students at Notre Dame, in Bethlehem Township.
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Four students at Northampton Community College were named to the All-PA Academic Team by Phi Theta Kappa, the international academic honor society for students at two-year colleges. Each honoree receives a tuition waiver to any college within the Pennsylvania state system.
Michael Rex, of Northampton, is currently in his last semester at Northampton Community College and is planning to transfer to Kutztown University in the fall where he will be a secondary education major in mathematics.
Kathryn Seaton, of Nazareth, is a sophomore at Northampton Community College, with a major in Environmental Science. She plans to transfer to Delaware Valley University to obtain a degree in Environmental Science with a specialization in habitat management.
Fitzgerald Joseph, of Stroudsburg, is a biological science major at the Northampton Community College, Monroe Campus and intends to transfer to West Chester University to study cell and molecular biology and chemistry.
Lori Ann Bloch, of Stroudsburg is a hospitality - meeting and event planning major at the NCC Monroe Campus. She is looking forward to completing her studies in business management with a focus on Entrepreneurial Studies.
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United Way ALICE Scholarship recipient Danielle Astrab thanks the 250 attendees at the Women United Regional Breakfast. Photo courtesy | Jennifer Brown/United Way of Northern New Jersey
Warren County resident Danielle Astrab recently had the opportunity to show her appreciation as a recipeint of The United Was ALICE scholarship. She told attendees at a Women United regional breakfast that receiving the scholarship has enabled her to focus on her studies, not her finances.
The networking event helps fund ALICE, which means Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed -- living paycheck to paycheck and struggling to afford the basics.
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Paige Springmann, of Holland Township, was named to the dean's list at Ursinus College. She is a Delaware Valley Regional High School graduate.
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Virginia Misko, a University of Dallas student from Blairstown was one of nearly two dozen students awarded a scholarship during the fall 2016 semester to study abroad as part of the university's nationally recognized Rome Program. Misko was awarded the Rome Experience and National Alumni Board Rome Scholarships.
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Caitlin Gilby of Hackettstown was among 10 University of Scranton students, five faculty members, and one alumna who presented research projects and led workshop sessions at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting held in March in Boston.
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Bloomsburg University student Nathaniel Treichler, of Northampton, won the $10,000 first place prize in the sixth annual Student Business Plan Competition sponsored by Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education. Treichler developed an online fishing membership club called the Fly Crate, designed to provide subscribers with "premium, world-class flies" delivered to their home each month.
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The following students were named to the Central Penn College dean's list for the winter term: Ricky Cousar and Joseph Fedrizzi, of Easton; Michelle Cramer, of Hackettstown and Taylor Presby, of Nazareth.
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Michael Evans, 9, a student at Good Shepherd Catholic School, in Northampton, earned honorable mention at the Pennsylvania Dental Association's 2017 National Children's Dental Health Month statewide poster contest.
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Kristina Marotta and Jessica Miller, of Allentown, were being inducted into the Gamma Sigma Epsilon National Chemistry Honor Society at Cedar Crest College.
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Kelsey Payung of Hellertown, was inducted into Phi Alpha Epsilon, at Lebanon Valley College. She is a graduate of Saucon Valley High School, pursuing a degree in health science.
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The following local residents were named to Emerson College's dean's fist for the fall semester. Victoria Bartkavage, of Orefield; Christina Fay, of Easton; Andrew Ferguson, of Macungie; John General, of Hackettstown; Hannah Gluckman of Pittstown; David Goodliffe and John Ross, of Whitehouse Station; Parker Hughes, of Annandale; Priscilla Liguori, of Stewartsville; Jacob Mittlestadt-Raab, of Frenchtown; and Megan Raible, of Great Meadows
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The following area students were inducted into the Cedar Crest College Theta Rho Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Pascal Abi-Samra, Genelle Davenport and Nancy Tran, of Whitehall; Jenna Anderson and Jessica Zobel, of Breinigsville; Danielle Beecher, Troy Boulden, Malgorzata Halat, Shalyn Houser and Elizabeth Kim, of Allentown; Shannon Binder, of Center Valley; Elizabeth Bringhurst and Adara Sos, of Easton; Laura Coffey, Kasey Ro, of Emmaus; Abby Gruver, of Coplay; Katelyn Hann, of Pen Argyl; Ashleigh Lesko, of Hellertown; Amira Mahmoud, of Clinton; Ashley Mark, of Catasauqua; Laura McCready, of Macungie; Madison Pleasants of Coopersburg; Jolene Smar, of Walnutport; and Tracy Urbanowicz, of Whitehouse Station.
