2017 Winter Education Guide

WINTER EDUCATION GUIDE

Brought to you by the Chester County Press January 11, 2017

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Neumann University

No limits to your success

At Neumann University, there are no limits to your success. Our high-quality majors, expert faculty and professional internships give you every opportunity to succeed.

We’re known for our exceptional programs in Nursing, Biology and Clinical Laboratory Science. We just built $5 million radio and television studios for Communication and Digital Media majors. Our Business, Criminal Justice, Education and Sport Management faculty bring unparalleled experience to the classroom. And that’s just a sampling of the academic expertise you’ll find here.

Look at our list of majors and pick your passion.

Your classroom experience will be challenging, but your education won’t stop there. Neumann is a recognized leader in combining classroom theory with practical experience. Your internships and field experiences will let you test your skills, discover your talents, and build a professional network.

We have 24 NCAA Division III athletic teams that compete in the Colonial States Athletic Conference and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference. Softball won the conference championship in 2016, and 14 teams qualified for postseason play.

At Neumann, sports are about more than a won-lost record, however. Working with the Institute for Sport, Spirituality and Character Development®, our teams complete community service projects, nights of reflection and leadership training.

Neumann University is known for its programs in Nursing, Biology, and Clinical Laboratory Science.

Our scenic 68-acre campus sits high on a hill in Delaware County. Every suite in our residence halls is cable-TV ready and includes a private bathroom, air conditioning, and Wi-Fi. There are laundry rooms, computer labs, a cardio-weight room, and 24/7 security.

We invite you to take a tour, sit in on a class, and ask our students why they’re happy here. Visit www.neumann.edu/visit or call 610-558-5616 to arrange a tour and discover why, at Neumann University, there are no limits to your success.

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West Fallowfield Christian School

West Fallowfield Christian School open houses scheduled West Fallowfield Christian School Open House dates are scheduled for Thursday, January 26 and Tuesday, February 28 from 6:30-8:00 pm. The evening begins with an information session at 6:30 pm followed by guided tours, meet the teachers and an overview of curriculum. Childcare is provided.

West Fallowfield offers classes for students in Preschool (3- & 4-year-olds) through the tenth grades. Little Falcons Preschool offers two, three and five day programs for three and four year olds. The classes meet from 9:00 – 11:45 am. The hands-on curriculum incorporates reading readiness, math skills, language arts, pre-handwriting, science, art, music, drama, physical education, devotions, Bible and library. Students learn through center time, discovery play, and hands-on activities, as well as fine and gross motor skill development.

Kindergarten at WFCS is a full day program. It is currently offered as four or five days a week. The Kindergarten core curriculum includes reading readiness, mathematics, science, social studies, language arts, handwriting, writer’s workshop, arts & crafts, book time/story time, open-ended play, chapel, devotions, and Bible.

Specials include music, art, library, physical education and computer.

Interscholastic opportunities for middle school students are available in the Fine Arts and athletics. Girls’ athletics include volleyball, soccer, basketball and track & field. Boys’ athletics include soccer, basketball, and track & field. In addition to the core subjects, middle school students choose from a variety of elective subjects and clubs to broaden their interests and learning. All students participate in music and art programs.

The Academy at West Fallowfield Christian School is a unique high school experience offered for ninth and tenth graders in the fall of 2017. The college-style model provides student accountability and time management skills. It combines learning on campus two days a week with three days of independent study. Teachers plan all lessons, provide instruction, and assign work to be completed at home on remaining days. Students will be graded and issued report cards and will compile portfolios of completed work. At the end of the year, achievement will be assessed by the evaluator of the parents’ choice.

West Fallowfield Christian School has a full comprehensive Resource Room to offer academic and learning support. The Chester County Intermediate Unit provides additional reading and speech therapy support. Small class size also gives students the opportunity to receive individualized attention.

For seventy-five years, West Fallowfield Christian School has been providing quality, Christian education for families and students in the surrounding communities.

The school is enriched by its diverse student body, which attends more than 38 churches in the Chester and Lancaster County areas. Bus transportation is supplied for K-8 students residing in the Avon Grove, Coatesville, Octorara, Oxford, Pequea, Solanco, and Unionville-Chadds Ford Districts.

WFCS admits students of any race, nationality, or ethnic origin to all the programs, rights, privileges, and activities generally afforded to students. The school does not discriminate on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, or gender in the administration of educational policies, admission policies, scholarship programs, athletics, or other school-administered programs.

Financial grants are available for eligible families in the Kindergarten through eighth grades.

The school is located at 795 Fallowfield Road in Atglen, Pennsylvania. Interested applicants are encouraged to contact the school at 610-593-5011 for more information or to schedule an appointment. Readers may visit the school’s website at www.wfcs.org, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please check the website for alternate dates in case of inclement weather.

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Wilmington Friends School

Quaker matters.

Come see why.

Wilmington Friends School is a community. We offer an unsurpassed academic program, and just as important, Friends is a great place to grow up. What often brings families to Quaker education (95 percent of the families who choose Friends are not Quaker) is the appeal of an academic program with depth—one that asks students to question, to collaborate, to be creative, to take risks—within a caring community that balances focus on the individual with responsibility to the common good.

Highlights of our program include: • Reggio Emilia-inspired preschool • Lower School STEM Lab, computer programming, Singapore Math and Spanish instruction • “1-to-1” student laptop program, recognized as an Apple Distinguished Program, beginning in 5th grade • IB Diploma Programme (first in Delaware) • School Year Abroad member (first in Delaware) • Malone Scholars School (first and only one in Delaware) • 860-panel solar PV system • New Middle and Upper School Design Labs; and net-zero Global Learning Center • New theater, gym, turf field and track • Spanish beginning in pre-kindergarten; Spanish, Chinese and French offered in 6th through 12th grade.

Visit www.wilmingtonfriends.org or call 302-576-2930 to customize your tour or to register to Meet us on Monday.

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Centreville Layton School

Centreville Layton School helps students reach their potential Centreville Layton School serves students who learn differently from pre-K to 12th grade.

It is the first school of its kind in the state and is proud to be on the cutting-edge of education. Centreville Layton School offers a rigorous educational and cultural experience for students who learn differently. The program identifies academic and social needs of the individual and provides a curriculum that focuses on problem solving and critical thinking. Through intervention and strengthening learning strategies, the school empowers each student to reach his or her potential.

Centreville Layton School offers small class sizes and targeted areas of support for each student. For more information on curriculum and services, visit CentrevilleLayton.org

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Wilmington Montessori

Wonder and curiosity at Wilmington Montessori School The Wilmington Montessori School classroom is spacious and full of natural light, beautiful materials, live plants and comfortable places for children to work. There is a soft hum of conversation as students collaborate with their classmates in small groups. Other children engage in one-on-one lessons with a teacher or work alone. None look up as visitors enter the classroom because they are deeply concentrating.

Down the hall, elementary students dance with colorful scarves and play percussion instruments, accompanying music from Gustav Holst’s “The Planets.” Behind them, an Apple TV projects images of the coming of the universe. The children have written percussion parts and choreographed their movements themselves, integrating the arts with a science lesson.

Outside, a few toddlers joyfully race down a slide built into a hill while others point out their favorite birds, watching them eat seeds and peanut butter from the pine cone feeders the children created during a recent Maker Faire. Several sixth-graders pick kale from their garden as their classmates use iPads to research how many Delaware families will be fed by their bounty when it is donated to the Food Bank.

There is no “typical day” at Wilmington Montessori School, but one thing remains constant from the ages of 12 months through 12 years: Students are nurtured as individuals and take ownership of their learning experiences.

“Instilling a love of learning is a deeply held value at WMS,” says Head of School Lisa Lalama.

“Our students enter our school filled with wonder and curiosity; our goal is to provide the fuel to feed those natural inclinations. They graduate with much more knowledge and the same wonder and curiosity, ready to take on the next steps in their educational journey.”

Hands-on learning Two students, the older one in kindergarten and the younger just 3 years old, sit cross-legged on the floor, lining up small strings of glass beads. No, they aren’t simply playing with toys; these students are working on a math assignment, counting to 1,000 using different multiples. They use concrete objects to represent abstract concepts: What is multiplication? How big is 1,000?

Dr. Steven Hughes, board certified pediatric neurologist and a strong advocate of Montessori education, has researched the impact of hands-on Montessori work as it relates to brain development.

“The hands are a child’s strongest link to the brain,” Dr. Hughes explains. “When motor movements are repeated, they become templates in the brain that serve as a starting point for new experiences.”

A learning laboratory “Our aim is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him in his inmost core.”

- Dr. Maria Montessori Each WMS classroom functions as a laboratory for learning about interaction and interdependence.

Children are free to respond to each other, select work partners, choose the scope and schedule for their projects, and, yes, make mistakes. Teachers work with students to turn errors into positive learning experiences. It is in environments where mistakes are valued that children develop innovative and creative ways of thinking.

WMS’s three Maker Studios offer an ideal environment for this type of exploration as children discover, build, investigate, create and design while they learn about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) concepts. To accommodate toddlers through sixth-graders, there are three Maker Studios, each filled with age-appropriate materials that support a curriculum aligned with the Montessori approach. Additional materials, which can be borrowed by families for use at home, are available in WMS’s new Learning Commons.

An outdoor classroom With 25 acres of woodland trails, an outdoor stage, streams, gardens (planted and harvested by students), play spaces and sports fields, WMS provides an outstanding physical environment to meet the educational needs of children ages 12 months through 12 years.

Two years ago, the school’s toddler play area was transformed into one of Delaware’s first “natural” playgrounds, a wonderland for WMS’s youngest students. WMS staff collaborated with a design/

educator team to create an outdoor space that makes use of natural elements and is in keeping with the Montessori Method’s focus on selfdirected exploration and play, as well as the importance of connecting with the natural world.

The playground features slides embedded into hillsides, a stone table for creating chalk art, water features for splashing, tunnels for crawling, a paved roadway for “driving” and a “hobbit house” built into a hillside.

Freedom to learn At Wilmington Montessori School, the curriculum focuses on the development of the whole child, encompassing social, emotional and physical development as well as academic skills. Teachers accept each child for who he or she is as a person, his or her level of development, and the unique skills and personality that he or she brings to the classroom.

“Dr. Montessori knew that students learn at various paces and based her educational method on the understanding that human development requires different experiences at different stages,” Lisa says.

Dr. Montessori also asserted that children of all ages need the freedom to explore their interests. “The fundamental principle,” she wrote, “must be the liberty of the pupil — such liberty as shall permit a development of individual, spontaneous manifestations of the child’s nature.”

WMS offers a safe and vibrant educational environment in which students have the freedom to learn from their choices. With the guidance of passionate teachers, these children develop into responsible adults.

“WMS fueled me to always be curious and enjoy life’s every discovery,” says Flo Miniscloux, WMS class of 2002. “It taught me that ‘work’ is fun and creativity is never-ending. Because of WMS, I yearn to always think just a little more differently and to understand just a little more deeply.” *** As the school day draws to a close, students pack their belongings, and the hallways fill with enthusiastic conversations about music, math, poetry, technology and more. Parents wait at the classroom doors, sharing stories about their children and families. It takes a village to raise a child, and WMS provides that village.

This frenzy of excitement after a long day makes one thing apparent: Wilmington Montessori School children are given the freedom to be themselves, to pursue their talents and interests — and to experience the joy of learning.

Wilmington Montessori School, located minutes from the Pennsylvania border, is the only school in Delaware to be jointly accredited by the American Montessori Society, National Association for the Education of Young Children and Middle States Association. Learn how WMS will help your child become a competent, thoughtful, compassionate and responsible global citizen. Email admissions@wmsde.org or call 302475-0555 to schedule your visit today.

Learn more at www.wmsde.org.

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University of Delaware Continuing Education

Take advantage of expanding career opportunities in health care According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the health care industry is projected to add more jobs than any other industry in the next decade, and it continues to be among the fastest-growing industries in the economy. Jobs in health care are many and varied, and there are opportunities for health care professionals to transition into new roles within the field.

Even though the number of new jobs is expected to be in the millions, competition for those jobs will be tough. Health care professionals wishing to change roles—and other professionals looking to change careers--could potentially benefit by adding a new credential to their resume.

Short-term courses and certificate programs provide excellent ways for careerfocused professionals to earn credentials or retool for job changes. Offering practical, concentrated study in specific professional areas, they take a relatively short time to complete (generally between four months and a year).

The University of Delaware’s Division of Professional and Continuing Studies offers a variety of short-term programs in health care and related fields that are designed to provide an immediately applicable credential or skill set for career advancement.

One new program, the Improving Cultural Competence for Health Care

Professionals Certificate, addresses issues faced by health care professionals who provide care to increasingly diverse communities and patients. The program focuses on cultural awareness, insights, communication skills and strategies to best serve all patients and all communities.

The Advanced Telehealth Coordinator Certificate was developed in response to the continued growth of telehealth in Delaware and the region, and prepares professionals to lead, support and expand the use of telehealth applications within their health care organizations.

The Personal Fitness Trainer Course appeals to fitness enthusiasts seeking a career change, as well as individuals seeking a side career in helping others achieve their health and fitness goals. The program is aligned with the American College of Sports Medicine’s Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) exam, making it an ideal preparation for entry into the field.

Online programs offered this spring include Clinical Trials Management, Clinical Sleep Health, Health Care Risk Management, and RN Refresher.

To learn more about health care professional development programs at the University of Delaware, visit www.pcs.udel.edu/health/, call 302-831-7600 or write to continuing-ed@udel.edu.

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OXFORD AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

DISTRITO ESCOLAR DE OXFORD

Jordan Bank Elementary School

Escuela Elemental Jordan Bank

2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

EL AÑO ESCOLAR 2017-2018 REGISTRACÍON PARA KINDERGARTEN

Kindergarten and new First Grade student registration for the 2017-2018 school year will be held from April 18-April 21, 2017. Registration will be held at the Jordan Bank Elementary School, located at 536 Hodgson Street, Oxford, PA. The District Kindergarten Program is a full day program. Registration packets are available on-line at www.oxfordasd.org.

El distrito escolar de Oxford Area mantendrá todas las registraciones del año escolar 2017-2018 de los estudiantes de Kindergarten y los estudiantes nuevos de primer grado Del 18 de abril (martes) al 21 de abril (viernes) de 2017 in el edificio Jordan Bank, 536 Hodgson Street, Oxford. El programa de Kindergarten del distrito es un programa de todo el día. Los paquetes con las formas (o los formatos) de información requerida están disponibles en el website www.oxfordasd.org.

Registration will be held as follows:

Registro se realizará de la siguiente manera:

Tuesday, April 18, 12 - 3 p.m. and 4 - 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 19, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Thursday, April 20, 12 - 3 p.m. and 4 - 7 p.m.

Friday, April 21, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Martes, 18 de abril, 12 p.m. hasta 3 p.m. y 4 p.m. hasta 7 p.m.

Miércoles, 19 de abril, 9 a.m. hasta 3 p.m.

Jueves, 20 de abril, 12 p.m. hasta 3 p.m. y 4 p.m. hasta 7 p.m.

Viernes, 21 de abril, 9 a.m. hasta 3 p.m.

To complete the registration process you will need: • Original or certified copy of the student’s birth certificate • Proof of Residency - two different documents are needed. Acceptable documents: settlement papers, lease agreement or a current utility bill (electric, gas or water — only one utility bill may be used to establish proof of address), parent driver’s license or other photo identification with home address, current local tax bill indicating the address of the taxpayer.

• Parent/Guardian driver’s license or other photo identification • Immunization record: The state requires certain vaccinations in order to attend kindergarten: four (4) diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (#4 should be after the student’s 4th birthday), three (3) polio, three (3) hepatitis B, two (2) measles, mumps and rubella (first dose to be given after 1st birthday) and 2 varicella (chicken pox) vaccines or documentation that your child has previously had chicken pox.

Para completar el proceso de la matriculacíon se necesita: • El certificado de nacimiento o una copia certificado • Prueba de la implantación — Documentos aceptables necesarios: los papeles del establecimiento, el acuerdo de arriendo o la cuenta para uso general actual (eléctrica, gas o agua — solamente una cuenta para uso general se puede utilizar para establecer la prueba de la dirección), la licencia de conductor del padre o la otra identificación de la foto con la dirección casera, recibo de la contribución local de la corriente que indica la dirección del contribuyente • Licencia de conducir o otro tipo de identificacíon con foto.

• Registro de inmunización. Se requiere que el niño, antes de entrar en el kindergarten, tenga estas inmunizaciones: Cuatro (4) difteria, tetanos, Pertusis (la #4 tiene que ser después de los cuatro años), tres (3) polio, tres (3) Hepatitis B, dos (2) sarampión, dos (2) rubeola, dos (2) paperas, y dos (2) varicela (o notificacíon del doctor que el niño ya ha tenido la varicela).

Please bring the new kindergarten student with you to registration. Teachers will be conducting a screening to assist the school in the placement of your child. New first grade students will be tested at a later date and do not need to be present during the week of registration.

Al momento de la registración, los padres necesitarán traer a su hijo porque su hijo tomará un pequeño examen dado por un maestro de la escuela Jordan Bank.

Los estudiantes que van a matricular para primer grado no necesitan tomar un examen durante de esta semana. Ellos tomarán un examen en otro día.

THE STUDENT MUST TURN 5 ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

LOS NIÑOS DEBEN TENER 5 AÑOS DE EDAD EN O ANTES DEL 1 DE SEPTIEMBRE DEL 2017

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Cecil College

Cecil College serves the community and shapes its future Founded in 1968 to meet the postsecondary and continuing education needs of Cecil County residents, Cecil College has been serving the community and shaping its future for nearly 50 years. With a diverse student population, Cecil College enrolls approximately 2,500 credit students and 3,400 non-credit students. Cecil offers associate degrees, certificate programs and noncredit classes.

Classes at the college are taught by qualified faculty and can be taken in a traditional classroom setting or online. Many students choose programs that can transfer to four-year institutions. Accelerated Studies for the Adult Professional is designed for the adult who wants to earn an undergraduate degree while continuing to work full or part time.

Cecil offers a variety of associate degrees and certificate programs. The college has formalized articulation agreements with public and private four-year institutions throughout Maryland and the United States to expedite the transfer process for Cecil students and graduates. Through partnerships with Wilmington University, Frostburg State University, Salisbury University and University of Maryland University College, bachelor’s degrees can be earned onsite right in Cecil County.

Students can also opt to take non-credit courses to upgrade their job skills or expand their personal horizons. Certifications are available for various health care careers. In addition, students can earn computer certifications in several areas as well as business and management training certificates.

Cecil College is a member of the Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference in all sports and competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association. The college fields men’s teams in baseball, basketball, golf, lacrosse and soccer, and women’s teams in basketball, softball, soccer and volleyball. Numerous titles have been won by Cecil, highlighted by the men’s basketball national championship in 2006.

Cecil College’s locations include the North East campus, Elkton Station, College Crossing, and the Bainbridge Center. Classes are also offered at locations throughout the community.

For more information, visit www.cecil.edu or call 410-287-1000.

CECIL COLLEGE

APPLY NOW!

SPRING 2017 REGISTRATION IS OPEN

QUALITY EDUCATION CLOSE TO HOME TAUGHT BY EXPERT FACULTY, CHOOSE FROM A VARIETY OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES.

EXPERIENCE CECIL TODAY. 410-287-1000 • www.cecil.edu Toll Free: 866-966-1001

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The Tome School

The Tome School’s tradition of academic excellence dates back to 1889 “What is better for children . . . a large school or a small school?”

Fifty years ago, researchers asked this same question (Barker & Gump, 1964) and discovered that small schools share certain characteristics: a sense of pride, and an attitude and sense of personal possession and involvement on the part of students, parents, teachers, administrators, and community. These findings do not surprise us at The Tome School.

Tome is proud of its long tradition of academic excellence dating back to 1889, when Jacob Tome founded the school in Port Deposit, Md. Today, the school enrolls over 470 students from kindergarten through twelfth grade at the HostetterHogue Campus in North East, Md. Its rigorous academic program boasts results that are undeniable – an average SAT score of 1886, nine National Merit Scholars in the Class of 2015, and merit scholarships totaling over 5.5 million dollars.

Our faculty, staff, and families share in the responsibility of educating our future leaders. We stress personal responsibility and self-discipline in the classroom, the athletic field and the community at large. We offer a safe and secure learning environment where students are permitted to take risks and stretch their latent talents. We are a community known as the Tome Family.

Come see for yourself the benefits of a small school and become part of the Tome family.

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Westtown School

Design thinking: Empathy and action are at the heart of Quaker education at Westtown School. They are also central to design thinking, where students are asked to discover and understand needs, and then collaborate to meet them. They are asked to empathize, to interview, to dig deeper, and to ask Why? or How Might We? Westtown is in its third year of using design thinking.

Students have created solutions to a wide range of problems from: finding ways to redesign the migration experience of a refugee; creating an “outside the box� lunchbox; working with a local homeless shelter to work through some of their challenges; and many more.

Once we truly empathize with a person, only then can we start to brainstorm and create out-of-the-box solutions that resolve their needs. Empathy and action allow us to improve upon a wide range of situations, from daily discomforts to complex problems. We can do this by being creative, innovative thinkers. Children approach problem solving differently than adults, so it is especially important to help them develop these skills while they are young. In order to

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Westtown students solve problems become big problem solvers, children need to develop mindsets and habits of empathy, inquiry, brainstorming, and inventive thinking.

They also need to prototype and get feedback, so they can feel confident with improving upon their ideas. They need to fail often and take risks in order to learn to think originally. We need to help students expand beyond the “one right answer” way of thinking to counter fixed mindsets and social norms. Design thinking encourages a growth mindset, and cultivates this open-ended thinking, while encouraging empathy as a problem-solving skill.

When using design thinking at Westtown, we encourage problem finding, practice interviewing and asking “Why?” multiple times.

We brainstorm without judgement and build upon it, until we have multiple ideas. From there we organize, group and categorize.

These ideas are then combined and built upon in order to create a prototype. Prototypes are created quickly so that we can get feedback and make changes.

As we continue to use design thinking, we believe students who have had this experience will be future innovators, equipped to solve the problems of tomorrow. They will move beyond “out of the box” thinking, and instead discover, there is no box.

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Pilot School

The love of learning grows inside and out.

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208 Woodlawn Road Wilmington, Delaware 19803 www.pilotschool.org

The Pilot School helps students with languagebased learning challenges If your child has a language-based learning challenge, Pilot is here for you. For 3 to 5 years, your child will receive the individualized, therapeutic support needed to successfully transition to a traditional educational environment and thrive.

Our proven approach includes: ¡ A 5:1 student-to-teacher ratio ¡ On-site educational specialists and therapists ¡ A 360-degree experience including the arts and sciences, athletics and outdoor learning ¡ A team approach to understanding and engaging each child ¡ Ongoing evaluation of each students’ needs and progress ¡ A mission to return children to traditional education Whether a student spends a few years here or more, all are immersed in the Pilot approach that turns learning from challenges that defeat to challenges that inspire. Families have moved across country to enroll their child in Pilot. Come see us and learn why.

To schedule your visit, call us at 302-478-1840 or visit pilotschool. org for more information.

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St. Mary's

St. Mary's Early Education Program

Open House January 22, 10am - 12noon How Students are Saving Money on Course Materials (StatePoint) College course materials can be cheaper than most college students think. Book and supplies only account for four percent of the cost of attending college among the top 10 most populous colleges and universities (using population rankings from “Forbes”). Books themselves are just a fraction of that four percent. However, during a time when many institutions are raising tuition and other fees, students are finding new ways to cut spending on these materials.

Student spending on course materials this past year was an estimated 20 percent less than the 2007 to 2008 school year, according to statistics from Student Watch, developed by the National Association of College Stores. This decline can be attributed to innovative offerings from educational publishing companies, such as adaptive learning platforms, eBooks, eChapters, looseleaf editions, black-and-white editions and print-it-yourself editions.

New platforms are not only helping reduce textbook prices, they are increasing student success, say experts. Digital learning presents content in more engaging and interactive ways than traditional counterparts. For more information, visit the Association of American Publishers Back to Campus website at aapbacktocampus.org.

Resourceful students seeking ways to reduce the price tag associated with their degrees should think beyond scholarships and grants and take advantage of less costly course material options.

Spiritual, intellectual, social, emotional & physical education for the “whole child.”

Early childhood education provides the transition from the home to a school atmosphere.

Classes for 2s, 3s, & Pre-K • 9am to noon Before Care: 8-9am | After Care: 12-2pm

OPEN HOUSE Sunday, January 22, 10am-12noon Registration for the 2017-2018 school year beginning January 1, 2017

7200 Lancaster Pike, Hockessin, DE 19707 For information call Karen Rombach at 302-239-7100 Ext. 34 email: eep@stmaryoftheassumption.com • www.stmaryseep.org

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St. Elizabeth