Southern, Bok Athletes Score High on GPAs
PHILADELPHIA Eagles Coach Andy Reid and Fullback Kyle Eckel pass award to Southern High football star Daniel Wallace, who achieved the highest GPA of tfootball players nominated from Southern High in 13th annual Eagles Top Achievers Awards ceremony.
Vol. III No. 23 (Issue 87)
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One of Southern HS’s top sports stars was flying high with the Philadelphia Eagles last week, but it wasn’t his score on the football field. Daniel Wallace scored big in the classroom, and because of his GPA, he gets to spend a day at the Philadelphia Eagles at Eagles Training Camp in Lehigh this summer as a VIP. Wallace joined eight South Philadelphia sports academic achievers at the 13th annual Eagles Top Achievers Awards ceremony. The Eagles feted 83 academic
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Ice Cream Social! No matter how the scorching temperatures are, parishioners at St. Rita’s promise all the ice cream will be kept cold at its annual “Ice Cream Social next week.” The ice cream will be flowing in the PEP courtyard, who are letting the church use their premises playground at Broad and Federal Street next Sunday. (Cont. Page 2)
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achievers across the Delaware Valley. Southern High’s Andrew Auer and Christopher Pennington joined Wallace at the NovaCare Center. Bok HS’s Ramar Bridges, Andre Frazier, Gary Jackson, Lincoln Morancie and Maeem Nunnally were also honored. The varsity football players were acknowledged by the Philadelphia Eagles for their excellence in the classroom. Eagles Head Coach Andy Reid and fullback Kyle Eckel distributed the (Cont. Page 2)
STUDENTS AT AUDENREID HS join their principal Terry Pearsall-Hargett to thank Kal & Lucille Rudman for their donation to school library.
by Rory G. McGlasson A couple of months ago philanthropist Kal Rudman was visiting the new Audenreid School Library as a guest of Fire Deputy Chief James Hargett. Hargett’s wife is Audenreid’s Principal Terry Pearsall-Hargett. Rudman was impressed by the new school, especially the positive attitude of the students, but he noticed something strange about the brand-new library. Rudman observed the Library had everything, new Apple Mac computers, and tables and chairs, but it lacked its main ingredient … books! Rudman spoke to the kids that day, and promised he would be back to fix that problem.
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5k Cop Run For Honor Whatever the weather this weekend, the first annual Badges of Honor 5K Run, is forecast for success. The Cops Run and Family Fun Day which is set for this Saturday. The Badges of Honor 5K Run was the brainchild of chief meteorologist John Bolaris of Philadelphia’s FOX 29 News. Bolaris came up with the idea this past February after the tragic slaying of Police Officer John Pawlowski, who was shot in the line of duty while trying to foil a cab robbery. Bolaris says the race was established to strengthen the relationship between Philadelphia’s public-safety employees and the communities they heroically serve, while raising money for a great cause. “After the tragedy that the city experienced when we lost Officer Pawlowski, and all slain Police Officers, firefighters and correctional officers, I knew I wanted to do something significant to celebrate our city’s heroes and their families.” In 2,500 runners are expected to participate in the Badges of Honor 5K Run. The proceeds will go to the Survivor’s Fund and will defray the costs resulting from the deaths of Philadelphia Police Officers, firefighters and correctional officers, who may loose their lives in the line of duty. When the City loses Police Officers, firefighters or other public-safety officers, the cost is more than emotional, often leaving a financial burden. This critical monetary need encountered by their surviving families after the death of a loved one, has (Cont. Page 23)
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