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Sat, May 17 2008

Making Connections

Bedford students help animals in need

Through the 21st Century After-School program, area school students involved in service learning gave back to the community and gained a Furever experience.....more>>

A poplar plan | Somerset Conservation District to plant 1 million trees
A new concept is taking root at the Somerset Conservation District. A program called “One Million Trees” is being pursued, in which 1 million hybrid poplar trees will be planted on previously strip-mined lands over a period of 10 years.
Collegians' service projects assist them in interacting with others
Medical imaging students at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson are accustomed to visiting the Ebensburg Center for mentally handicapped persons as a learning requirement and a community service project.
Hands-on nature studies help students in PSSA tests
It may be cold and snowy outside, but some Cambria County students are still experiencing nature up close and personal, right in their classrooms.
Using it again | Penn Cambria students learn benefits of recycling
Winter often keeps students indoors and away from thoughts of the environment and nature. But, this is not the case for the Penn Cambria Intermediate (PCI) Communities in Schools of the Laurel Highlands After School Program. As part of Service Learning with Communities That Care and the Alternative Community Resource Program Family Center, fourth- and fifth-grade students at PCI recently learned about the benefits of recycling.
Workshop's focus was sustainable partnerships
The Southern Alleghenies Learn and Serve Alliance (SALSA) sponsored a service learning workshop earlier this month to explore the development of effective and sustainable service learning partnerships.
A different way to teach
Most experts on service learning agree that it is a classroom tool or methodology. In other words, service learning is a way to teach rather than a classroom distraction. Two faculty members from Mount Aloysius College, Cresson, have echoed these sentiments.
ROCK program rolls into schools | Helps spark interest in the sciences
Service learning, a teaching method that intentionally engages a student while also fulfilling a community need, is present all across the St. Francis University curriculum.
Experiments create excitement
I am member of the Pennsylvania Mountain Service Corps (PMSC), a branch of AmeriCorps. My job site is St. Francis University, Loretto, where I spend much of my time working with the ROCK (Rural Outreach Chemistry for Kids) program.
Central Cambria students serve the less fortunate
This fall, students who were participating in Communities In Schools’ service-learning projects completed assignments targeted toward raising awareness of poverty issues among young people.

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Sports

• Red Raiders’ pitcher gets best of Mountain Cats
• Rally catapults West Chester while Kutztown edges out win
• UPJ looks stronger in topping Concord
• PENS NOTEBOOK | New lines pay off against Penguins
• Still in the driver’s seat

Features

• 12 will receive Prince Gallitzin Cross Awards
• Church plans events for 60th
• Religion in brief | Church to celebrate pastoral anniversary
• Miniature Mainline to be dedicated Saturday at Portage Station Museum
• Spring antiques show Saturday, Sunday in Somerset

Multimedia

• St. Mark's Belfry Slideshow
• Area Christians rally together in praise of unity
• Chiefs Year in Review Audio Slideshow
• Hillary Clinton Rally Slideshow
• Local Dems rally for Clinton

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