by Alison Smith | Jan 23, 2016 | School & Community News
January 2016…Students at a Norristown elementary school recently got an inside look at the creative process behind writing books. Gloria Barone Rosanio, author of Pedro’s Hungry Ride, read the story about a boy’s long bicycle ride searching for fresh fruits and...
by Alison Smith | Jan 23, 2016 | School & Community News
January 2016… How has the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone affected children? You’re invited to attend a special Healthy NewsWorks event to hear Professor Claudena Skran share the stories of children who lost homes, parents, and months of schooling while enduring...
by Alison Smith | Dec 22, 2015 | School & Community News
December 2015…In letters to health leaders written during the fall 2015 semester, elementary and middle school students related the impressions the leaders’ stories made on them. When he read the story of psychologist Dr. Dan Gottlieb, one student wrote, “a...
by Alison Smith | Dec 20, 2015 | School & Community News
December 2015…Eggnog is a milk- and egg-based beverage traditionally enjoyed during the winter holidays. Dating back to the Middle Ages in Europe, when milk and eggs were scarce unless families had their own livestock, eggnog was reserved for special occasions....
by Alison Smith | Dec 16, 2015 | School & Community News
December 2015…Ambar Torres Ramirez and Eddie Fisher are making their world healthier, one story at a time. They are among the current staff of students at Cole Manor Elementary School in Norristown who produce the Healthy Comet newspaper, which this year is...
