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The inaugural Philadelphia Outward Bound School (POBS) jamboree fundraiser at the Discovery Center on Oct. 1 drew 143 guests and raised more than $190,000 for Philadelphia students.
The dress code was flannel and hiking boots, and the centerpiece was a campfire beside the Strawberry Mansion Reservoir.
The sold-out evening raised funds for the nonprofit’s yo...
High Point Cafe at the Allen Lane Train Station is a popular meeting place for area residents to relax with a handmade pastry, sip a locally roasted coffee and schmooze over politics, personal lives and the most recent sports team letdown.
But from now until Nov. 1, it is also a place where you can see a stunning exhibit by Chestnut Hill nature artist Richard Metz.
...Salt & Light Academy for Boys, a microschool in Mt. Airy, has won $500,000 as a finalist for the Yass Prize. The award was announced on Oct. 6 in Philadelphia.
The Yass Prize was founded by Janine and Jeff Yass, the richest man in Pennsylvania and a proponent of school choice, in partnership with the Center for Education Reform. Twenty-six education organizations n...
Emi Wong Shing, a senior at Germantown Friends School, has been named the 2026-2027 Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate, and she is making it look easy.
“I can officially call myself a poet and writer,” Shing said. “I’ve obviously become the Youth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia recently, so it’s been interesting navigating that, as it is a new role that I’ve stepped into.”...