Ridge Park Elementary School is home to the K-3 autistic support classrooms — and a supportive learning community focused on accepting differences.
Throughout Colonial School District, students and staff find ways to make differences in our classrooms, schools and community.
Their acts help Colonial serve as a warm and welcoming place where children feel safe and comfortable while learning their academics -- as well as providing opportunities for students to learn how to contribute to the greater good.
These are some of their stories.
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about Making A Difference: Autism Awareness Month at Ridge Park
PE students are trying to raise $15,000 through "Laps for Leukemia." WE and CMS are seeing how pocket change can add up through "Pennies for Patients," and WE Kindergarten Teacher Shana Genkin will be running the 2018 Boston Marathon for the cause.
On Friday, April 6, PWHS students will be spending the night in the CES gym, playing games, singing and dancing at their own Mini-THON to support pediatric cancer. Click here to donate!
For more than a decade, Colonial Middle School (CMS) students have used basketball to raise money for charity. However, the 2018 tournament has supported ALS research for the final time.
For Plymouth Whitemarsh High School (PWHS) baseball players, being part of the team extends beyond playing games to being year-round ambassadors for their school and their sport.
While many of Colonial School District's schools were holding pep rallies for the Philadelphia Eagles, Conshohocken Elementary School recently held a pep rally to build excitement for being kind.
At Plymouth and Whitemarsh Elementary Schools, students are excited about the Eagles being in the Super Bowl, but they're also seeing the event as a chance to give back to their community.
The PWHS French, Spanish and Latin Clubs held a friendly competition between Thanksgiving and the Winter Break to see which group could collect the most items for two programs that help the needy.
On a recent December morning, Ms. Mansfield was in her school bus between runs when she saw something that didn't seem right — an older woman outside in her robe and slippers.
The PWHS Anti-Domestic Violence Club collected more than 50 bags of clothing for Marian's Attic, an upscale resale shop run by Laurel House, a local domestic violence agency.
Central Montco Technical High School (CMTHS) students donated more than 900 pounds of canned goods to Martha's Choice Marketplace, a food pantry across the street from the school.
It starts with a letter home to the families on the free and reduced lunch list — and ends with a community working together to grant the wishes of more than 400 children.
For more than 20 years, CE has invited local seniors for a free turkey dinner with all the fixings and a concert.
At PE Spirit Team's first volunteer night, 25 third graders visited Brightview Senior Living Center in East Norriton to decorate cupcakes and enjoy games with some of the residents.
Eagle Scout Jordan Santoli led a team of 25 Boy Scouts to build bleachers and create tables and stools from recycled materials for his former elementary school.