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Dauphin County Technical School students renovate house that caught fire in 2020
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – It’s not often a group of high schoolers have the chance to renovate an entire home. Students from Dauphin County Technical School took the opportunity and ran with it over the last three years. After a 2020 rowhome fire displaced about a dozen people...
School District of Harrisburg hoping to have new superintendent by school year
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – The School District of Harrisburg hopes to have a full-time superintendent hired before September after Eric Turman was hired to lead the Central Dauphin School District. In a letter to families on Friday, the district’s Court Appointed Receiver Dr. Lori Suski said the district has...
Harrisburg students race solar-powered cars
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Students at Foose Elementary in Harrisburg got outside this week to race solar-powered cars. The 4th-grade students put together these cars in partnership with “Phoenix Contact.”. The partnership, which has run since 2017, provides a special STEM curriculum focusing on wind and solar power.
Critics of cyber charter schools have their facts wrong | PennLive letters
I write to respond to the inaccurate letter recently written by Timothy Potts attacking public cyber charter schools generally and Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA) in particular. Mr. Potts begins by asserting that, “it is estimated that cyber charter schools cost about $8,000 per child to operate.”. Mr. Potts gives...
Harrisburg University Presents 2024 summer concerts in Riverfront Park: Where to buy tickets
Harrisburg University Presents has four opportunities for music fans to enjoy performances this summer along the beautiful Riverfront Park. The Summer Concert Series will host Jenny Lewis with guest Dean Johnson on June 21, Fleet Foxes with guest Tim Bernardes on June 23, Black Pumas on July 25 and Orville Peck guests Jaime Wyatt and Goldstar on July 28.
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