K-12 Articles

Penn College concrete science technology faculty shared their specialty with 110 children on June 2, teaching individual sessions to all four fifth-grade classes during Career Day at the Allentown School District’s Central Elementary STREAM Academy.

Twenty-one high school students from seven area school districts participated in the 2024-25 Penn College Youth Leadership Program, an initiative hosted annually by Pennsylvania College of Technology. As part of their engagement, the young leaders took field trips to local resources and community organizations, and they also completed service projects to learn more about leadership as a function of social change.

The Community Arts Center is the recipient of a generous $3,000 donation from Truist, through the Pennsylvania Education Improvement Tax Credit program. The funding will support the CAC’s approved educational programs, which include the Student Summer Stock, Educational Series and The Nutcracker production.

About 160 middle school students recently experienced the promise of careers rooted in science, technology, engineering and math during the second annual STEMFest at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The students – representing schools from Clinton, Lycoming, Northumberland and Tioga counties – engaged in a series of hands-on activities, ranging from concrete science to robotics. Supported by a grant from the EQT Foundation, the workshops were led by Penn College faculty and staff.

WNEP-TV joined about 150 middle school students who visited Penn College for STEMFest, a celebration of engineering and technical fields. Reporter Mackenzie Aucker attended some of the hands-on workshops.

Pennsylvania College of Technology physical therapist assistant students recently provided an activity-filled morning to 70 elementary school children in the college’s Field House. Seeking a service-learning project, students invited special education classes from Jersey Shore Area, Loyalsock Township, South Williamsport Area and Williamsport Area school districts to a jungle-themed event, dubbed “Wildcat Kids in Motion."

The Clean Energy Center’s weatherization career readiness program, called Next Door, has hosted a series of recent field trips for more than 90 career and technical education center students to the center’s labs in Williamsport and Harrisburg. 

The third annual Rotorfest, held this month at Pennsylvania College of Technology, brought more than 500 K-12 students and educators to campus to learn about the college’s emergency management & homeland security major and interact with a wide range of emergency response professionals.

Jersey Shore State Bank recently made a gift to support Penn College Dual Enrollment, a program that allows academically qualified high school and career and technology education center students to take Penn College courses tuition-free during their regular school day. The bank provided a $7,000 gift to the program through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program.

WNEP-TV stopped by the third annual Rotorfest, held Tuesday on the front lawns and parking lots of Pennsylvania College of Technology. Hosted by the emergency management & homeland security major, the event attracted nearly 600 K-12 students and school staff from 13 counties, as well as a range of emergency responders.