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8/20/2011
Low-income can get online for less
Comcast is offering new program for low-income households that would
save $31 off regular price.
aseder@timesleader.com
Hundreds of low-income families throughout Luzerne
County are eligible to sign up for a new program offered by Comcast
that would mean monthly Internet bills of $9.95, a $31 savings off
the regular service price.
Though Comcast serves a geographic majority of Luzerne County, it
does not serve the greater Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton or Mountain Top
areas. It does serve most of the West Side, the greater Pittston
area, the greater Nanticoke area and much of the Back Mountain.
To see if your home is in Comcast territory, call 1-855-846-8376.
You can learn more about the program at www.InternetEssentials.com.
Called Internet Essentials, the program offers low-cost access to
the Internet and even fully-installed netbook computers for families
in Comcast Internet territory who have children eligible to receive
free lunches through the National School Lunch Program. The program
launched earlier this summer and was a condition of the Federal
Communication Commission for Comcast to secure federal approval
to purchase NBC Universal. As part of the merger, Comcast agreed
to increase broadband deployment in low income households.
The Internet Essentials program meets that requirement.
Anthony Perrone, superintendent of the Greater Nanticoke Area School
District, said the program comes at a good time, because of the
difficult economy.
With many families dealing with unemployment and children affected
by their parents loss of income, the Internet can become an
unaffordable luxury. But the lack of Internet service at home could
negatively impact a student.
I know how important they (computers) are, Perrone said.
Theres a reason we have them in every classroom.
He said letters will be sent home to all families with students
in the district, along with school bus schedules, detailing the
program and information on eligibility and how to sign up.
Perrone said 43 percent of the 2,250 students in his district are
eligible for the free lunch program, and all districts include families
living in poverty and suffering from economic hardships.
Comcast spokesman Bob Grove said the company has known there is
a digital divide in this country and we see this as a way
we can help to bridge that divide. He added that research
has shown that there are three barriers to people getting on the
Internet: cost of the computer, cost of the service and a lack of
understanding of how the Internet is relevant and useful. He said
this program addresses all three.
In addition to the affordable internet, the program offers the opportunity
to buy a netbook computer for $149.99 plus tax and access to free
digital literacy training in print, online or in person.
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Paraeducator
diploma offered at LCCC
Luzerne County Community College
will offer a new Paraeducator Diploma for individuals wishing
to obtain a Special Education Paraeducators Credential in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for employment as a paraeducator
for kindergarten through grade 12. The completion of the 16-credit
diploma program provides students with the training and documentation
to apply to the Commonwealth for the Special Education Paraeducator
Credential.
Classes will be held at the Colleges
main campus in Nanticoke and evening sections are available for
most classes. If a student decides to continue study, the 16 credits
articulate into the Associate of Applied Science Degree in Early
Childhood Education at LCCC. LCCC was able to make the Paraeducator
diploma program available through the Pennsylvania Department
of Education State Personnel Development Grant: Improving
Student Results: A Focus on Highly Qualified Special Education
Personnel.
For more information, call LCCC
at 740-0522 or (800) 377-LCCC, extension 7522.
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1/19/2012
The law firm of Fellerman & Ciarimboli named
Kaitlyn Grey, a sophomore from Greater Nanticoke Area High School,
winner of its Safe Prom Pledge T-shirt design contest.
Times Leader
Grey received a $500 check and her winning design will appear on the
2012 T-shirts.
Fellerman & Ciarimboli instituted The Safe Prom Pledge last spring.
Students were asked to commit to a night free of drinking and driving
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12/15/2011
Community effort assists Nanticoke families,
kids
bkalinowski@citizensvoice.com, 570-821-2055
It looks like a toy store.
Except in here, the toys are free - for the needy, for the holidays.
Students of Greater Nanticoke Area schools who expected few or no
toys this Christmas will be getting at least two thanks to the district's
annual toy drive.
The district partnered with the Nanticoke community recently to
buy about 2,000 new toys for hundreds of less fortunate GNA students.
On Wednesday, the months of planning and hard work were on display
at Kennedy Elementary School - its lunch room tables filled with
toys. Selected families arrived to pick two toys per child, plus
a few extra items.
There were basketballs and Barbie dolls, stuffed animals and stocking
stuffers, board games and books. Each family was given a gift card
to Gerrity's Supermarket as well.
"I'm proud of the kids for what they did and thankful for the
people who donated," said school board member Cindy Donlin.
Minutes earlier, Donlin greeted a flood victim who arrived to choose
a few toys.
"She hugged me and said, 'Thank you so much,'" Donlin
said.
In all, about $13,000 was raised to buy the toys and supermarket
gift cards to benefit 260 families and about 500 children.
Members of the school's administrative office - Leslie Caley Cimakasky,
Bonnie Dembowski, Carol Kelly, Reine Paveletz - organized the drive
with the help of students and Superintendant Anthony Perrone, starting
in October.
"There was a lot of work put into this - I'm talking every
day," said Caley Cimakasky.
Bronwyn Perrins, 17, a senior at the school who worked on the project,
said "it feels good helping kids that might not get anything
for Christmas."
"When you called the families, they appreciated it and it made
you feel really good," said senior Cassie Yalch, 17.
In addition to students and staff, those who donated to the toy
drive included: Dale Richards Garden Equipment, Malishchak Brothers,
Broski Distributing, Barbara and Wayne Dombroski D.D.S., Attorney
Vito DeLuca, Citizens Bank, Housing Authority of Nanticoke, Janisons,
Attorney Joseph Iracki, Sen. John Yudichak, Joseph R. Aliciene and
Co., Nanticoke Career Firefighters, Broadway Jewelers, Butchko's
Garage, Sanitary Bakery, Felici Electric, 400 Club, J.P. Mascaro,
Albert B. Melone Co., White Transit School Bus, Maps Restaurant,
Stanley Schmidt Printing, and Gerrity's Supermarket.
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12/13/2011
Bigger and merrier
GNAs holiday drive big success
elewis@timesleader.com
This years toy and food collection drive
by the Greater Nanticoke Area School District easily exceeded the
previous year, resulting in donations being stockpiled and sorted
in a bigger room.
Students, families, school officials and
business donated more than $13,000 and nearly 2,000 toys that will
be given to underprivileged families within the school district
this holiday season.
The district sponsors the collection drive
and leaves it up to the students to participate. Its success over
the last 40 years has grown with donated items.
All the support we received was amazing,
said senior Alexa Gorski, 17, of Nanticoke, president of the schools
National Honor Society. There was such an outpouring from
the community; its really touching to see how much people
care around the holidays.
Twelve tables and at least 10 washer-size
boxes were filled with toys in the cafeteria of Kennedy Elementary.
Toys were sorted by boys and girls and by age group from infant
to 10 years old.
The cafeteria was used because of the large
volume of donated toys. Last year, donations were stockpiled in
the high schools main hallway.
Kelsey Rynkiewicz, 18, of Nanticoke, was
coordinator of the collection drive this year. She said she would
have been overwhelmed by the donations if it werent for other
students helping out.
It was schoolwide drive from kindergarten
through 12th grade, she said.
Rynkiewicz said money was raised through
the schools dress down day, in addition to monetary donations
from businesses and the Nanticoke Fire Department.
For $1 every Friday, students were permitted
to wear jeans and t-shirts outside the districts dress code.
The money raised went to buy more toys,
Rynkiewicz said.
Bonnie Dembowski, school district human resources
officer, said 266 families will receive toys and/or gift cards for
food at Gerritys Market, surpassing 220 families that benefited
last year.
Those families within the district affected
by the September flood will receive a little more extra,
Dembowski said.
This is truly amazing, said Superintendent
Anthony Perrone. The kids should be proud of what theyve
accomplished. Families are not going to go without a toy or go hungry
this holiday season from their efforts.
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10/22/2011
Nanticoke Superintendent honored
Fred Adams - Times Leader
Nanticoke honored A longtime educator, Superintendent Anthony Perrone
was honored Friday for his service and commitment to the Greater
Nanticoke Area School District. The complex on Kosciuszko Street
containing the districts schools was renamed the Anthony P.
Perrone Educational Campus. Perrone has been with the district for
49 years and started out as a Spanish teacher, said Cindy Donlin,
a school board member. During the nine years that Perrone has served
as superintendent without pay, the district has saved $2 million,
she said. We wanted to do this for him so often, said
Donlin.
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10/16/2011
Football Player's Senior
Project Tackles Devastating Disease
Mark Hiller - www.pahomepage.com
He's number 74 on the Nanticoke High School Football Team. Christian
Stevenson tries to give it his all tackling the enemy -- both on and
off the field. For his senior project, he decided the enemy he would
tackle is breast cancer. He'd try to beat it by selling pink and black
t-shirts with the proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. "Everybody
wanted the shirts so we sold a lot. I mean a lot," chuckled the
teen. Ann Marie Coughlin is the president of Nanticoke's 12th Man
Booster Club. She said, "As part of his senior project he sold
over 650 shirts and our shirts say 'Tackle The Cause'," said
The cause became even more personal on October 7th for the rough and
tough football player. One of the team's coaches, 50-year-old Henry
Turoski, died from another form of the devastating disease. "He
fought a heck of a battle and he had cancer for the past three years
but unfortunately he lost that battle," said Ms. Coughlin.
As Nanticoke battled Northwest Area Saturday night, the loss of the
man affectionately called "Coach Hank" left the Trojans
playing with heavy hearts. "Big time, big time. I lost an uncle
to cancer, too, so this just on top of everything," said Stevenson.
Ms. Coughlin added, "Coach Hank was an awesome guy I mean you
can ask anybody here. He's been a mentor, he's been a parent. He always
had a kind word to say."
The sight of so much pink throughout the stadium in Nanticoke was
a sign that Stevenson's senior project is a big success -- and something
that would have made the man known as "Coach Hank" mighty
proud. "God bless him, if he was alive he'd be here today with
a huge smile," said Ms. Coughlin.
Christian Stevenson's senior project raised $4,000 for the American
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