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St. Thomas Aquinas, a pre-K-8 parish school serving 300 students in South Philadelphia that has been battling to stay alive, finally got a reward for its efforts from the Philadelphia School Partnership with a $1.4 million grant from Great Schools Fund to Independence Mission Schools to support the transformation. In March 2013, PSP awarded an incubation grant to support the launch of PSP INVESTS $1.4 million grant to support turnaround IMS as a new organization of S. Philly Catholic school. Grant will support trans- formed to increase enrollformation of St. Thomas Aquinas, part of Independence ment and improve academic (Cont. Page 2) Mission Schools network.
PENNA. National Guards stood watch on S. Broad Street during World Meeting of Families papal visit. Young man, James Fagell, decided they needed some cold water. From left, Patrick Fennimore, Bennett Cowher, Marie Ortiz and Elena Davis shared this photo, showing our city’s brotherly love and hospitality that would make the Pope proud.
Mifflin Sq. Spreads Fun, Green Info by Maria Merlino The Mifflin Square Alliance Festival, held on Sep. 19 at 6th & Wolf Streets, came out of regular meetings with the community, to talk constructive information and share useful knowledge about South Philly’s parks and other green space. “From mountaintop to neighborhoods, we help preserve tracts of land,” said Gretchen Trefny of (Cont. Page 2)
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LISA McDonald Hanes of TEND landscape inc. and Gretchen Trefny of Trust for Public Land, had lots of great information at Mifflin Square Alliance Festival about greening of Philadelphia and how to be a part of it. Photo by Maria Merlino More pics Page 2.
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