A $30,000 donation from Kathy and Peter Lacey will help students at Aspen Heights Elementary School build entrepreneurial skills, explore business and learn the importance of contributing to their community through the school’s MicroSociety program. The donation was made in memory of Kathy Lacey’s late father, Jack Donald, a longtime Red Deer businessman and entrepreneur.…
Mister Rogers knew that children’s imaginations are powerful tools for learning. When the capacity for make-believe meets the chance to try on grown-up jobs and responsibilities, remarkable things can happen. Tamara Allen-Thomas saw this in action years ago at the Penn Hills Charter School for Entrepreneurship, where she used to be the principal. There, students…
San Diego, CA — April 2026 — MicroSociety Inc. (MSI) will present new insights from its national Middle Grades Listening Tour at the upcoming Magnet Schools of America (MSA) Conference in San Diego. The session will highlight what students across six schools are saying about their learning experiences—and what they need from schools to thrive…
As people packed a classroom to buy succulents and wandering dude plants, Neriah Baldwin, a fourth grader at Eagle Charter School, sat at a desk, overseeing it all. During a school showcase on Tuesday night, Baldwin was in charge of a room full of plants that third grade students spent months raising from seeds. The…
The Aspen Heights MicroSociety held its Community Partner Day Wednesday to highlight the hard work put forward by students. On April 16, the MicroSociety invited local businesses and community members to the elementary school for an afternoon of student catered grilled cheese lunch followed by a tour and presentation highlighting what the MicroSociety is all…
School-age civic leaders from North Heights Community School in Texarkana, Arkansas, joined their adult-world counterparts for breakfast and municipal updates Wednesday morning at State of the Cities. Business professionals, community members and others filled the Great Room at Texarkana College for the annual Texarkana Chamber of Commerce event. The conference featured year-in-reviews from city chiefs,…
PHILADELPHIA – March 31, 2025 – MicroSociety Inc. (MSI) is proud to partner with American Student Assistance® (ASA), a national nonprofit at the forefront of changing the way kids learn about careers and prepare for their futures, to ensure that low-income middle school students gain the career exposure and durable skills they need to thrive…
MicroSociety Inc. CEO Carolynn King Richmond will speak at the ASU+GSV Summit on a panel with American Student Assistance on “Reimagining Durable Skills Development for Middle School Youth.” Join us on Tuesday, April 8th from 3:00 – 3:40PM at the San Diego Convention Center to explore how we can better prepare tomorrow’s workforce.
The Aspen Heights Elementary School MicroSociety is entering full-swing after citizens and their elected government representatives all took oaths of good faith, and were ceremoniously sworn into office by the Honourable Judge Jim Mitchell on September 23. MicroSociety has been running for 15 years at the school, and Mitchell has been swearing its officials since…
Penn Hills Charter School students visit their partners at the Big Idea Center at the University of Pittsburgh. PHCSE will be the hub of a new network of MicroSociety schools in the Pittsburgh area. Network schools will benefit from several university partnerships.