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Chocachatti Elementary School Showcases its MicroSociety Program
April 25th, 2022
On Tuesday April 12, Chocachatti students, teachers and administrators appeared before the Hernando County School Board to demonstrate and talk about their MicroSociety program, now in its twenty-third year, the Hernando Sun reports.
U.S. News & World Report Ranks JCGCS a Top Charter School in New Jersey
November 2nd, 2021
U.S. News & World Report ranked Jersey City Global Charter School (JCGCS) #5 on its 2021 list of New Jersey's best charter elementary schools and #7 for charter middle schools. JCGCS ranked #38 among all of New Jersey's 1,370 elementary schools and #60 among its 715 middle schools.
PRESS RELEASE: MicroSociety Wins $250,000 Grant for Project at Penn Hills Charter
July 23rd, 2021
Three very different educational institutions are coming together this fall to develop an innovative career readiness program for Pittsburgh-area elementary school students, thanks to a generous $250,000 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation. The Foundation has awarded the grant to MicroSociety Inc. (MSI), a Philadelphia education nonprofit, for a digital project with Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship (PHCSE) that will help prepare students in grades K-5 for the high-tech, high-skill workplace of the future through online society-building and mentorship by adult professionals. As part of the project, students majoring in entrepreneurship at Duquesne University’s Palumbo-Donahue School of Business will also mentor PHCSE students.
