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February 11, 2012
Delaware County Times reports on students at The Vanguard School sending their love to children at CHOP.
February 6, 2012
VFES annouces upcoming programs for parents and educators
January 28, 2012
VFES presented with $47,000 donation from SKF USA to support summer learning programs
January 26, 2012
VFES announces the launch of Summer Voyagers, a new summer learning program, part of VFES’ Summer Matters™ program.
January 12, 2012
Article “Kids Need More Than the 3 ‘R’ Words to Succeed in School!,” by VFES’ Director of Summer Programs is published in Parents Express.
December 23
Students at The Vanguard School and the Vanguard Transition Center celebrated the holiday season by giving back and enjoying social and recreational activities.
November 28
The Luma Center™ for Development and Learning in Malvern today announced Jolynn Thomas, MS Ed CCC-SLP, as the new Speech and Language Pathologist for its new school-year program, Speech and Language Explorers.
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November 25
Comments from Nancy Allard, Director of The Luma Center for Development and Learning, are featured in Maiken Scott’s WHYY report, “Is Too Much Screen Time Stunting Kids’ Development?”
November 15
VFES announced today the appointment of John T. Childress as Director of Business Development. Childress, former executive director of the African American Chamber of Commerce, brings extensive industry experience to the position.
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October 27, 2011
Main Line Parent discusses bully prevention training and references VFES workshops.
October 20, 2011
VFES teaches parents and teachers about Children Who Learn Differently, as covered by Main Line Media News.
October 3, 2011
Main Line Media News covers VFES’ parent education workshop “What Every Parent of a Child with a Disability Should Know about Bullying.”
September 27, 2011
VFES will hold its annual “Special Kids Camp Expo” on Saturday, January 28 from 1:00pm-4:00pm in the Activities Center (Snow date: February 4). Members of the community are invited to come learn about a variety of day, residential, academic and therapeutic camps and programs that support youth who learn differently. Call 610-296-6725 x115 for vendor information.
September 19, 2011
The Luma Center™ for Development and Learning today announced that this fall it will begin offering Nemours BrightStart!, an innovative pre-reading program for young children who show early signs of dyslexia or may be at risk for reading challenges. Learn more.
September 13, 2011
Valley Forge Educational Services (VFES) will host “What Every Parent of a Child with a Disability Should Know about Bullying” on Monday, October 3, 2011 during National Bullying Prevention Month. Learn more.
August 30, 2011
Valley Forge Educational Services announces the opening of a newly-constructed, 6500-square-foot Education Center/Cafeteria. In addition to providing flexible space for student and faculty dining, approximately one-third of the Center has been allocated to a state-of-the-art teaching kitchen in which young people with special needs will learn vocational skills in the culinary arts. Learn more.
August 15, 2011
Daily Local News publishes a piece about Vanguard teacher Rich Raber receiving the Excellence in Education award.
August 4, 2011
WHYY’s Newsworks reports on VFES summer programs and summer learning: Summer Off, Some are Studying.
July 25, 2011
Summer School: the Essential Bridge, an “In Education” article in the Philadelphia Inquirer today, highlights VFES’ summer programs and the importance of summer learning for students with special needs. ESY and Summer L.I.F.E. are featured.
July 13, 2011
Jacque Murray, Director of the Vanguard Transition Center, will share expertise on how to build a successful transition program on the VTC model at the 2011 PA Community on Transition Conference at Pennsylvania State University. Murray will present July 20 on “A Defined and Successful Transition Program: Models of Success.” The goal of the conference is to promote effective and successful transition to adulthood for youth and young adults with disabilities.
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July 9, 2011
TEPatch article on Yum! Brands’ support of VFES’ Vanguard School’s efforts to feed hungry
July 8, 2011
Phillyburbs.com article on VFES’ Vanguard School’s efforts to feed hungry via freerice.com
July 5, 2011
Yum! Brands, Inc., of Louisville, Ky., one of the largest restaurant companies in the world and the owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, donated a KFC and Pizza Hut lunch to Vanguard students in appreciation of their extraordinary efforts to feed the hungry.
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July 3, 2011
Summer Matters’ ESY Vanguard Transition Center (VTC) Summer Experience for 17-21 year olds featured in The Times Herald.
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June 30, 2011
VFES announced today the appointment of Jim Kirkpatrick, CFO of VFES, as acting CEO.
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June 21, 2011
The Importance of Play, a byline by Nancy Allard, Director of The Luma Center™ for Development and Learning, in Special Education Advisor.
June 16, 2011
The Luma Center™ for Development and Learning at VFES introduces a new school-year program, Speech and Language Explorers, to meet the needs of young children with speech/language-based learning challenges. The program – the first of its kind in the Chester County region – is designed particularly to meet the needs of children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech or other speech/language-based disabilities.
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June 13, 2011
Main Line Times and Main Line Suburban Life feature VFES Concert in People section.
June 12, 2011
VFES’ Director of Summer Programs’ byline Striking the Right Balance in Summer Learning for Special Needs Students published in June issue of Exceptional Parent Magazine
June 5, 2011
Into the Deep End: A Parents’ Guide to Diving into Transition a byline by Jacque Murray, Director of Vanguard Transition Center in Special Education Advisor.
June 1, 2011
The VFES Campus will be the location for the Philadelphia Area Apraxia of Speech Walk/5K Run and Family Fun Day on Sunday, June 5, 2011.
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May 19, 2011
A Special Concert for Special Children conductor featured in Chestnut Hill Local
May 13, 2011
Children and young adults with high-functioning autism or Asperger’s Syndrome can experience the carefree fun of traditional overnight camp thanks to a new Summer L.I.F.E. camp program option VFES’ Summer Matters™ division is offering for the first time this summer on a 90-acre site in Schwenksville, PA.
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May 10, 2011
Brandywine Radio features VFES’ upcoming “Special Concert for Special Children” and interviews Rosalind Erwin and Osborne Abbey.
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May 9, 2011
VFES announced today its successful transition model for special education students ages 18-21.
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April 28, 2011
Summer Learning Loss More Severe for Children with Special Needs. VFES Director of Summer Programs interviews with WHYY.
April 11, 2011
VFES announces improved research-based early learning programs and a new website for children with developmental and learning challenges and parents (www.lumacenter.org)
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March 24, 2011
Thirty five West Chester University music student teachers visited VFES to attend a practicum seminar developed to raise instructional awareness about students who may have ASD, sensory processing disorders, and /or delayed auditory processing. Tips on social cognitive awareness were stressed and the student teachers observed and debriefed instructional practices from music classes taught by Vanguard music teacher, Jodi Jianniney. VFES Director of Professional Development, Maria Kreiter, and Vanguard School Psychologist, Christine Blaine facilitated the practicum.
March 18, 2011
VFES Speech and Language Therapist at The Vanguard School comments on assistive technology
March 16, 2011
New VFES Board member, Patrick Mintzer, featured in “Movers & Shakers” The Daily Local
March 15, 2011
VFES featured in Is My Child Ready for Summer Camp article
March 1, 2011
VFES released its second vision paper — “Why Summer Matters” and announced its 2011 Summer MattersTM (www.summermatters.org) program specifically designed to create a unique, individualized summer learning experience for special education students.
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February 8, 2011
VFES released its first vision paper — “The Future is Now: Responding to the Challenges in Specialized Education” – a perspective on individualized learning for the changing educational landscape.
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January 3, 2011
VFES featured in Chester County Life Magazine
December 28, 2010
Students at VFES’ Vanguard School participated in a winter clothing drive to provide the gift of warmth to needy children in the region. Hats, gloves, and scarves were collected throughout the month of December and delivered to the Salvation Army of West Chester in coordination with Operation Warm of Chadds Ford.
December 16, 2010
VFES will host “A Special Concert for Special Children” on Friday, May 20, 2011. Members of the community and music enthusiasts are invited to this evening of entertainment that promises to meld the music of the great classics with wonderfully entertaining popular music.
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December 8, 2010
Valley Forge Educational Services, Hope for Kids and Lavner Camps & Programs have come together to develop a dynamic 3 week summer sports program for “at-risk” youth.
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November 11, 2010
Liberty AMBUCS has made a donation to underwrite the development of a therapeutic listening (TL) program at The Vanguard School.
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October 12, 2010
Ground was broken on VFES’ new Cafeteria/Education Center. When complete, the complex will provide upgraded flexible dining space for students and staff and commercial kitchen facilities suitable for providing students with vocational training in culinary skills.
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October 28, 2010
Valley Forge Educational Services has elected two new members to its board.
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September 16, 2010
The Intel® Reader, a portable assistive technology device which reads printed text aloud, will make its regional premiere November 4, 6:30pm-8:30pm, at Valley Forge Educational Services’ colloquium “Open Doors to Learning with Assistive Technology.”
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September 14, 2010
Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can struggle to find appropriate childcare. To help them, and to educate potential sitters about ASD, Valley Forge Educational Services will offer a four-session workshop “Creating Kinships: Matching Families with ASD Children with Sitters” with support from educators from West Chester University and Wanna Play Program.
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September 14, 2010
Valley Forge Educational Services will offer “Understanding Learning and Learners,” an All Kinds of Minds program, on Friday, October 8 from 8:30am-3:30pm.
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August 7, 2010
The Luma Center™ for Development and Learning, specializing in children’s educational and therapeutic services, is offering two new programs for young children who need extra support with language, play, sensory, and social skills during the 2010-11 school year: Superstar K’s and Playstars. The Center will also offer fall programs for children of all ages and two Parent Learning Sessions: Vision and Learning and Destress Yourself-Destress Your Kids.
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August 6, 2010
VFES announces the opening of The Luma Center™ for Development and Learning, a center based program offering services for families and children with developmental and learning challenges. Services formerly part of VFES’ Child Development Services have been incorporated into the Center.
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June 16, 2010
Valley Forge Educational Services and HOPE for Kids announced the formation of the Swamp Creek Environmental Collaborative, part of a new partnership to create environmental- and vocational-education programming for at-risk youth.
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June 15, 2010
VFES’ Vanguard School graduated twenty students in an evening ceremony which celebrated the accomplishments of the Class of 2010.
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May 10, 2010
Mr. Mario Dickerson Joins VFES as Chief Advancement Officer (CAO).
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May 5, 2010
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, a leading healthcare provider in the Philadelphia area, has partnered with Valley Forge Educational Services’ Conference & Training Division to coordinate a Multidisciplinary Conference & EXPO for Child Development on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.
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April 28, 2010
Students at VFES’ Vanguard School learned about a wide variety of career paths as they travelled to different stations during the School’s Career Day.
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April 22-23, 2010
VFES Director of Conferences and Training, Maria Kreiter, presented two well-attended and well-received sessions at the Council for Exceptional Children’s national conference in Nashville April 22-23.
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April 19, 2010
VFES’ Vanguard School celebrated its 50th anniversary April 17 with a jubilant gala at the Phoenixville Foundry. The evening drew a sold-out crowd of 280 and included hors d’oeuvres, open bar, dinner, dancing, and silent and live auctions.
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March 29, 2010
Thirty-five regional public and charter schools participated in a full-day training sponsored by Valley Forge Educational Services March 17 on “A View into Response to Instruction and Intervention.” Susan Hentz, intervention specialist and a nationally acclaimed presenter delivered the training.
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