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 […]
MSI MEDIA CONTACT: Riva Richmond Director of Content and Development rrichmond@microsociety.org (917) 670-4299 PHCSE MEDIA CONTACT: Kenneth A. Kilpatrick Sylvia Marketing & Public Relations ken@sylviamarketing.com (215) 817-3095 Philadelphia, PA – MicroSociety Inc. (MSI) is excited to announce that it has been awarded a generous grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation to expand its […]
The students at Instant Impact Global Preparatory Charter School in Natchez, Mississippi, have built a MicroSociety called “Smartland” and on Tuesday inaugurated its presidents, mayors, judge, police and peacekeepers. Presidents Jacorian Jones and Summer Ware and other officers took their oath with the help of real public officials, including Natchez Mayor Dan Gibson, Sheriff Travis […]
Stenstrom Elementary School in Oveido, Florida, gave News 6 WKMG anchor Julie Broughton a tour of its “MicrOveido” MicroSociety. She visited businesses like the Stallion Supply Station, Addition Financial, Stallion News Network, and Stenstrom Harvest, all of which are managed by students in third to fifth grade. “It’s exciting because we’re offering kids the opportunity […]
Welcome to Soarmania, the “MicroSociety” that exists inside Penn Hills Charter School for Entrepreneurship. Since 2011, this K-through-8 school has partnered with the folks at MicroSociety, Inc., to use entrepreneurial education to teach kids about planning, launching and managing businesses — and teach citizenship, humanities and service along the way. Throughout the school day, science, […]
After operating for more than a decade as a chartered public school in the Penn Hills School District, Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship now plans to share its expertise with other schools in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties that serve low-income areas where residents “are historically underrepresented in entrepreneurship,” says Wayne Jones, the school’s CEO. In […]
PRESS RELEASE Media Contact: Riva Richmond, rrichmond@microsociety.org PHCSE Media Contact: Kenneth A. Kilpatrick, ken@sylviamarketing.com An Innovative Educational Program to Expand in Pittsburgh to Boost Career Readiness Among Youth A Pittsburgh-based entrepreneurship school and a national education nonprofit are teaming up to take their innovative career readiness program to schools in the region serving low-income […]
“Dukeville,” New Jerusalem Primitive Baptist Church’s afterschool MicroSociety, was featured on CBS Miami’s “Miami Proud” segment on Thursday, December 15. See the segment here — you don’t want miss hearing from Dukeville’s police chief! For over 15 years, New Jerusalem Afterschool Director Sabrina Bouie-Floyd has been a constant source of inspiration who constantly strives for […]
The Pittsburgh Foundation has awarded MicroSociety Inc. a generous $21,132 grant to support our ongoing pilot of MicroSociety 2.0 at Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship. The funds will enable us to continue to work closely with the faculty at PHCSE on Micro 2.0 implementation and to develop important curriculum and instructional supports. MicroSociety 2.0 […]
Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship was awarded for the first time accreditation from the Commission on Elementary Schools of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in April, TribLive reported. “It is a good feeling,” Terri Williams, PHCSE’s director of operations and innovation, said. “It is a strong accomplishment for all academic facilities.” […]