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West Chester Public Schools

West Chester Area School District

The mission of the West Chester Area School District is to educate all students to achieve their personal best, be responsible, contributing citizens and become life-long learners by inspiring each student through challenging curriculum, varied opportunities, effective teaching, respect for diversity, nurturing and caring staff, and involved families and community. The district serves a 75-square-mile area and is home to ten elementary schools, three middle schools, and three high schools. .

West Chester Private Schools

Chesterbrook Academy
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Our preschools provide an environment where children are safe, nurtured and ready to absorb what the world has to offer. We use the Nobel Learning Communities' Links to Learning curriculum. Links to Learning is an integrated series of programs that incorporate preparation for reading and math as well as building social skills and confidence. Links to Learning also links parents to what their children are learning by providing regular communications and suggestions for how to continue the learning at home.
Our elementary schools and middle schools provide a challenging and robust curriculum, innovative instruction led by dedicated, well-trained teachers, and a vibrant school community that values each individual's contribution. Instruction is tailored to the developmental stage of each grade and to the learning styles of each child. In grades K-3, we give students a thorough foundation in the core academic skills. In grades 4-8 we build on those skills so that students learn to apply their knowledge outside the four walls of the classroom. By emphasizing core academics as well as leadership skills, interpersonal skills, and wellness, we prepare students to be confident, competent leaders in an ever-evolving world.

West Chester Friends School
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For more than 300 years, Friends schools have been recognized for fine academics as well as a whole-child approach to intellectual and moral development. Students are encouraged by word and by example to respect the talents and perspectives of others and include them in a cooperative search for knowledge. The Friends Council on Education affirms that the core purpose of its member schools is to create deliberate learning communities that are centered on Quaker values such as simplicity, peace, justice, stewardship, and integrity.

West Chester Nazarene Christian School
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West Chester Nazarene Christian School is a ministry of West Chester Church of the Nazarene, committed to the teaching and nurturing of children in Christian atmosphere. Equal value is placed on all aspects of a child’s growth and development: mental, social, emotional, physical and spiritual. We believe in and seek to provide a healthy loving environment where each child can grow to his/her fullest potential.

Our Christian Education program provides each child with these age-appropriate skills: to make sound decisions, to create and strengthen family and community ties, to establish moral and ethical beliefs, to strengthen motor development, to develop self discipline and self control and to understand God from a healthy, Christian perspective. The child’s home, church and school experiences are all vital and important in providing a foundation for life. Recognizing that the home is the primary source of nurture, the West Chester Nazarene Christian School seeks to work with the parents to provide the kind of foundation that will help develop a meaningful, constructive lifestyle – one which includes a daily walk with God.

Saint Agnes Catholic School
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Saint Agnes Elementary School in West Chester, Pennsylvania opens its doors daily to provide a nurturing, affirming environment for over 500 students, pre-kindergarten through grade eight.

Saint Agnes School is an exceptional place of learning; an outstanding staff of faith-filled, dedicated professionals and parents collaborate in the learning process that integrates the religious formation program with sound intellectual preparation in the academic areas of the curriculum. The vision of the principal and school staff is that of a peace-filled school community in which both students and staff treat one another with care and respect. The mission of Saint Agnes School is to teach Christ’s message in a faith-shared community through worship of God and service to His people. The message of Christ gives each of us a share in the vision of God, the world, and ourselves.

Sts. Simon & Jude School
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Saints Simon and Jude school is conducted by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Their congregation is committed to the apostolate of teaching at all levels. The unique aim of the academic program of the school is to provide a learning experience in all areas which are fully integrated in the light of the faith.
Our School follows the Course of Study established by the school law of Pennsylvania, published by the Department of Instruction, Harrisburg, along with the Archdiocesan School System of Philadelphia.

Presently, the staff of the school includes a Principal, Director of Religious Education, classroom teachers, Physical Education teacher, Librarian, Music teacher, Art teacher, Computer Education teacher, and Advanced Math teacher. The Chester County Intermediate Unit provides four staff members for remedial reading, mathematics, speech and language, and guidance.

Sts. Peter and Paul School
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“Hearts to Love, Hands to Serve”
Accepting the privilege and the challenge of our call to grow as a faith community, we envision our parish school as:
• A Catholic school community of faith in which all members are “woven” together — parents, priests, teachers, administrators and students — to live the Word of God.
• A Catholic school community strengthened in love and hope which fosters the growth of all students morally and spiritually, academically and intellectually, socially, physically and emotionally.
• A Catholic school community of vibrant students, which enables harmonious relationships with themselves, their God, their families and the world.
We are a faith community who teaches the message of Christ by being a living Witness to Christian ideals, virtues and values that are cultivated and practiced.
We pray for God’s guidance and strength to continue to respond to this call to be a faith-filled community.

Villa Maria Academy LWR School
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Villa Maria Academy is a Catholic, private day school for girls from Kindergarten through Eighth Grade, located in Immaculata, Pennsylvania. Villa Maria was founded over 125 years ago by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to prepare girls to become Christian women assuming leadership and service roles within the family, community, and the church. Villa Maria emphasizes student-centered achievement and the development of each student to her individual potential.

Palcs Performing and Fine Arts Center
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Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School (PALCS) is a free public charter school for children in grades K through 12 who reside anywhere within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PALCS was founded in 2004 as a cyber charter school. Students are provided with a computer in their home, where coursework is completed online under the guidance of more than 100 teachers who work with students in real time, including interactive demonstrations, whiteboard sessions, online chats, and multimedia sessions.

Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School combines a classical education with the latest computer and Internet technology. This model creates unique learning opportunities for each child. PALCS encourages students to be creative, intuitive, and analytical leaders with a firm understanding of the forces that have shaped world cultures. The overarching goal of the school is to prepare students to become informed, responsible citizens with a global mentality.

West Chester Colleges

West Chester University
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Quality education at a reasonable price...this is the goal of West Chester University, the second largest of the 14 institutions of higher learning that compose the State System of Higher Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A comprehensive and multipurpose university, West Chester serves individuals of all ages with a variety of programs to fill their educational needs.

West Chester offers degrees in the arts and sciences, teacher training and certification, advanced study preparation in fields such as medicine and law, education for specific professions, and continuing education. Total enrollment at West Chester includes approximately 9,400 undergraduate students and about 2,000 graduate students. While most undergraduates are recent high school graduates preparing for career objectives, many others are older individuals, including veterans and homemakers, who either never before had the opportunity for a college education or whose schooling was interrupted.

Most students are residents of Pennsylvania but students from other states and foreign countries are welcome. West Chester's student body represents a cross section of many ethnic, racial, and religious groups and includes students from all economic levels. Like the world around it, West Chester University is constantly changing and growing. The school continues to broaden and modify the nature and number of its programs to reflect the needs of its students in their endeavor to prepare themselves for success and fulfillment in life.

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