CENTER IN THE PARK presented the Marguerite L. Riegel Award, named for its co-founder, to Rennie Cohen, former executive director of CIP and the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging on June 20. The award is given to an individual and an organization with a continuous record of service in aging and for contributions toward improving the quality of life for older adults in the Greater Germantown Community. Shown here, left to right, are C. Richard Cox, outgoing CIP board president; Rodney Williams, president, PCA; Lynn Fields Harris, executive director, CIP; Benjamin Ellis, incoming CIP board president; and Rennie Cohen.	MARIE MCKENNA was honored at commencement ceremonies at William Penn Charter School with the presentation of the Penn Charter Alumni Award. The award is given to a member of the senior class with an exemplary record of scholarship, character, leadership and athletic achievement. McKenna, of Wyndmoor, will attend Princeton University in the fall.       JEFFREY D. MARRAZZO, a native of Mount Airy, was recently appointed as special assistant to Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell. Marrazzo had served as deputy director of the Governor's Office of Management and Productivity. As special assistant, Marrazzo will serve as the Governor's Office liaison to the newly created Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, will manage the Commonwealth's response to the federal Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission and will work on a series of special health care and telecommunications projects for the governor. Marrazzo, who was recently accepted into a joint masters program in business and public policy at The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and The Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, plans to attend the program after his work for the governor is complete.     SPRINGSIDE’S HAHNA KANE attended the 2005 National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF) on Technology in San Jose, Calif. From June 27-July 6 … AND … Kane was just chosen as one of the top three winners in the Verizon YouthTech Contest … AND … Kane will attend Swarthmore College in the fall.
TALENTED YOUTH. “Lord of the Dance,” “Ode to Joy,” the Milk Commercial,” “Who’s on First” — throw in some magic, and even a stand-up comic. These were some of the acts that Norwood-Fontbonne Academy students enjoyed this spring as a group of their fellow classmates participated in this year’s NFA Talent Show. Fifty students from different grade levels performed in skits, piano and guitar solos, dance numbers and singing presentations. Some of the students involved in the show included: (front, l-r) Lauren Stabler, Madison Sehn, Grace Hogan, Eliza Ewing, Hanna Leonard; (back, l-r) student council president Patrick Kenney, Arleigh MacMaster, Adriana Ongay, Erin Haney, Siobhan Leonard, Tommy Egan, Luke Forrence, Mary Beth Bloomer, Taylor Merkle, master of ceremonies Nicholas Day and Devlin Carey.
REAL BOYS WRITE POETRY. On Wednesday, June 8, all 36 boys from the second grade of Chestnut Hill Academy gathered at Borders to read poems they wrote during this school year. Poetry is a major focus of the curriculum, taught by reading specialist Alison Samph and classroom teachers Gerri Allen, Doreen Breitkreutz and Greg Woznicki. The Chestnut Hill Borders has hosted this annual event for CHA second graders for more than 5 years.
IT’S ALL ABOUT PHYSICS. In preparation for their course trip to Hershey Park Physics Day, girls in 9th grade physics at Springside School constructed KNEX roller coasters to test the principles of acceleration, velocity, momentum, inertia and centripetal acceleration. Pictured from left to right are: Christina Sfedu, Lauryn Kesselring and Isabel Gruenberg.