Chester Community Charter School Hosts "Pop-up" Holiday Toy Store, Santa Claus Visits More than 1,000 Kindergarten-through-Second Graders
PA's Largest K-8 Charter School Celebrates Holiday Season With Year-End Activities
Pictured here are gifts that were available for purchase at the "pop-up" Holiday Toy Store, wherein students were able to shop for toys and other Christmas gifts, using Monopoly money. The event was held in partnership with the Andrew L. Hicks, Jr. Foundation.Click here for high-resolution version
A volunteer assists a Chester-area student in choosing her gift at the school's "pop-up" Holiday Toy Store, which was recently held, at the school's West campus, in partnership with the Andrew L. Hicks, Jr. Foundation, wherein students and their families were able to "shop" for toys and other Christmas gifts for the holiday season.Click here for high-resolution version
A volunteer stands with a Chester-area student, as the youngster chooses a toy to purchase with his "Monopoly money," at the "pop-up" Holiday Toy Store, which was recently held, at CCCS' West campus, in partnership with the Andrew L. Hicks, Jr. Foundation, wherein students were able to "shop" for toys and other Christmas gifts for their families.Click here for high-resolution version
A Chester Community Charter School (CCCS) student, sporting a smile, opened a Christmas gift from Santa Claus, at the school's recent, "Santa Brigade" holiday program. The purchase of the gifts was funded by Vahan Gureghian, CEO of CSMI the school's management company and his wife, Danielle, who have donated more than $500,000 to Santa Brigade, since the program's inception. Santa Claus visited more than 1,000 students at CCCS' three campuses.Click here for high-resolution version
Dr. David Clark, CEO, Chester Community Charter School (CCCS), helped Santa Claus deliver gifts to a classroom of kindergarten students. In total, more than 1,000 CCCS kindergarten-through-second graders received gifts, as part of the school's 17th Annual Santa Brigade program. This year's gifts were provided by Vahan and Danielle Gureghian, leaders of CSMI, the school's management company.Click here for high-resolution version
A Chester Community Charter School (CCCS) first-grader holds her gift from Santa Claus, as part of the school's recent 17th Annual "Santa Brigade" event, held, recently, at the school's East, West and Upland campuses. Santa Claus visited more than 1,000 kindergarten-through-second graders at CCCS.Click here for high-resolution version
Kindergarten students at Chester Community Charter School (CCCS) unwrap their gifts, which were funded by Vahan Gureghian, CEO of CSMI, the school's management company, and his wife Danielle, who together donated a total of $17,000 toward this year's annual "Santa Brigade" program wherein Santa Claus hand-delivered gifts to CCCS students.Click here for high-resolution version
Chester Community Charter School (CCCS) students greeted Santa Claus, as he hand-delivered gifts to more than 1,000 kindergarten-through-second graders, as part of the school's 17th Annual "Santa Brigade" event, held, recently, at CCCS' East, West and Upland campuses.Click here for high-resolution version/EINPresswire.com/ -- CHESTER, PA--(Marketwired - December 20, 2016) - On Monday, December 19, Santa Claus hand-delivered gifts to more than 1,000 kindergarten-through-second graders at Chester Community Charter School (CCCS), the largest K-8 charter school in Pennsylvania, as part of the school's annual "Santa Brigade" holiday program, which took place on each of the school's three campuses: East, West and Upland.
Santa Claus will also visit kindergarten-through-second graders at two additional CSMI-managed schools, Atlantic Community Charter School, in Galloway, NJ, and Camden Community Charter School, in Camden, NJ, this week.
Vahan Gureghian, CEO of CSMI, the school's management company, together with his wife, Danielle, donated approximately $17,000 to fund the purchase of this year's gifts. Thus far, Mr. and Mrs. Gureghian have contributed more than $500,000 to Santa Brigade initiatives, for charter schools students, since the program's inception, 17 years ago.
Additionally, CCCS recently hosted, on its West campus, together with the Andrew L. Hicks, Jr. Foundation, a "pop-up" Holiday Toy Store, wherein students were able to shop for toys and other Christmas gifts with "Monopoly money," in an effort to ensure that Chester-area students and their families had an opportunity to purchase holiday items.
Commenting on the festivities, Dr. David Clark, CEO of the charter school, said, "We host our Santa Brigade, and other holiday programs, because of our dedication to the students and their families. CCCS is an educational beacon, here, in Chester, but our reach goes beyond the classroom, and into the homes of our students. Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Gureghian's donations, thousands of Chester students have had joyous holiday seasons, over the years."
About Chester Community Charter School
Chester Community Charter School opened its doors on September 9, 1998, serving 97 students from its modest, four, meeting rooms, in the lobby of the Howard Johnson Hotel, in Chester, PA. Since that time, the school has steadily grown to include more than 3,000 students in 11 state-of-the-art-buildings, spanning three campuses. Through collaboration with the Gureghian Charitable Foundation, and CCCS' High School Search and Selection Program, more than $9.5 million in scholarships and financial assistance to prestigious private secondary schools has been awarded to 225 of the school's graduates, since 2009. http://chestercommunitycharter.org
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