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Friday, January 4, 2013

Eastern's January Student of the Month

A Jenkintown High School student takes home the award.

  Kevin Lynch is the January 2013 Student of the Month at Eastern Center for Arts and Technology in Willow Grove. He is in his second year of Eastern’s protective services program and a senior at Jenkintown High School. At Eastern, Lynch maintains high grades and perfect attendance in his protective services program. He is involved in SkillsUSA as the 2012-13 SkillsUSA Protective Services Class President. SkillsUSA is a national student organization promoting good citizenship, student leadership, professionalism, teamwork, and recognizes student achievement and excellence. Lynch comes from a family of Eastern graduates, including his father and brother. At Eastern, Lynch is currently the student representative for the protective services …

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Career Blueprints

Making a Splash in Art

Diana Trout's Elegant Ripples

Can life be created out of art?  Glenside resident Diana Trout thinks so. She has made her art a life’s work. As an artist, author and teacher, she has spun her imagination and woven in her varied talents designing a rewarding career as an artist. Trout not only created a satisfying means of self-expression but actually found a way to make it pay.   Trout is widely known for her vibrant and unique work in mixed media art, often combining water color layers of paper and stitching.  She has developed an innovative approach to her art and writing, forming these into a journaling process. This panoply of color, design and writing has made a decided splash and rippled into exciting opportunities for Trout and for those students who take …

Christine

5:42 am on Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Oh wonderful article - Diana, this tells me so much about you and explains fully why I have managed to discover and be drawn to your blog. It's ironic that I have just posted a comment on your blog about the fact that I will never make a business woman. It was a joke really because I have only toyed with the business of art so far... but the advice in your last paragraph has got me thinking again…   more ›

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