A long-standing Drexel program that supports University City’s public schools received an additional $300,000 grant from PECO and the Exelon Foundation.
The Drexel Exelon Foundation/ PECO Community Education Collaborative aims to improve educational outcomes over the next two years for students at Morton McMichael School and Samuel Powel Elementary with a particular focus on STEM education.
This is the third grant awarded to the program from PECO and Exelon Foundation since it launched in 2011.
PECO and Exelon Foundation provided an initial contribution in the form of a $1 million grant and a second grant of $500,000 was awarded to support the initiative in 2014.
The impact of this investment can be seen in both the stronger school climate and learning environment at Powel Elementary, and the growing culture at McMichael of an individualized learning approach for all students.
The successes at Powel and McMichael made possible by this grant were important components in the neighborhood’s ability to secure a $30 million grant for a West Philadelphia Promise Zone from the federal government in 2016, and for leveraging millions of dollars in private sector support for needs there.