It’s Platinum for the BCET!

It’s Platinum for the BCET!

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The Beaver County Educational Trust has once again earned the "Platinum Seal of Transparency" from Candid - GuideStar. Corporate and individual donors alike can feel confident that the BCET is honoring its commitments and fiduciary responsibilities, thanks to GuideStar’s Platinum Transparency status. Candid -GuideStar is the premiere destination for nonprofit research with profiles on over 1.8 million nonprofits across the United States.
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Pens Foundation Gives Big to Growing with Books in Beaver County

Pens Foundation Gives Big to Growing with Books in Beaver County

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The Pens Foundation has generously given to the BCET before and continues it’s support of educating children in Beaver County with yesterdays donation. David Soltesz, President of the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation, presented a $10,000 check to Jamie Connelly of the Beaver County Educational Trust for the “Growing with Books” program. Each year the BCET spends close to $30,000 to send books to children under the age of 5 in Beaver County. With this generous donation the program will be able to expand and add additional children to this wonderful program.
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BCET Attracts Dept of Education Official to Beaver County

BCET Attracts Dept of Education Official to Beaver County

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[caption id="attachment_1101" align="aligncenter" width="517"] Dr. David Volkman speaks at the BCET Coming Together for Education Dinner[/caption] Beaver County came together for education thanks to the efforts of the Beaver County Educational Trust. The "Coming Together for Education" dinner was held last night at Shadow Lakes Country Club from 6pm-8pm with over 170 in attendance. And in a major success, the event was able to attract the attention of the PA Department of Education, which sent, Dr. David Volkman, the Executive Deputy Secretary to be the keynote speaker. Dr. Volkman spoke about the administration's PAsmart proposal, which is an effort to refocus Pennsylvania schools on student preparedness to enter the economy of tomorrow, today. The plan includes new ways of evaluating individual schools based on student outcomes in a number of…
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