Mercyhurst Receives $1.5 million PDE Grant
Mercyhurst College announced a grant of $1.5 million from the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to launch the school’s Carpe Diem Academy, an academic enrichment program designed to help K-2 students in seven schools within the Erie School District meet state and local academic standards.
Coming on the heels of its new college education program at the Booker T. Washington Center and its partnership in the Erie Together poverty initiative, the Carpe Diem Academy opens a new chapter in Mercyhurst’s ongoing efforts to help enhance the quality of life in Erie.
PDE’s 21st Century Community Learning Center grant, administered by Mercyhurst in collaboration with the Erie School District, will be allotted in annual installments of approximately $500,000. The term of the grant is three years, starting now through Sept. 30, 2014. This valuable program is used to facilitate extended learning day centers to meet state and local academic standards in low-performing schools.