YMCA of Greater Brandywine

The YMCA is the largest provider of licensed childcare in Chester County. Led by degreed teachers, children flourish in warm, supportive environments, as they develop the essential skills needed for success in school and life.

The YMCA offers many childcare and early learning programs for children six weeks old to six years old. Its programs provide children with hands-on learning experiences through a comprehensive, research-based curriculum known as Creative Curriculum, which focuses on exploration and discovery as a way of learning. Its programs also participate in the Keystone STARS program, which promotes high-quality standards in early learning and school-aged programs.

Preschool and childcare registration cannot be done online. Financial assistance is available for those unable to pay the standard fees. Please see your branch’s childcare director to register or click here for more information.

Delaware County Community College

Thanks to a Pennsylvania Strategic Innovation grant from the Commonwealth’s Department of Labor and Industry, the college is offering a free career pathways program in medical administration and information technology. The career pathways programs provide a seamless, noncredit-to-credit educational approach and will benefit students and employers in Delaware and Chester counties.

The college received the $200,539 grant in conjunction with the Delaware County Workforce Development Board. The grant, one of 16 announced by Gov. Tom Wolf in April, has allowed the workforce board and College to implement pilot programs in medical administration and information technology that begin next month. Upon successful completion of the noncredit portion of the program, students will receive credit that they can apply toward the certificate program, thus shortening their time in training.

Both programs are free. To apply or learn more, call 610-723-4095.

Brandywine River Museum of Art

A new Andrew Wyeth documentary coming soon to PBS’s American Masters goes behind the scenes of the museum, its historic Wyeth properties and collections, and explores the area that three generations of Wyeth artists called home.

Airing on Friday, Sept. 7, WYETH: The Life of Andrew Wyeth Told in Bold Strokes captures a complete portrait of Wyeth’s world in stunning detail with unpresented access to the artist’s work, archival materials, and interviews with family members, friends, and scholars — including those from the Brandywine.

In highlighting Wyeth’s remarkable life and career, the documentary beautifully captures the museum and its surrounding properties, including footage shot in the artist’s studio, childhood home, his father N.C. Wyeth’s studio, and Kuerner Farm — a major source of inspiration during Wyeth’s career.

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