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True Colors Visits Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
True Colors (Bishop McDevitt) visits Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Dickinson College is a private liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1773 as Carlisle Grammar School, Dickinson was chartered on September 9, 1783,[5] making it the...
True Colors visits Villanova University
True Colors, Inform! Inspire! Improve! (Part 2) Monday’s field trip to Philadelphia , Pennsylvania. We spent the afternoon on the beautiful campus of Villanova University. The only Augustinian Catholic university in the nation, Villanova values a personalized...
True Colors visits University of Pennsylvania
True Colors goes Ivy League! Inform! Inspire! Improve reached new heights yesterday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as we took a small group of students from both our Steelton HIGHSPIRE and Bishop McDevitt True Colors program to experience THE University of...
True Colors student wins State “Financial Literacy Essay Competition” sponsored by Harrisburg University and Members 1st Federal Credit Union.
Steelton- Highspire Junior Senior high school is breeding greatness as I said from day one. Lawrence Brothers , Uncle Joe Porter and I shed tears at the 11th Annual Financial literacy event through Harrisburg University yesterday afternoon. The students that we serve...
True Colors partners with Pennsylvania Career Links
In November of 2023, we introduced Pa Career links to our True Colors Program. The goal was to get our students involved with the workforce opportunities that are available to them with state and government agencies. More importantly, introducing them to the process...
Pennsylvania State Auditor General attends Financial Literacy event with True Colors the event was sponsored by Members 1st Federal Credit Union.
Pennsylvania’s Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today joined Steelton-Highspire students at a financial literacy workshop aimed at teaching basic money smart skills to help students succeed after graduation. The workshop, a partnership between Members 1st Federal...
True Colors partners with Technology 4 Me
True Colors partners with Merrick Green and Technology 4 Me. This partnership aims to provide high school students with a solid foundation in website design, empowering them to create visually captivating and functional websites. By introducing web design...
True colors host a Financial Aid workshop with PHEAA (Pennsylvania Higher Education Association Agency).
rue colors host a Financial Aid workshop for seniors' students that are having a difficult time completing their FAFSA application. We asked Higher Education Access Partner Tiffanie Taltoan DeVan to explain and breakdown the Financial Aid process so that students can...
True Colors visits Howard University (trip was sponsored by Bechtel Corporation)
True Colors program traveled to Washington DC our first stop was Howard University. Howard University, regarded as one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the world, current enrollment approximates 11,000 students from virtually every state, the...
True Colors visits Penn State University (University Park) State College Pa.
Penn State is proud to educate more undergraduate Pennsylvanians than any other public 4-year university in the state, delivering world-class education in communities from Erie to Philadelphia, and everywhere in-between. True Colors program traveled to Penn State...
Primary Areas of Focus
Education Cohort
The Education Cohort gives learners the practical knowledge needed to succeed in the field of education in the 21st century, making it a singular early-teacher preservice program for high school students
Arts Cohort
Students looking for another space to hone skills in performing or fine arts will join the Arts Cohort, where they will be taught by a national team of seasoned professionals.
Athletic Coaching Cohort
True Colors has a veteran group of athletic coaches, both current and retired, and representative of a cross-section of men’s and women’s sports that will guide students in the practical and character skills needed to coach student-athletes in the youth, interscholastic, and collegiate levels.
Entrepreneurship Cohort
The entrepreneurship cohort equips student with skills and knowledge to start a new business or work collaboratively with a team of entrepreneurs.
Health Science Cohort
True Colors provides an introductory health science course designed to prepare high school students with skills to pursue careers in the fields of nursing, health informatics, diagnostics, and support services.