Pennypacker '19 Wins NBC-10 Widener University Leadership Award


Kyle Pennypacker '19 was recognized by NBC-10 and Widener University as a 2018 High School Leadership Award recipient.

As one of several students selected for the award from schools in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, Pennypacker has the opportunity to attend a leadership conference at Widener University. He will also receive a $20,000 scholarship awarded over four years if he chooses to enroll at Widener University.

Each year, principals from schools across the Greater Philadelphia Region nominate one junior from their school for the award. Award recipients are then selected based on their leadership skills, academic excellence, and exceptional character shown through their participation in extracurricular activities, volunteer work, and demonstration of being a positive influence on their peers.

Pennypacker is the seventh Woodlynde student to win this award. Past winners include Patrick Torphy ’13, Andrew Rosenberg ’14, Taylor Sforza ’15, Lauren Robinson ’16, Matthew Rueter ‘17, and Leo Kates '18. 
Back
Woodlynde School is a private, co-ed college prep day school located in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that serves intelligent, talented students with learning differences in grades K - 12. Woodlynde provides a comprehensive, evidence-based Kindergartenelementarymiddle and high school program in a challenging yet nurturing environment for students with average to above average cognitive abilities (IQ) who have language- or math-based learning differences (such as Dyslexia, Dysgraphia or Dyscalculia), Executive Function Challenges, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), or Auditory Processing Disorder. Even for those students without a diagnosed learning disability (LD), Woodlynde offers expert and caring teachers in small classroom settings that support academic success. Woodlynde School also offers a post-graduate (PG) program in partnership with Rosemont College as well as a regional Summer Camp for students who learn differently.