Dan Cirucci: School Program Helps Special Needs Kids

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

School Program Helps Special Needs Kids

The Rising Together Alliance (RTA), which focuses on providing Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia that is inclusive of special education students and their learning needs will hold its first benefit and awards ceremony.

Thursday, March 20, 2025
5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Springfield Country Club
400 West Sproul Road
Springfield, PA 19064 (Delaware County)

The RTA will recognize leaders in the field who have been instrumental in the growth of inclusive education in Archdiocesan high schools and parish and regional elementary schools. Awards will be presented in the following categories:

School of the Year: Holy Trinity Parish School in Morrisville (Bucks County);
Teacher of the Year: Rose Corcoran, Pre-K 4A Homeroom Teacher at Saints Colman-John Neumann Parish School in Bryn Mawr (Delaware County);
Secondary Teacher of the Year: Diane Amlin, Math Department Chair at Archbishop John Carroll High School in Radnor (Delaware County); and
Learning Support Program: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish School in West Grove (Chester County).

During the ceremony, RTA will surprise a dedicated member of its team with the Visionary Award.

In addition, RTA will unveil the new name of the program created for the inclusion of students with disabilities attending parish and regional elementary schools. The event is sponsored by Communications Test Design, Inc. (CTDI).

The RTA’s mission is to provide children with intellectual disabilities the opportunity for an inclusive Catholic education in their local parochial schools. The RTA welcomes all children to an inclusive Catholic education and to increase the capabilities of the schools within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to provide meaningful inclusion. For additional information about the Rising Together Alliance, please visit risingtogetheralliance.org/.

RTA was created in 2020. Since that time, inclusive education in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has grown from one school to 10 schools.

Background information about the Rising Together Alliance

The Rising Together Alliance (RTA) is a subdivision of the Foundation for Catholic Education and a chartered member of the Executive Board of Elementary Education for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. For information on how to support RTA through the EITC Tax Program, please visit foundationfce.org/.

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Editor’s Note: For more information about the Rising Together Alliance, please visit risingtogetheralliance.org/. For information about Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, please visit aopcatholicschools.org/.

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He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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