I believe that de Sales also provides scholarships to underprivileged
children in the surrounding community. Many of their grads go on to West
Catholic and some receive financial assistance there as well. Saving kids
from the streets and building Philadelphia's future leaders (think Seth
Williams
FYI
One of the drawback of charter schools in Philly is it draws away from the
pool of good students willing to attend parochial schools and make the
financial sacrifice necessary to pay the tuition.
This example of philanthropy should be great for DeSales and the families
who work so har
