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Article: Helping Students to the next level: Phillips prepares students for employment, college
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- New Pittsburgh Courier
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- April 3, 1999
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Helping Students to the next level: Phillips prepares students for employment, college
Ever since he was a little boy, Vernon Phillips dreamed of becoming a school principal.
"My goal was to become a principal in four years," explained Phillips, now principal of Peabody High School.
The Plum Borough resident graduated from California University of Pennsylvania in 1969 with a degree in elementary education/special education. He received a master's degree from Duquesne University in 1972. He has credits toward a doctorate degree through the St. Louis-based Danforth Administrative Program.
"I valued education and I appreciated the chance to pursue and provide a foundation for training," ...