Hair Extention Program

Our more experienced students requested we duplicate the advanced program on hair extensions that were being held at about the same time they started school last year. We contacted the independent organization we have hosted in the past. The school is allowing Academy Pro Hair Extensions, from Deep River, Connecticut the use of a classroom to offer their unique systems of hair extensions. They will be here on Monday, November 7th at 1pm, to do a free hands on demonstration. Then they will return on Monday, November 21 at 9am, to do a full day certification program. More information is available by calling Academy Pro directly at: 888 805-6979.

guest speaker

Greg Crompton from TD Bank is going to do a 1/2 hour presentation at 9:15 on Monday Oct 24.
Presentation is titled: Banking 101 - The Small Business Loan Process - anyone is welcome to attend, but please call ahead of time to confirm his visit

Fall 2011 Programs

The daytime fall programs are filling on schedule as usual. Fundamentals of Non-Hair services preceding Electrolysis begins September 19. The Hairdressing course begins October 17 and the Esthetics program begins November 14. We only accept 18 students in each of our programs and 14 in Esthetics. Contact the office at 215 322-0667 if you are interested in getting registered to have one of the remaining seats.

Beauty School Graduate Becomes Writter

Our Graduate, Marlene Soifer has written a book called "Poetry Plus". She will be doing a book signing Saturday, September 24 at 1pm. The event is at the Jenkintown Library. Information about her book and Marlene is at: https://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.aspx?bookid=90489 We are proud of all our graduates and especially those that have added to their vocational field of experience with other creative outlets. GO Marlene!!!

Fall 2011 Programs

Our next hairdressing course begins October 17. We only accept 18 students in the program. Class is filling quickly and you may want to tour the facility and/or get registered to guarantee yourself a seat if you are interested in that program.. Start dates for our other job skill are available at:n http://www.bcsbc.com/what-we-teach/start-dates.html

Private Tutorials

The school offers private tutorials that professionals use to refresh themselves on any topic. Until we gain additional experience with the new testing service we are uncomfortable with those that want to use the tutorial as a kit packing, state broad prep session. So, for the time being we are going to discontinue the tutorials for state board prep. This service will probably resume by the end of August 2011.

New PA State Licensing Exam

As of July 1, 2011, The Pennsylvania State Baord of Cosmetology wil be using Pearson/Vue as the contracted third party testing service. The changover of testing services is resulting is some really big changes to the testing process. The challange schools have is being able to get information about what is to be expected during the testing process. Unfortunately, our numerous phone calls to the new test administrator has resulted in NO returned calls. We have to prepare our graduates and soon to be graduates with insight into what they can expect when they take the test. We can not effectively do this without some type of dialoge with the test servicer. Our school and all other schools are not getting the information they need to write the procedures and policies to take the test. There is always a learning curve when a new testing servicer starts testing and experienced schools are used to this as being part of the ongoing changes that effect our indukstry. In the past there has been the opportunity for the administration and staff of schools to attend preparitory programs throughout the state. At this point schools have been offered 1 prep session and given very short notice. I understand the preparitory session digressed to the point of extreme frustration to the small sampling of schools able to attend. I supposed this will all work out, eventually, but how many students will attemp to take the test and fail, befor the schools are instructed and the multitude of questions answered to assit in the preparing for what is already a high anxiety part of a graduated life.