Scholarship Awarded To Manayunk Student With Asperger's

MANAYUNK, PA — Y.A.L.E. School Philadelphia, a private day school serving students with Asperger's Syndrome and related social, learning, and communication differences in Manayunk, has announced that 12-year old Christopher Bressi has been awarded the Zachary Snyder Memorial Scholarship.

Named in honor of Zachary Snyder, a former Y.A.L.E. School student and son of Y.A.L.E. School physical education instructor Debra Snyder, the scholarship was established to provide full tuition for an eligible student.

Bressi’s family is thrilled.

“I know that Y.A.L.E. School will help provide my son the skills and ability to know he is capable of learning and living the way he needs to for a happy, independent and successful future,” said Melissa Bressi, Christopher’s mother.

Bressi has a special message of gratitude for the family of Zachary Snyder, the former Y.A.L.E. School student in whose name the scholarship was awarded.

“To the entire Snyder family, and especially in the memory of your beautiful son, thank you from the deepest parts of my heart. Your angel has most certainly become ours as well. My family and I are eternally grateful," Bressi concluded.