Around Town Feb. 7

• The 64th annual Art Sale and Show at Chadds Ford Elementary School is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16. This year’s event will also include a tour of the school’s art collection featuring Brandywine art from the 1800s. Cartoonist John Gallagher will be a special guest on Saturday. Proceeds from the art sale benefit the CFES PTO.

• CF Patton Middle School is launching “Art After School,” an art activity club where students can make things and become better artists. Each session will be four weeks in length, meeting on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:15 until 4 p.m., for a total of eight classes and is being taught by CFPMS art teacher Mrs. Ferron. Students are encouraged to bring a snack and a drink. Work will be 2 and 3-dimensional. All projects will be something new for Patton students. Cost for a four-week session is $85. For more information phone Christien Bass at 610-444-3123.

• The Kennett Symphony will hold its annual voice competition on March 23. The competition is limited to 16, age 18-26. They must perform three operatic, oratorio or concert arias. There will be first, second and third place winners. Prizes range from $100 to $500, and the first place winner will be invited to perform at a Kennett Symphony concert. Applications are available at www.kennettsymphony.org or by sending an e-mail to paulmerl@aol.com

• Through May 27, the Delaware Museum of Natural History is showing the exhibit “Glow: Living Lights.” The exhibit takes visitors on a journey into the world of bioluminescence, a living organism's ability to produce its own light. This fascinating special exhibit answers the questions of what bioluminescence is and how it differs from other forms of light. Admission is $9 for adults, $7 for children and $8 for seniors. Admission is free for members and children younger than 2. For more information, visit www.delmnh.org or phone 302-658-9111.

• The Delaware County Library System, in association with Delaware County SCORE, will host a marketing research workshop for business owners and would-be entrepreneurs at the DCLS headquarters in Fair Acres Building 19, 340 N. Middletown Road, Lima, on Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 8 to 10 am. Attendees will learn to gather critical information about customers, markets, competitors, regulations and other factors that affect business success. Library and SCORE staff will introduce the reference databases, show how to create search queries and use the results, and help guide the participants through the navigation of the data areas that are most useful to their businesses. Participants are invited to bring their laptops or tablets in order to connect to the office WiFi. A limited number of computers will be available for those who do not bring their own; and they must be requested in advance. There is no charge for the workshop. Advance registration is required, however, because of space and network limitations at the office. Participants can register online at www.delawarecounty.score.org/localworkshops.

• Heather Iovine, a biology and science teacher at Upland Country Day School in Kennett Square, has been selected from a group of hundreds of middle and secondary school teachers nationwide for the prestigious NSTA New Science Teacher Academy by the National Science Teachers’ Association (NSTA). The NSTA is the largest professional organization in the world promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning. The program is sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company, Bayer USA Foundation, Lockheed Martin and the American Honda Foundation with the goal of facilitating and encouraging STEM programs and excellence in science teaching. Iovine is one of just 11 teachers from Pennsylvania selected for the fellowship.

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