Education

Hillendale unveils mascot statue

“Just our husky statue,” Hillendale PTO President Janette Grieb responded during each PTO meeting when former Hillendale Principal Michael Audevard asked if anything else was needed from Hillendale staff. “I said that about a thousand times,” said Grieb jokingly. On Friday, June 2, Hillendale Elementary School unveiled a new statue to commemorate what it means to be ...

 
 

Hillendale learning pavilion approved

Hillendale Elementary School got its wish. The Pennsbury Township Zoning Hearing Board approved the school district’s request for a pavilion at Hillendale to be used as an outdoor classroom. The vote was 2-0 in favor. At issue was a request for a covered pavilion that Hillendale Principal Joshua Leight said would be 40 feet by 24 feet that’s open on three sides. The ...

 

Academic Achievement May 26

• Dr. Courtney Mooney, VMD, of Chadds Ford, graduated on May 15, from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. Mooney is a 2008 graduate of Unionville High School and a 2012 summa cum laude graduate of St. Joseph’s University. She has joined the medical team at Brandywine Valley Veterinary Hospital in Coatesville. • Christine Trageser of Chadds ...

 

Budgets and bikes at U-CF

School board members in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District know what budget they’ll be voting on during the June 19 meeting. The nine members voted to move forward with the proposed final budget during the May 15 meeting. The proposal calls for an estimated revenue of $100,522,120 and anticipated expenses of $100,902,107. Both figures represent increases of ...

 

Budget options for U-CF

It’s two more steps for the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District budget for the next school year, and one more step for all-day kindergarten. The proposed final budget will be voted upon during the May 15 school board meeting, then voted on for final adoption at the June 19 meeting. Also planned for a June 19 vote is the matter of all-day kindergarten. School board ...

 

UCF hung up on ‘all day K’

The Unionville- Chadds Ford School District Board of Directors is hung up on the idea of all-day kindergarten. And the idea put a snag in the board’s May 1 budget hearing. Members reviewed the proposed final budget for the 2023-2024 school year. It calls for revenues of $101,154,717 and with expenditures estimated at $101,402,107. Superintendent John Sanville said ...

 

Hillendale goes green

Hillendale Elementary School students, their parents, and other members of the community got together Friday to do some planting on school property. It was a joint effort between the school and Mt. Cuba Center in Delaware to plant native perennials in the school’s flower beds, according to Chelsea Wirth, Hillendale’s PTO beautification chair. Wirth said the event, ...

 

U-CF budget hearing planned

A hearing for the 2023-2024 school year budget for the Unionville- Chadds Ford School District is scheduled for May 1, from 7-10 p.m. School directors passed a proposed preliminary budget in February and will vote in May for a proposed final budget. That proposal will be up for a vote in June. The proposed preliminary budget, found here, anticipated revenue for the ...

 

PennDOT offers free motorcycle safety program

PennDOT reminds residents that free Pennsylvania Motorcycle Safety Program training opportunities are available to motorcycle riders across the state. Prospective, experienced, and new Pennsylvania riders who have a motorcycle learner’s permit or motorcycle license can develop and refresh operator proficiency through these free training sessions. “All riders can ...

 

Academic Achievement March 10

• Widener University named three Chadds Ford students to its fall 2022 dean's list. Those students are Cade Brennan, Nicholas DiCostanza, and Nathan Winnick. The dean's list recognizes full-time students who earned a grade point average of 3.50 and above for the semester. • Madison Jenkins of Chadds Ford was named to the University of Mississippi's Fall 2022 Honor ...

 

Academic Achievement March 3

Madison Carr, of Chadds Ford Township, was named to President's List at Coastal Carolina University for the Fall 2022 semester. Students who made the President's List must have achieved a 4.0-grade point average during the semester.