As anticipated, the Unionville High School Indian mascot is no more. The school board Monday night voted unanimously to retire the logo and the nickname. A mascot selection panel of students, staff, alumni, and the community will be established to be to come up with a new mascot to be announced in 2021. It was also announced during the Aug. 24 meeting that there would…
PennDOT announced that a student from Charles F. Patton Middle School is the winner of the 2020 Middle School Safety Drawing Contest. That contest promotes transportation safety and fosters an appreciation for school art programs and student creativity, te department press release said. The winner is Lorya Xu. And she is named PennDOT’s District 6 Middle School Safety Ambassador for 2020. The runner up is…
Unionville -Chadds Ford School Board directors Monday night revised the district’s reopening plan. Instead of opening with a hybrid model, as the board approved on Aug. 3, the new school year will only open with online instruction on Sept. 8. The vote was a unanimous 9-0. The move came as a result of a recommendation from the Chester County Health Department. Superintendent of Schools John…
While the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board voted Aug. 3 for a hybrid plan to open schools next month, the Chester County Health Department is suggesting that be changed. Superintendent of Schools John Sanville sent a message Friday that the health department is recommending classes be held virtually through Oct. 9. “After careful consideration, I will be making a recommendation to the school board on Monday…
• There are six students from Chadds Ford who were named to the Dean’s List at The University of the Sciences. Selection for this award is based on completing and passing all assigned courses with no grade below a "C" and attaining an academic average of at least 3.4 for courses taken in the spring of 2020. Those students are Analise Griffiths, Haithm Abdou, Daphne…
Kennett and Garnet Valley school districts have made their decisions on when and how to open. Garnet Valley School District is going hybrid, as will Unionville-Chadds Ford, but Kennett Consolidated Schools will be only virtual for at least the first two months of the academic year. According to the Kennett district’s website, the 2020-2021 school year will begin with remote learning for all students on…
Accepting, as Superintendent of Schools John Sanville said, that “There is no single best answer,” Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors voted 7-2 Monday night to approve a hybrid type of opening for the school district next month. The health and safety plan the board voted on may be found here. The plan calls for elementary school students in grades K-3 to attend classes in school…
The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District has released its updated proposed plan for reopening schools. School board directors will be voting on whether to adopt the plan Monday night, Aug. 3 at 7:30. According to an email from Superintendent of Schools John Sanville, the plan took into consideration ideas from students, teachers, and parents. Three principles were used as the base for the plan: Keep everyone…
Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors will be voting next week on whether or not to reopen schools for the upcoming school year. Schools have been closed since March when Gov. Tom Wolf ordered them closed along with other state government offices and some business. Students had been attending online classes until the end of the last academic term, and now a decision needs to be…
• Morgan Nadin, of Chadds Ford, was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in communication design, summa cum laude from Kutztown University. The cumulative grade point average necessary for the highest honor (summa cum laude) is 3.80. Widener University conferred more than 1,100 undergraduate degrees this year. Among them were eight degree-recipients from the Chadds Ford area. Those graduates are: • Kirsten Ryan, who…
Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors are considering a health and safety plan for the possible reopening of schools next month. The board heard a presentation of the proposed plan during its July 13 meeting. The plan is not final. As Director Victoria Baratta said during the six-hour-long meeting, the plan will be “fine-tuned” over the next few weeks. Board members will vote on the plan…