• Anna Walker of Chadds Ford graduated from York College of Pennsylvania on Dec. 13. Walker earned a Bachelor of Science in health sciences. • Matthew Pulcinella of Chadds Ford was named to the Commonwealth University Dean's List for the Fall 2023 semester. Pulcinella is a student at the Bloomsburg campus. The list, prepared at the end of each semester, recognizes those students who have…
Unionville-Chadds Ford and Kennett Consolidated School districts are closed today, Friday, Jan. 19 because of inclement weather.
As anticipated, Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors approved a preliminary budget for the next school year. The vote was 7-0 with two members absent for the Jan. 16 vote. Director Brian Schartz said the preliminary budget “represents a 5.79 percent increase in total expenditures. Assuming this preliminary level of spending, the historic rate of tax\ collections in state and federal revenues, the adjustments in assessed…
All schools in the Unionville-Chadds Ford, Kennett Consolidated, and Garnet Valley school districts are closed today, Jan. 16.
The traditional observance of Martin Luther King Day in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District was a little different this year. There were activities in most of the district elementary schools in years past, but this year Pocopson and Hillendale Elementary schools teamed up for projects in the Hillendale gym. According to Pocopson Principal Cliff Beaver, “We do have a tradition of doing MLK Day at…
• Chadds Ford resident Olivia DiMarino, majoring in nursing, made the Fall 2023 Dean's List at DeSales University. To qualify for Dean's List, a student must have a minimum 3.50 GPA on no fewer than 12 credit hours. • Julia Boettler of Chadds Ford was named to the Dean's List at Slippery Rock University for the fall 2023 semester. The dean's list consists of SRU…
Unionville Chadds Ford School Board directors heard reports on three items concerning facilities that are up for a vote at next week’s regular meeting. They also resumed the budget talks for the 2024-2025 school year during the board’s almost four-hour-long Jan. 8 work session. Director of Finance Joe Deady gave the presentation on the preliminary budget, which estimates revenues of $106,728,061, and expenditures of $106,740,256.…
• Emi Arai of Chadds Ford was named to the Dean's List at Lehigh University in the Fall 2023 semester. Dean's List status is awarded to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses. • Ashley Humphries and Claudia Gilfoy, both of Chadds Ford, were named to the President’s List for Fall 2023…
Garnet Valley School District students, siblings Sanjay, Shyla, and Sachin Misra, presented a $400 check to the Concordville Fire & Protection Assn. Wednesday afternoon. The students sang Christmas Carols to raise the money. This was the second year they raised funds for the fire company, Sanjay Misra said. Flanking the students in the photo are, from left, are Matt Tiger, Fire Chief Bob Vasek, fire…
A Chadds Ford family has filed suit against the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District for what they allege are false charges of harassment against their son and his wrongful expulsion from school. The 41-page complaint, filed by Kevin and Renata Brabank on behalf of their son Ford, calls for a jury trial. The Brabanks are represented in the suit by Bradley Flynn, an attorney with Montgomery…
Unionville High School Technology and Engineering students recently constructed two benches for the Kennett Square YMCA in memory of late classmate Emma Hill. UHS senior and Hill family neighbor Courtney Brennan was the student lead on this project. She coordinated with the family, created the designs, developed a bill of materials, and led her classmates through the construction project. "I was approached by Mr. Berkeihiser…