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Hillendale goes green

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on April 22, 2023

Liz Allen, right, of Mt. Cuba Center, talks plants with volunteers at Hillendale Elementary School.

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, which coincided with an in-service day in the…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on April 18, 2023

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 next academic year…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 22, 2023

Read more about the article PennDOT offers free motorcycle safety program

PennDOT is offering free motorcycle training. sessions.

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 benefit from the valuable skills and safety lessons learned through Pennsylvania’s free motorcycle safety clinics,” said PennDOT acting…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 10, 2023

• 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 Roll list. Jenkins was named to…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 3, 2023

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.

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on February 17, 2023

Panagiotis Moisiadis, of Birmingham Township, was named to the Dean’s List at the University of Pittsburgh for the fall semester of 2022.

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on February 14, 2023

Directors for the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District accepted the proposed preliminary budget for the next school year during their Feb. 13 work session. The vote was 7-0. The final budget will be voted on in June. As it stands currently, the budget anticipates revenue at slightly more than $109 million. That figure includes more than $8.5 million from the unreserved fund balance, $81.4 million from…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on February 10, 2023

• The University of Rhode Island announced that Tim Crane, of Chadds Ford, has been named to the school’s Fall 2022 Dean's List. To be included on the list, full-time students must have completed 12 or more credits for letter grades which are GPA applicable during a semester, and achieved at least a 3.30 quality point average. • Jenna Robertson, of Chadds Ford, earned dean's…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on February 9, 2023

Shortly after 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 9, Superintendent of Schools John Sanville sent the following email: Dear UCF Community, Today we suffered an immeasurable loss when Unionville High School junior Seth Wagner was killed in a car accident shortly after leaving school. We grieve with the Wagners, their family, friends, neighbors, and everyone who knew Seth. No words can adequately express the depths of sorrow…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on February 8, 2023

Read more about the article UCF students win DAR awards

DAR History Essay Winners, from left, are Prisha Hallur, Lillianna Yates, Lucas Yates, and Suhan Neema.

The Chester County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution named four Unionville-Chadds Ford School District students as winners of the organization's 2022 American History Essay Contest. The winning students are Lucas Yates, a 5th-grader at the Unionville-Chadds Ford Virtual Academy, Lillianna Yates, a 7th-grader at Charles F Patton Middle School, Prisha Hallur, an 8th-grader at Charles F. Patton Middle School, and Suhan Neema,…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on January 27, 2023

• Johnathan Fager of Chadds Ford earned Dean's List distinction from Avila University for the Fall 2022 semester. To be included on the list, students must have successfully completed at least 12 credit hours with at least a 3.5 grade point average for the semester. • Julianne Bukovacz and Matthew Pulcinella, both of Chadds Ford, were named to the Dean’s List of Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg. Bukovacz…