Hillendale Elementary School celebrates Veterans Day
Special ceremony honors those who serve our country
By Suzanne Misciagna, Correspondent, The Times
Hillendale Elementary School students honors Veterans Day with special ceremony including music, essays and comments from local veterans and elected officials.
PENNSBURY – Students at Hillendale Elementary School in the Unionville Chadds-Ford School District gathered together on a cool, crisp morning...
13 named National Merit Semifinalists at UHS
Unionville High School principal Paula Massanari congratulates the 2013 National Merit Scholars from the school. Pictured: Jack Bubes, Katherine Jin, Brian Leipold, Hannah Nam, Alexander Peterson, Meghan Shea, Steven Silverman, Ashish Streatfield, Beck Tuvesson, Emily Winn, Marina Wright and Jacqueline Xu. Not pictured: Kristin Smith.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Unionville High School announced Wednesday...
School’s open: dress them well
A few simple pointers for your students returning to the classroom
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
This school year is a momentous one in our household! We have one son going into the middle school and one going into the high school. BIG changes. BIG responsibility.
Thankfully for my children, we send them off in the morning to be educated by professionals. Heaven knows, if left...
UHS AfterProm proves to be a big hit
One student’s first-person account shows new venue worked well
By Natalie Walden, Junior, Unionville High School
The author — Natalie Walden — and friends enjoy a moment during Saturday night's AfterProm event.
As we “climbed aboard” the UHS after-prom at the ACAC Fitness and Wellness Center, my friends and I were tired to say the least. After five hours of nonstop dancing...
Community Voices: First-Rate Image
Editor’s Note: Today, we continue a semi-regular feature, Community Voices, featuring writing by members of the Unionville community on a wide range of topics. Many of the writers — including the first three we feature this week — are students and we think they have interesting insights. We thank these gifted young writers for their contributions and will continue to publish more in the future....
Community Voices: It’s not their fault
Editor’s Note: Today, we continue a semi-regular feature, Community Voices, featuring writing by members of the Unionville community on a wide range of topics. Many of the writers — as our first three writers featured — will be students and we think they have interesting insights. Our first installment ran last Monday, the second installment ran last Wednesday. We thank these gifted young...
Time-tested tips for the SAT
By Bradley Everett, Special to UnionvilleTimes.com
Everyone has his or her own test-taking strategies. Some of them work, like making sure you get a good night’s sleep the night before, and some…don’t work, like wearing your lucky t-shirt. So here are some great tips that have been proven to work on the SAT.
The SAT is comprised of 3 sections, which are reading, writing, and mathematics. ...
‘Race To Nowhere’ screening Feb. 23
FOCUS sponsors film, panel discussion following on whether achievement is trumping learning
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
EAST MARLBOROUGH — How much is too much?
That’s the central question asked in the award-winning documentary Race to Nowhere, which examines the culture of parents pushing their school-age children too hard, creating an educational environment where grades and scores...
Unionville HS gives troops a touch of home
Unionville High School students with a small amount of the goods they collected to send to troops stationed in Afghanistan.
EAST MARLBOROUGH —Although they might be 7,000 miles from home, some local students and teachers have been working to make sure troops in Afghanistan get a regular taste of home, sending them care packages, personal cards, books and videos.
The Unionville High School community...
Unionville Art Gala showcases local talent
The 36th annual Unionville Art Gala transformed the Unionville High cafeteria into a thriving art exhibition, displaying the work of over 175 artists
By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, UnionvilleTimes.com
The 36th annual Unionville Art Gala showcased the best of local professional and student artists, all while raising money for the school.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The Chester County art scene extends...
