75th Chadds Ford Art Show and Sale on March 16
Chadds Ford Elementary School is excited to host its 75th Annual Art Show and Sale, and with such a momentous occasion come key changes that will enhance patron, artist, and volunteer experiences. Such changes include a shift to a one-day event on Saturday, March 16, 2024, from 10:00am-5:00pm and the opportunity for patrons to purchase art, jewelry, wooden items, glass designs, and pottery directly...
Chadds Ford students display STEM projects at school board meeting
By Julianne Besznyak, Correspondent, The Times
CHADDS FORD – Monday nights Unionville–Chadds Ford School District Board of Education meeting took place at Chadds Ford Elementary School and featured students display projects related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
The meeting started off with School Principal Shawn Dutkiewicz highlighting the STEM activities that are taking...
UCF board OKs contract for school boundary study
Officials discuss 10-year renovation and repair plans
By Karen Cresta, Correspondent, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The Unionville-Chadds Ford (UCF) Board of Education took another step forward in its process to evaluate the need for redistricting the district’s four elementary schools, voting to approve a contract with a consulting firm to study current and likely future student population, Monday...
UCF to look at possible redistricting
Seeks outside consultant to evaluate population growth
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District began a process Monday night that could, eventually, lead to redistricting the sending areas of the district’s four elementary schools.
Aware that the subject could generate emotional responses — positive and negative — to the idea, district...
Oehler earns Girl Scout Gold Award
Jessica Oehler with some of the May Fair games she refurbished as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award project.
CHADDS FORD — Jessica Oehler, an Ambassador Girl Scout with Unionville High School Troop 41535, has earned her Gold Award, the highest award within Girl Scouts.
For Oehler’s project, she decided to help Chadds Ford Elementary School with their games for the Fall Festival. The Fall Festival,...
Treasures for Teachers helping schools in need
Unionville-Chadds Ford schools donate to help needy Delaware Valley schools
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
The giant collection of materials donated by Unionville Elementary School teachers to aid a North Philadelphia elementary school. Hillendale teachers donated earlier this year, while Chadds Ford and Pocopson will be participating later this summer.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — A what would normally...
Dutkiewicz new principal at Chadds Ford Elementary
Joins Unionville-Chadds Ford School District from Penn-Delco
By Mike McGann, Editor, the Times
Shawn Dutkiewicz was unanimously approved Monday night by the Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education as the new principal at Chadds Ford Elementary School.
POCOPSON — Chadds Ford Elementary School has a new leader.
The Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education unanimously voted Monday to hire Shawn Dutkiewicz...
Community conversation postponed
PENNSBURY — The planned Community Conversation on a potential walking trail near Chadds Ford Elementary School, originally scheduled for tonight has been postponed, due to low numbers of attendee signups, the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District announced Monday.
The event will be rescheduled for the fall.
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Letter: Administration to blame for Chadds Ford test issues
To The Editor:
I was shocked and dismayed by the forced retirement of Mr. Mark Ransford as the principal of Chadds Ford Elementary School. He has done an extraordinarily job in his short time there. He brought the first, nationally “Blue Ribbon” commendation to our district.
While there may have been errors made in the administration of this year’s PSSA tests at CFES, the district’s...
A painful week for the UCF school community
Principal’s departure was handled about as well as possible, thoughts on participation fees
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
To say it was a busy week for the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District doesn’t begin to start to describe it.
From the departure of a school principal, to the resignation of a school board member and lively debate about raising activity fees, there certainly was no...
