Stroud offers assistance to Chester County farmers
AVONDALE — Stroud Water Research Center’s Watershed Restoration Group and the Chester County Conservation District (CCCD) agreed to provide conservation plans, manure management plans, Mushroom Farm Environmental Management Plans, forested stream buffers and other Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Chester County farmers.
Conservation plans help farmers meet state and federal regulations and...
CASD teams up with ASCD for staff development
CALN — ASCD, a global community dedicated to excellence in learning, teaching, and leading, announced Tuesday that ASCD Professional Learning Services™ has entered an agreement to provide professional development training for up to 100 administrators, teachers, and consultants in the Coatesville Area School District.
ASCD provided Understanding by Design® professional learning June 17–20 for...
10 to be added to Coatesville Hall of Fame
COATESVILLE — The 15th Annual Coatesville Area High School Sports Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony will be held on Saturday October 18th at the Coatesville Country Club.
This year’s class of inductees are divided into three categories, male, females and old timers.
In the male class are: Joe Arasin – Golf – Class of 1962, Bill Boynes – Track – Class of 1977, Ron Moore –...
KHS teacher selected as journalism fellow
Frank Vanderslice
KENNETT SQUARE — Frank Vanderslice, a member of the Business and Technology Department at Kennett High School, was recently selected to be a participant as a fellow at the University of Missouri’s Reynolds School of Journalism.
Each year 35 high school teachers from around the country travel to the Reynolds Journalism Institute for the ASNE Reynolds High School Journalism Institute....
Four area students receive scholarships
Benefactor is Brandywine Chapter of Pa. Restaurant & Lodging Assn.
Jim Fris (left), chief operating officer of PJW Restaurant Group; Tim Fris; Mary Higgins; Keyion Briscoe; Mark Shastak; and John Longstreet, president & CEO of Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association pose for a photo after the scholarship presentation.
Four aspiring hotel and restaurant stars received a total of $3,600...
Uncommon opportunity for female teens
Fund for Women and Girls seeking high school philanthropy assistants
For the past nine years, the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls has given over 100 Chester County high school girls an incomparable opportunity: determining the recipients of $25,000 worth of grants.
The grant-making and education foundation is currently accepting applications for its award-winning Girls Advisory Board (GAB)...
Coatesville workshop on student trauma offered
Free session designed to help reverse impact on school performance
On Saturday, May 10, a free public workshop on how emotional and psychological trauma impacts school performance will be held at Greater Deliverance Church in Coatesville from 9:00 a.m. until noon.
A joint effort of the Coatesville Area NAACP and OneVoice for CASD, the workshop will cover the causes of emotional and psychological trauma...
DHS Hall of Fame debuts with five inductees
Honorees’ achievements viewed as setting bar high for future
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
State Rep. Becky Corbin (lelt) poses with former Rep. Curt Schroder, whose accomplishments were difficult to condense into the nomination she submitted for him.
A high-achieving, civic-minded entrepreneur; a celebrated author who draws on her legal practice for inspiration; a respected,...
Downingtown Alumni to install 1st Hall of Fame class
DOWNINGTOWN — Downingtown High School’s Alumni Association is the oldest continuously active such group in the nation, and this year marks a new wrinkle in its activities – a Hall of Fame for distinguished graduates.
Melissa Menna, Class of 2000, chairs a committee of alumni and staff who created the criteria of nominations, invited nominations, and ultimately selected the inaugural class. ...
Lincoln University to open Danjuma African Art Center
New facility will expand access to institution’s growing collection
Dr. Robert R. Jennings, Lincoln University’s president, is extending an invitation to the community to share in the opening of the new African art center.
The public is invited to help Lincoln University celebrate the ribbon-cutting and grand opening of the Danjuma African Art Center on Saturday, April 12, at 12:30 p.m.
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