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You're Invited to the Block Party for the new playground
Bring the family to our Block Party for the Playground and say a fond goodbye to the Castle playground on June 4, 2016. We are closing down Washington Ave. for a barbecue, line dancing lessons, games and music of the 80's and 90's. All proceeds will fund the new community playground.
Family of four - $80 Single tickets - $25 each Click here for tickets.
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Upcoming Events
4/29/16 - East Ward Art Show 4/29/16 and 4/30/16 - STEM Players present The Bald Soprano and the Can of Yams 5/2/16 - MC Blue chorus concert 5/3/16 - LMS and DMS 7th Grade chorus concerts 5/4/16 - BW Art Show and MC Gold chorus concert 5/5/16 - LMS and DMS 8th grade chorus Concerts 5/6/16 - PV Spring Fair, UH Art Show and MC orchestra concert 5/9/16 - LMS and DMS 8th grade band and jazz concerts 5/10/16 - LMS and DMS 7th grade band and jazz concerts 5/11/16 - LMS Orchestra and School Board Meeting 5/12/16 - DMS and MC Art Shows, EW spring concert, DW Living Arts, BW, UH and PV spring concerts |
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Congratulations!
DHS East, DHS West and the STEM Academy all made the Washington Post's list of America's Most Challenging High Schools. Avery Fink, LE Kindergarten, has won the K-5 Shining Star Award given by Keystone Federal Credit Union (Click here for more)
Bridget Novitsky, DHS West, just had a poem accepted for an upcoming issure of Pamplemousse Literary Magazine.
Kaitlyn O'Hanlon, DHS West won the 6th Congressional District Excellence in Art Award.
Summer Christman, DHS West, won a 1st place ribbon in the 6th Congressional District in Art Award.
Suvas Kota, STEM, 1st place in age category at the Pennsylvania Amateur Chess Championship. 4th in the overall tournament.
Alex Lehman and Nicholas Lubeck, STEM, took 1st place in the Robotics and TSA Vex Nothing But Net competitions at the PA Technology Student Assicaiton conference. The DHS West cheerleaders placed 2nd in the TIA Drill Association tournament last week. |
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FROM SUPERINTENDENT MUSSOLINE
It's May! We made it through another winter and a very interesting presidential primary.
If you look in the upcoming events section for the next two weeks, you will see an abundance of wonderful events our staff and students have planned for our community. There are multiple spring concerts and several art shows to attend.
Studies throughout the years have long concluded that children exposed to drama, music and art are often more proficient at reading, writing and math. These findings show that students who received a good arts education did better on standardized tests, improved their social skills and were more motivated than those who had reduced or no access. Despite these studies, art programs in some public school districts across our nation have been eliminated due to funding cuts or an emphasis to spend art budget line funds on improving core subjects.
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A new community playground for the district
Twenty-five years ago, parents, businesses and community members throughout the Downingtown area came together to build an extraordinary playground on land adjacent to East Ward Elementary School. For many years, children from Downingtown and beyond have all enjoyed the benefits of playing on the Castle Playground. Perhaps you remember a time in your childhood when you raced across the bridges, hid in the turrets or slid down those wide, wooden slides on a bright, summer day.
Sadly, the sentinel entrance into the Downingtown community, the castle playground at East Ward, must be taken down for safety reasons at the end of this school year. Shortly after the last day of school, the structure will be dismantled. We are asking for your help to construct a new one.
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| You're Invited to the Block Party for the new playground
Bring the family to our Block Party for the Playground and say a fond goodbye to the Castle playground on June 4, 2016. We are closing down Washington Ave. for a barbecue, line dancing lessons, games and music of the 80's and 90's. All proceeds go to fund the new community playground.
Family of four - $80 Single tickets - $25 each
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Lionville Middle students take top prizes in video contest
AMERIgreen, an energy wholesaler to retail distributor, holds an annual video competition. Students are asked to express their thoughts on energy solutions for the future. Six awards are offered annually: three for high school and undergraduate entries, and three for elementary and middle school entries.
AMERIgreen received many video entries from students of all ages addressing serious environmental issues. Three Lionville Middle School teams were first selected as finalists and then won the top awards in the competition.
Click on names to view their video.
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The 2016 Believer Bash, organized by East's Cougar Corps, is coming! Cougar Corp is a student run business at DHS East. Students in East's Entrepreneurship Class write a business plan, seek financing and market a product or event for the class. The Believer Bash is the culminating event of this class.The event takes place on Thursday, May 26th from 4 to 8 pm at DHS East. Click here for more information.
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Brandywine Wallace students study stream data
Students in the BW Envirothon Club spent some time at Warwick Park recently. They collected stream data on native and non-native crawfish. The County will use our data to see if non-natives are hurting the health of the stream. Great authentic application of science inquiry skills!!
Senior Volunteer helps supply Buddy Bags at BC
Mrs. Kathleen Painter volunteers time to read and work with second grade BC students. She coordinated an effort with the New Century Club of West Chester to give every 2nd grade student a Buddy Bag that contained a new book, a stuffed animal and a handmade tote. Thank you Mrs. Painter!
DASD Students win Robotic Awards
For the seventh year in a row, the Downingtown based Vexmen robotics organization have brought home awards from the VEX Robotics World Championship. This year the
Vexmen organization qualified three teams to attend the world's largest robotics competition with more than 1000 teams from 33 countries in attendance.
Two of the teams returned to Downingtown with very prestigious engineering "Design Awards" for their divisions. Award winning Vexmen Team 92P Phoenix includes students
from Beaver Creek Elementary and Marsh Creek 6th Grade Center.
| Charlotte's Web at Uwchlan Hills
The entire Uwchlan Hills community was invited to read (or reread) Charlotte's Web. Activities were sent home for the student and the entire family to do together. This was not just about reading Charlotte's Web, but about bringing families, and the entire community, together under the umbrella of a shared experience. Our staff has decorated the entire school to look like Zuckerman's farm. We are all excited to do something fun together!
DMS holds Friday Fun Night
Our 1st ever Friday Fun Night for students was a raging success. Over 350 Students, and countless staff, joined us last Friday to participate in games, dancing, and all kinds of fun activities. A big shout-out to Ms. Dunn & Ms. Lockwood for organizing this event; we raised $1,796.00 which was donated to Alex's Lemonade Stand!
Earth Day celebrated at DHS East
DHS East High School's AP Environmental Science classes completed a stewardship project in celebration of Earth Day. The students volunteered their time and energy to help clean up some of the refuse that was found on the school grounds. Students sorted recyclable materials from trash and even found an old tent in "East's Woods" that will be re-purposed as tarps for off-site equipment coverage and will not contribute to further landfill waste as the other items.
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