Pocopson Elementary’s Art & Garden fundraiser on Saturday

Hundreds of silent auction items for bidding, crafts and plants for sale, food, & kids’ activities By Suzanne Misciagna, Staff Writer, The Times More than 21 varieties of plants will be for sale, this Saturday at the annual Pocopson Elementary School Art & Garden sale. POCOPSON – On Saturday, Pocopson Elementary School, in the Unionville Chadds-Ford School District, will kick off the spring...

Pocopson Elementary students learn about heart health

‘Healthy Heart Day’ offers students hands on learning while having hun By Suzanne Misciagna, Staff Writer, The Times Pocopson’s Physical Education and Health teacher, Allison Tester, teaches students how blood flows through the heart at Pocopson’s Healthy Heart Day. POCOPSON – Students at Pocopson Elementary School in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School district literally learned about...

Elementary school students give back for MLK Day of Service

Pocopson Elementary participates in Unionville-Chadds Ford School District’s annual ‘Day on, not a day off’ program By Suzanne Misciagna, Staff Writer, The Times Pocopson Elementary Second grader, Kaitlyn Wahl, carefully works on drawing a butterfly to be added to one of the quilts sent to A.I. duPont Hospital for Children and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. POCOPSON –...

Pocopson Elementary School students train for Kennett Run

Girls on the Run and Stride programs promote fitness, friendships and fun By Suzanne Misciagna, Correspondent, UnionvilleTimes.com The Girls on The Run program from Pocoposon Elementary School is getting ready to compete in the Kennett Run this weekend. From left, back row: Coach Morgan Gamble, Coach Cris Roberto, Caroline Koberg, Devna Chopra, Cate Raihall, Molly Carson, Bryce Young, Coach Beth Carson;...

Pocopson celebrates Blue Ribbon Award in style

Pancakes, music, fun part of celebration of national honor for local school By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com POCOPSON — It was officially A Big Deal. The entire student body of Pocopson Elementary School — surrounded by parents — form a blue ribbon in front of the school in celebration of the school's being honored as a Blue Ribbon school by the federal Department of Education. Friday,...

Coup De ‘Ville: Enjoying the quiet

After so many weeks of controversy, it’s kind of nice to kick back and enjoy the peace By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com A relatively quiet week in Unionville this week, except of course, for the rising flood waters closing Route 926 again Saturday morning. And of course the headaches from the closure of 926 at Route 52 — but at least that has the payoff of better, safer roads in...

Pocopson Elementary honored as Blue Ribbon School

School one of just 304 honored nationally by U.S. Department of Education By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Pocopson Elementary School has been named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, just one of 304 schools honored nationally. POCOPSON — For the second time in three years, a Unionville-Chadds Ford School District school has been honored as one of the nation’s...