Chester Co. students take on the lanternfly in competition

1st place winners Chriaag Chakravarthy, Udit Subramanya and William Liao of Downingtown STEM Academy. DOWNINGTOWN  – This November, intermediate units in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties collaborated to hold the first Spotted Lanternfly Hackathon, inviting high school students to design unique platforms or applications capable of identifying, detecting and tracking the spotted lanternfly....

DCCC unveils new STEM wing in Downingtown

Trustee Raymond Toto, former President Dr. Richard DeCosmo, Chester County Commissioner Terence Farrell, PA State Representative Becky Corbin, President Dr. L. Joy Gates Black, Trustee Robert McCauley, Trustees Vice-Chair Kevin Scott, Provost Dr. Monica Parrish Trent, Trustee Dr. Corrinne Caldwell and Trustee James Gaffney at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Under an overcast sky, about 80 people gathered...

Shanahan team wins Chesco STEM competition

The winning team from Bishop Shanahan High School poses with their coach after the Chester County Governor’s PA STEM Competition award ceremony. Chester County high school students skilled in science, technology, engineering and math competed in this year’s regional Governor’s STEM competition on Tuesday, February 6 at the Chester County Intermediate Unit. Participating teams included Bishop...

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...

Conestoga wins regional STEM competition

The winning team from Conestoga High School poses with their coach after the Governor’s STEM competition award ceremony. DOWNINGTOWN — Chester County high school students skilled in science, technology, engineering and math competed in this year’s regional Governor’s STEM competition on Wednesday, February 1 at the Chester County Intermediate Unit.  This year, Conestoga High School finished...

Unionville High students give back, make Toys For Tots

Tech Ed. department continues multi-year tradition of building toys for the holidays The 3-D Autodesk Inventor file of the toy chicken, as created by Paige Harlan. EAST MARLBOROUGH — Although this is the season for giving, few things are as precious as items that are handcrafted and built with love for those less fortunate. Once again, the Tech Education classes at Unionville High School are producing...

Letter: Status quo is not enough for UCFSD

Calls for district to improve STEM curriculum To The Editor: I was a candidate earlier this year to fill the Region C School Board Director position vacated by Frank Murphy. During the appointment process, which lasted multiple votes over a month, I was honored to receive the votes of Jeff Hellrung, Keith Knauss, Jeff Leiser, and Vic DuPuis during the first three ballots on June 18. Although I failed...