CASD elementary schools prepare for blitz – of books

Eagles’ ‘Story Man’ will read to second-grade classes  Thanks in part to the Philadelphia Eagles, a book blitz will occur on Tuesday, Dec. 17, in the Coatesville Area School District. The Eagles Book Mobile will visit three elementary schools. The event is sponsored by the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) and Coatesville Area School District, a PSEA news release said. Every...

Feasting on history at Caln Elementary

Kindergartners replicate interaction between Wampanoag Indians, Pilgrims Kindergarten students from Caln Elementary take the stage as Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians. Giving thanks during the holiday season held new meaning for kindergarten students from Caln Elementary School after learning about the Wampanoag Indians and Pilgrims during November – and then recreating some of their history. Students...

Area student work to share space with masters

Brandywine River Museum to debut new rotating exhibition The Brandywine River Museum will debut a new display of area student works on Nov. 10. “Imagine Brandywine,” a new exhibition space at the Brandywine River Museum for the display of creative art projects by area school students, will debut on Nov.10. The inaugural display – inspired by the museum’s collection and landscape – will...

Nonprofit aims to get students hooked on books

Students in Renee Ferretti-Smith’s fourth-grade class at Rainbow Elementary School peruse the array of choices from Partners in Outreach, a nonprofit that donated the books to improve literacy. Partners in Outreach distributes 1,400 free titles to grade-schoolers A wonderful array of book choices greeted more than 1,400 grade-school students last month in the Coatesville Area School District,...

School board votes to move Caln students to Scott

Moves won’t happen until new North Brandywine Middle School is built By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times The Coatesville Area School District voted to approve eventually moving students and staff at Caln Elementary School to a new elementary school that would be housed in what is now Scott Middle School. Middle school students currently at Scott would move to a new North Brandywine Middle...

School board dispels Caln closure rumors

District says no decision on fate of elementary school has been made yet By Jamie Richard, Staff Writer, CoatesvilleTimes.com Parents expressed concerns that Caln Elementary School might be closed to help the coatesville Area School District close a $6 million budget gap. COATESVILLE – Several concerned parents and residents spoke out at the Coatesville Area School Board meeting Tuesday to address...