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...

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,...

Coatesville students learn how to ‘bee’ successful

 District hosted four spelling competitions this past week  Middle-school winners were Connor Mallon (from left), an eighth-grader from Pope John Paul II;  Madison Moore, a South Brandywine eighth-grader; and Jeffrey Martin, a South Brandywine sixth-grader. The Coatesville Area School District has been abuzz with bees this past week – the spelling variety. Four separate competitions – involving...

Students’ donations produce winning streaks of color

Rainbow Elementary echoes its name as teachers dye their hair for good cause By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Led by Principal Cliff Maloney (back, right), the faculty at Rainbow Elementary shows off an array of colorful hairdos. It was a day to dye for as rainbow hair reigned supreme at – you guessed it – Rainbow Elementary School. Little more than a week ago, Principal Cliff...

Rainbow student selected for showcase

Rainbow Elementary School principal Cliff Maloney and fifth grade student Hunter DiSciullo display her award from the Pennsylvania School Boards Association after being selected to perform at the Student Celebration Showcase for the School Leadership Conference in Hershey on Oct. 17. HERSHEY – Hunter DiSciullo, a fifth grade student at Rainbow Elementary School from the Coatesville Area School District,...