Education

• Chris Blango of Chadds Ford has been named to the Spring 2025 Dean's List at Buffalo State University. In general, students who have completed at least 12 credit hours and who have attained a term GPA of 3.5 or higher qualify for the Buffalo State dean's list. • Julianne Bukovacz of Chadds Ford graduated Magna Cum Laude this spring from Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg.

• The University of Alabama named two Chadds Ford residents to its Dean’s and President’s lists. Natalie Gartner, with a grade point average of 4.0, was named to the President’s List, and Olivia Carpenter was named to the Dean’s List with a GPA of more than 3.5. • Millersville University also recognized two Chadds Ford residents. Elleanor O’Donnell and Christina Konstantopoulos were named to the…

There are more administrative moves coming to the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District. Tim Hoffman was already named the new superintendent of schools, beginning Aug. 1, the day after current Superintendent John Sanville retires. And now it’s time for more moves. In two separate emails, Hoffman announced that two people are up for promotions pending a school board vote on Monday, June 16. Michael Audevard, the…

With a June 16 vote planned, Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors received a recommendation to retain Breslin Architects to design a new middle school. If the board votes to give Breslin the design contract, the actual design phase will begin in July. The school board will also vote on a budget for the next school year at the June 16 meeting. Director of Facilities James…

• Spero Ferentinos of Chadds Ford was named to the Dean's List at James Madison University for the spring 2025 semester. Students who earn dean's list honors must carry at least 12 graded credit hours and earn a GPA of between 3.5 and 3.899. Ferentinos is majoring in Computer Info Systems • Lydia Aruffo of Chadds Ford earned a Doctor of Occupational Therapy from Widener…

• Avery Flubacher of Chadds Ford was named to Washington College's Spring 2025 Dean's List. In order to earn this academic honor, a student must achieve at least a 3.50 grade point average for the semester. • Nathan Chaclas of Chadds Ford received a medical doctorate from Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine in Scranton on May 10.

Unionville Chadds Ford School Board directors authorized the spending of more than $375,000 on a group of five facilities projects during the May 19 board meeting. Projects include replacing the flooring in six classrooms at Unionville High School, upgrading some plumbing at Chadds Ford and Hillendale Elementary schools, painting at HES, Unionville Elementary School and UHS, some concrete and asphalt work at Patton Middle School…

Praises were tossed about freely when the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board voted to appoint Tim Hoffman as the new superintendent. Hoffman was appointed assistant superintendent in May of 2021 after four years as district director of curriculum and instruction and five years as principal at Patton Middle School. His contract as superintendent of schools will run for five years beginning Aug. 1 of this year,…