The annual Paddle and River Clean Up for high school students happens June 8, on the Upper Delaware River. Students will earn eight community service hours for graduation while experiencing the beauty of the river and learning about the local watershed, wildlife, and recreation. This year’s clean up trip is limited to the first twenty [...]
Jenna Murphy, Delaware Valley High School senior, won first place in the sculpture category at the Vernon High School Invitational art exhibit for her giant corrugated cardboard camera. The invitational was an exhibit and competition of 10 surrounding schools from Pa. and N.J. Representatives from the Delaware College of Art and Design and William Patterson [...]
A grassroots tribute by clothing was sparked through social media in response to the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. Facebook, Twitter and the rest burned with conversations of grief and disbelief at the Friday homicides of students and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary. Students started to wonder what they could do to communicate their [...]
Delaware Valley School District held staff meetings at 7 a.m. Monday morning at all schools to review safety procedures as a precautionary measure. Educators also discussed what would be appropriate to say or not say to kids based on age. The meeting was in response to the homicide of 26 young students and teachers Friday [...]
Sixth grade reporters from the DVE-TV/News club at Delaware Valley Elementery School interviewed filmmaker Ryan Balton, a 2007 Delaware Valley graduate, while visiting New York City on Oct. 25. The students interviewed Balton and his partner Laura Beachy about their documentary film “We Were Quiet Once,” which shares stories from the people in Somerset County [...]
Who is smiling more than a debating Joe Biden? Students at Delaware Valley, who get a compliment each time they walk into school. Banners now hang at the entrance of district schools proclaiming Delaware Valley to be “one of the best.” The banners were the idea of former school board member Jim Mooney who proposed [...]
Sit with confidence if you attend the Delaware Valley High School homecoming football game at 4 p.m. on Saturday. The seats will be clean. Before each home game, the custodial staff power washes the bleachers. A surprising amount of grime and small rocks—perhaps from shoes—are washed away in this process.
The location of Delaware Valley School District meetings rotates between the administration building and various schools throughout the district. Most of the meetings are snack-free, or sometimes cookies and coffee are offered. But there is a tradition of fresh baked carrot cake when the meeting is held at the Dingman Delaware Middle School cafeteria. A [...]
Delaware Valley School District’s new Superintendent John Bell, rose his right hand and took an official oath of office last week. The oath was administered by Pike County Prothonotary Denise Fitzpatrick during the school board meeting. Bell will take the oath again, later, in front of Judge Joseph Kameen. Here, Bell signs the oath as [...]
A number of educators have shifted positions in the Delaware Valley School District. Christopher Ross moves to Shohola Elementary School as the new principal. He replaces Margate Schaffer who now becomes district director of elementary education. Schaffer replaces James Purcell who will now be district director of secondary education, a position formerly held by [...]
